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Cab drivers’ strike affecting operations at Las Vegas taxi company

The chief operating officer of Las Vegas’ second-largest taxicab company says striking drivers are affecting his operations. Bill Shranko says Yellow-Checker-Star Transportation was only able to fill two-thirds of its 600 cabs the first shift after the strike took effect early today.

Britney not Celine; Shirley not Barbra

Entertainment times being tough, Britney Spears’ camp reportedly is encountering resistance to a deal that involves more than 20 shows a year.

Stone Foxes at Backstage Bar

Their latest album is titled “Small Fires,” and that’s what San Francisco’s Stone Foxes will be setting downtown with their combustible blues rock at 7 p.m. Thursday at Backstage Bar & Billiards, 601 Fremont St. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of show; call 702-382-2227.

Denying an important school choice

Kindergarten is one of the biggest issues of the legislative session. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to expand full-day programs into more schools at some expense. The Legislature’s majority Democrats want to expand full-day programs into all Nevada elementary schools at far greater expense.

How low can Obama go?

In the finale of season three of “Downton Abbey,” the aging matriarch of the popular show’s aristocratic family, Dowager Countess of Grantham, finds herself uncomfortably out of her element on a picnic in the Scottish highlands.

LaGrange, Anthony, Beers for City Council

Voters in Las Vegas Ward 6 can’t be blamed for choosing small businessman Steve Ross as their councilman back in 2005. Mr. Ross was running against a secretary for the police union who would have been out of her depth at City Hall.

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