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Custom, low-rider bicyclists shine for their Raiders

Raiders fans show team support with custom bikes

By Marvin Clemons / Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 3, 2021 - 8:18 am

Chino Lim shines his custom low-rider bicycle. He is a member of Riderz4Life. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Members of Riderz4Life ride past Allegiant Stadium. (Kevin Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Black and silver facial warpaint, masks, banners, shields, full-size flags on their black vehicles, chains, leather jackets, heavy jewelry and spiked helmets.

There are thousands of ways Las Vegas Raiders fans display their love for their team.

Members of a Las Vegas bicycle club — Riderz4Life — get their custom-made, low-riders shined up as well.

Review-Journal photojournalist K.M. Cannon spoke with Chino Lim and Oliver Olivera about their love for the Raiders and the culture of bicycles.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.

Thanksgiving weekend traffic packs I-15 at California-Nevada border

By Mark Davis / RJ

November 28, 2021 - 8:17 am

Traffic was backed up as much as 20 miles on the way out of Las Vegas to California on Sunday morning, according to a tweet from the Regional Transportation Commission.

Hazmat crews with the Las Vegas Fire Department respond to an ammonia leak in downtown Las Vega ...

Downtown Las Vegas ammonia leak prompts hazmat response

By Alexis Ford / RJ

November 28, 2021 - 8:06 am

Crews repaired the leak and had the area reopened within three hours, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.

A butterfly rests atop some flower petals on the first day of fall near the Lee Canyon ski reso ...

Las Vegas highs in low 70s expected Sunday, coming week

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

November 28, 2021 - 5:30 am

High temperatures about 10 degrees above normal, sunny skies and calm wind conditions will prevail in the Las Vegas Valley for the coming week.

Friends and family mourn the loss of Nathan Valencia, a 20-year-old UNLV student and Bishop Gor ...

Vigil held on birthday of UNLV student who died after charity boxing match

By Sabrina Schnur / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 10:03 pm

Nathan Valencia died days after participating in the main event of a charity boxing match sponsored by fraternity Kappa Sigma to raise money for Center Ring Boxing.

Dr. Robert Rippee, executive director of UNLV's Black Fire Innovation Hub, talks about the LG C ...

UNLV’s innovation hub pushing industry forward

By Colton Lochhead / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 9:08 pm

Black Fire Innovation Hub, which opened last year, represents UNLV’s first foray into the world of business accelerators in the gaming and hospitality space.

Luis Monsivais, 21, and his mentor, Vanessa Williams, a house manager with El Shaddai Refuge Ho ...

Nonprofit helps Las Vegas teens who age out of foster care

By McKenna Ross / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 8:57 pm

El Shaddai Refuge Homes took one teen out of a group home and into a private apartment and a work-study program.

Comedia Brad Garrett poses for a portrait at his new comedy club venue at the MGM Grand hotel- ...

Garrett has a new MGM location, and you can set it to music

By John Katsilometes / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 6:41 pm

Brad Garrett’s new room seats about 210 for comed, and he can pack about 85 ticket-holders into the lounge at the entrance.

Nevada’s game wardens investigate poaching, enforce boating laws

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 3:13 pm

In Nevada, 31 game wardens are responsible for patrolling about 110,000 square miles of land. Almost everyone they encounter is armed.

I-15 traffic backed up at California-Nevada border

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 4:57 pm

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada was reporting a 12-mile backup Saturday afternoon on southbound lanes near the Nevada-California border.

Sovereign citizens top threat to law enforcement, officials say

By Sabrina Schnur / RJ

November 27, 2021 - 1:04 pm

Nevada law enforcement and prosecutors are combating a homegrown type of terrorism rearing its anti-government head in confrontations with authorities.