Reporters’ Notebook

Bebe Zeva, a local 18-year-old Internet sensation, started her fashion blog Fated to be Hated after the "cool kids" at Palo Verde High School rejected her.

She clarified earlier this week that her high school experience was bad, but nothing "Carrie"-like. Apparently, Zeva went to the homecoming dance her freshman year without peers dumping pig's blood on her.

"But I wish that happened!" she said. "Then I would be even more of an underdog."

XAZMIN GARZA

Judge Douglas Herndon was quite surprised when Julio Cesar Nolasco appeared on his own in court Thursday for a sentencing hearing. Nolasco was deported to his home country of Mexico only a few weeks ago.

Not only did Nolasco come back to the United States -- and rather quickly -- but he also showed up for the hearing after pleading guilty in March to a misdemeanor for taking a woman's purse left in a shopping cart outside a store.

Nolasco said he came back to see his children. Now he could face federal charges for re-entering the United States after being deported.

FRANCIS McCABE

The topics covered by Ted Olivas during a briefing on the legislative session included the state's new ban on texting while driving.

"I've been guilty of that," admitted Olivas, Las Vegas' administrative service director, during his presentation to the Las Vegas City Council.

There are exceptions to the new law, though, including use by law enforcement or in emergencies.

"Is Mr. Olivas part of that exception?" teased Mayor Carolyn Goodman.

"I'll have to read the bill really carefully," said the city's lobbyist, Bob Ostrovsky. "He might have gotten his name in there."

ALAN CHOATE

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @thestrippodcast (former RJ-er and freelancer Steve Friess) I was just reminded of how great it'll be to get out of #Vegas. Take me, Michigan. Let others swim with these phonies and sharks for a bit.