Dayvid Figler graduated high school early hoping never to come back to Las Vegas. Regardless, he came back and passed the bar at age 23 in 1991.He has lived continuously in Vegas since then and has been living in Downtown Las Vegas for 16 years. He became involved in murder cases as a Special Public Defender in 1997, defending 100 plus people and many high-profile cases. In 2003, Mayor Oscar Goodman appointed him as a judge downtown. The experience changed and added to his perspective of Las Vegas, particularly downtown, for which he is now a strong advocate for its growth and stability. On the side he writes essays, participates in radio, and hosts storytelling events. He lends himself to any school or non-profit that seeks him out him out for his knowledgable familiarity with Las Vegas, having grown up there and having navigated its judicial system as a both a judge and public defender.
Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday.
Southbound lanes on U.S. Highway 95 between the Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway exits were closed early Sunday morning for several hours due to a crash.
Toa Yokoyama will be the Rebels’ lone representative when the NCAA women’s golf regionals begin Monday at Spanish Trail Country Club.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez defended the undisputed super middleweight title Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, defeating the previously unbeaten Jaime Munguia.
California’s costly, delayed experience isn’t encouraging.
Do we want both Albertsons and Kroger to go out of business?
America’s education institutions have spent years sowing critical race theory. They’re reaping a harvest of pampered students spewing antisemitism.
There’s no hope for the future of the country or my grandchildren unless there’s a massive Republican wave in the fall.
Performative protest feels good for those drunk on their own, unearned sense of importance.
Yet it may not be all that unfortunate that much of higher education is going the way of malls, movie theaters and CDs.
Politicians would act a lot differently if they had to personally pay for their wrongdoings. Consider Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones.
Criticizing coaching decisions is a fun part of being a sports fan, but Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy showed that perhaps he knows what’s best for his team.
LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours it took to actually bring in enough officers to quell the violence, according to three sources.
JERUSALEM — Bells and clamor, incense and flames. One of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar is the ancient ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” with worshippers thronging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Saturday.
Sixth-round pick Dylan Laube, a small-school running back from a small town, thinks he will form a bond with Raiders fans through his personality and playing style.
The victim was found dead in a vacant lot on April 28.
A medical professional hoping to honor her grandmother’s legacy, a first-generation college graduate and a military veteran following in his mother’s footsteps were among the hundreds students who comprised Nevada State University’s class of 2024.