A pedestrian was in critical condition Friday night after being struck by a motorcycle at the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Boulder Highway, police said.
East Valley
A man who died after a Wednesday night shooting in the east Las Vegas Valley has been identified.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded at 2:15 p.m. to the 6300 block of East Sahara Avenue, near South Hollywood Boulevard, for reports of a person shot.
Las Vegas police were called about 8:45 p.m. to 4656 Van Buren Ave., near Owens Avenue and Lamb Boulevard, where a man who had been shot in the head was found dead.
The fire at the southeast valley park was first reported about 7 p.m., and as of 7:30 p.m., Clark County Fire Department officials said they were working to determine the cause.
It’s one thing to listen to a lecture about local history. It’s quite another to hear that lecture surrounded by people who experienced it.
Las Vegas is known for redevelopment, not preservation, so some may be surprised to see whole neighborhoods of midcentury modern homes that are relatively unscathed by urban renewal. The Nevada Preservation Foundation’s Home and History Weekend, April 28-30, will celebrate the architectural and design style.
Las Vegas is packed with tourists in the summer, is the filming location for iconic movies and gets about 80 inches of snow each year.
Visit Cafe Mayakovsky on a Saturday night and you might walk into the middle of someone’s birthday party, a holiday celebration or even an English-Russian dual-language comedy event, the latter of which the restaurant hosted in late December.
One of the men allegedly pulled a knife on a security officer at TJ Maxx store on S. Maryland Parkway.
They built it, and people came. So many people came to last year’s Kizuna Japanese Spring Festival that it has moved to the larger Sammy Davis Festival Plaza in Lorenzi Park.
Las Vegas police chased a car occupied by robbery suspects early Monday in the southeast valley, and a motorcyclist acting as a decoy for the car crashed during the chase.
It’s an old saw that the three most important things in real estate are location, location and location. For Sunrise Trailhead, which has been closed for nearly two years, that old saw cuts both ways.
One person hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday morning after a suspected DUI crash in the east valley.
The man who plowed his sport utility vehicle into a Las Vegas police vehicle Wednesday evening is facing charges.