As owner of Catalyst for Action, a business coaching and training company, Las Vegas author Alexia Vernon draws on her background as an actor and dancer to empower audiences all over the country. Part self-help instruction, part hands-on workbook, her book “Awaken Your CAREERpreneur” encourages readers to move beyond being employees to turn callings into careers. For more information, visit awakenyourcareerpreneur.com.
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Ward 2 Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson hopes his idea for a faster abatement process to address eyesore issues with abandoned and foreclosed homes will result in empty homes being cleaned up faster.
William St. John is a struggling musician living in a tiny makeshift studio in the heart of the Las Vegas Arts District. He’s in danger of losing his South Commerce Street home this week as the antique store he shares space with goes out of business.
From specialty noodle soups to familiar entrees such as orange beef, there is something for every Chinese food fan at Beijing Noodle Cafe.
You’ve probably seen Dino Derouineau’s artwork around town and never questioned who did it. His paints grace most of the middle and high schools in the Las Vegas Valley, and some elementary schools. Some of his work includes the bear mural at Brinley Middle School and the 40-foot-wide leopard mural at Burkholder Middle School.
Mouhannad “Moe” Sitto conducts business behind a wall of bulletproof glass. When you run a liquor store in one of downtown Las Vegas’ roughest neighborhoods, you have to be safe. On this day, two police cruisers are camped outside of XO Liquor, 3915 E. Charleston Blvd. Someone is being arrested for a fight nearby. Customers — some are drunk, others are high — gossip with Sitto about what’s going on in the parking lot while they buy single cigarettes and tallboys at 1 p.m. on a Monday afternoon. They all agree, “It’s not good for business, man.”
Springs Cafe by Wolfgang Puck could soon lose its celebrity chef namesake. The Las Vegas Valley Water District is in contract negotiations with the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, an internationally recognized labor-management partnership between the culinary and bartenders unions and Strip properties that train about 3,000 students each year for the hospitality industry. It was formerly known as the Culinary Training Academy and is at 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd., in North Las Vegas.
When-children-are-present signs are becoming more popular all over the valley in school zones. But the Henderson, Metropolitan and Clark County School District police departments all had different answers for what the phrase actually means.
The Maryland Parkway Music Festival is planned for Friday through Sunday at venues around the “university district” of Paradise. The free event will feature music, art, poetry and demonstrations exhibits, performances and vendors.
Thousands of valley business owners call the road home. Services range from car detailing and mechanic work to dog grooming, party starters, spray tans and medical services even join the ranks. For the owners, the overhead of a static address is eliminated, and for the clients, they get convenience, said Kamela Brewer, owner of Paradise-based Bold Body Bronzing.