Two in homeless community still missing after flash flooding
 
Two in homeless community still missing after flash flooding

On March 12, record rainfall hit Vegas, and the water rose in the washes. Wendy Cox, who was living in the tunnels of the wash near Flamingo with Pilgrim, escaped the flood, but her partner William “Sky” Pilgrim is still missing. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Homeless Census uses mobile app for “more robust” data – VIDEO
 
Homeless Census uses mobile app for “more robust” data – VIDEO

Michele Fuller-Hallauer, Clark County Social Services manager, said the use of a mobile app will result in a higher sampling and more robust data in counting homeless people. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Las Vegas City Council Votes On Homeless Ordinance – Video
 
Las Vegas City Council Votes On Homeless Ordinance – Video

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday will discuss expanding on a controversial camping and sleeping ban aimed at deterring the homeless from bivouacking on city streets to include hours when public sidewalks are being cleaned.

Lutheran Social Services partner with Faith Lutheran
 
Lutheran Social Services partner with Faith Lutheran

Faith Lutheran Middle School students hand out food variety packs while volunteering at Lutheran Social Services in Las Vegas on Friday Nov. 22, 2019. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal @EliPagePhoto)

Richard Roman’s Home Is an Abandoned Mine – Video
 
Richard Roman’s Home Is an Abandoned Mine – Video

Richard Roman takes the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a tour of his abandoned mine in Boulder City, which he calls home. Roman has lived in the mine for seven years.

Gate is an inconvenience for those staying at city-run homeless shelter – VIDEO
 
Gate is an inconvenience for those staying at city-run homeless shelter – VIDEO

The city of Las Vegas recently installed a gate on Foremaster Lane expected to cost $175,000 and be complete by mid-November. The gate was installed in order to address pedestrian safety and concerns for area businesses. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas meeting scheduled for homeless ordinance – Video
 
Las Vegas meeting scheduled for homeless ordinance – Video

Homelessness in downtown Las Vegas has reached a crisis level. City officials are urging those on the streets to accept city and nonprofit services. In particular, officials want homeless people to take shelter. Businesses are also opposed to loitering and public indecency outside establishments. A new plan would make it illegal to camp or sleep downtown and elsewhere in public if beds are open. The city says the proposed ordinance would keep homeless and the public safe. But opponents argue shelters are often full and the plan criminalizes homeless. A city council hearing is scheduled Nov. 6. The public is invited to attend.

Catholic Charities serves up 53rd annual Christmas dinner
 
Catholic Charities serves up 53rd annual Christmas dinner

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and more than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. (K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto)

Veterans Village
 
Veterans Village

Veterans Village and Veterans Village II were created to assist homeless veterans get back on their feet. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Veterans Village II Unveils Model Container Home
 
Veterans Village II Unveils Model Container Home

Veteran’s Village II unveiled a model container home. The organization will be building 10 of these container homes to house veterans of the village. Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Kathi Thomas-Gibson speaks about a family who went to the homeless courtyard
 
Kathi Thomas-Gibson speaks about a family who went to the homeless courtyard

Kathi Thomas-Gibson, director of the Office of Community Service for the City of Las Vegas, speaks about a family who went to the homeless Courtyard to receive services last month, but ended up sleeping on the concrete after they declined to be separated. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Rural homeless issue comes to a head in Pahrump
 
Rural homeless issue comes to a head in Pahrump

On Sept. 12, Pahrump sheriff deputies told residents of a homeless encampment on private property that they had 15 minutes to vacate and grab their belongings. That decision might face some legal consequences. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Courtyard Homeless Resource Center begins building in Las Vegas
 
Courtyard Homeless Resource Center begins building in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Ward 3 Councilman Bob Coffin kicked off the demolition of buildings where the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center will be built. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Homeless being targeted by unknown shooter
 
Homeless being targeted by unknown shooter

Capt. Robert Plummer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department briefs the media on the recent shootings of four homeless men.

Volunteers carry out yearly homeless census count
 
Volunteers carry out yearly homeless census count

Volunteers joined forces Wednesday night to conduct the yearly point-in-time count of those experiencing homelessness in Clark County. The number determines how much funding the state receives from HUD. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Hero School with Tiger Todd
 
Hero School with Tiger Todd

A Las Vegas based organization, Hero School, trains 20 homeless people Saturday in cybersecurity at donated space by RedFlint. (Morgan Lieberman)

Las Vegas morning update for Friday, August 25th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Friday, August 25th

1. The Mayweather-McGregor fight is tomorrow night, and airport officials are bracing for an influx of private jets. Private plane traffic usually jumps during major fight weekends, so this weekend pilots and plane owners are being asked to make reservations. Officials are hoping to avoid the traffic issues experienced during the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight when a taxiway had to be converted into a makeshift parking lot.

2. The driver arrested in the fatal crash that killed a Shadow Ridge student in February was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison on Thursday. David Fensch pleaded guilty to DUI resulting in death in June, after admitting to police he had taken Xanax and consumed “four drinks” of Captain Morgan rum before plowing into the back of 16-year-old Jaelan Fajardo’s car. Fensch had 4 previous DUIs.

3. The man arrested after attacking a mannequin with a hammer downtown last year, was ordered to spend eight to 20 years behind bars on Thursday. Shane Schindler pleaded guilty to attempted murder in June, after police set up the mannaquin as a decoy to look like a sleeping homeless man. Detectives linked the attack to the deaths of two homeless men who were attacked while sleeping in the same area, but did not file charges. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, July 18th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, July 18th

1. A suspect in a deadly shooting following a dominoes game may have continued had he not run out of ammunition. An arrest warrant states that Frederick D. Martin Jr., 57, got angry during the dominoes game because he thought someone was making fun of him and shortly after grabbed a gun from his waistband, shooting 3 people. The report says when Martin attempted to shoot a fourth person, the gun had no more bullets.

2. A second suspect in the Miracle Mile Shops shooting last Thursday has been arrested. Jaime Gonzalez, 35, turned himself in on Saturday, just two days after Jonathan Ozuna, 34, was arrested. Two security guards were shot in the parking garage at the Miracle Mile Shops attempting to apprehend two suspects who reportedly stole merchandise from Sunglass Hut.

3. The Oakland Raiders might not be in Vegas yet, but there’s already activity at their stadium site. A homeless encampment has moved in, setting up wooden pallets, a mattress and more along Dean Martin Drive. Construction for the new stadium is expected to being in January.

New Homeless Youth Center opens
 
New Homeless Youth Center opens

HELP of Southern Nevada is celebrates the opening of the new location of the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center.