As the much-anticipated Clark County School District reorganization gets underway, parents are still unsure of what concrete change they’ll actually see. Jennifer Furman-Born, principal at McCaw STEAM Academy, talks about reorganization and what her school has done to move toward the school empowerment model. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Planet Hollywood magician Murray SawChuck, best known as Murray the Magician, performs the “splitting the aces” card trick at his home on Friday, August 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Review-Journal beat reporter Michael Gehlken recaps the sixth day of Raiders training camp in Napa, Calif. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thom Reilly discusses his goals for the Nevada System of Higher Education. (Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about the battle for starting center on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Rebel Park in Las Vegas. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about the first day in shoulder pads on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Rebel Park in Las Vegas. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thunderstorms bring flooding around the Las Vegas Valley with swift-water rescues near the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department brief the media on the August 2, 2017 fatal officer involved shooting near Tropicana Avenue and Arville Street.
• A 19-year-old security guard arrested in a shooting death late Thursday. It happened at an east valley apartment complex. A man died and a 14-year-old girl was injured. Malik Kenrick is charged with murder with a deadly weapon and attempted murder.
• Some area grocery stores are dropping 24-hour service. This year, at least 11 grocers have cut their hours. It’s happened at Albertsons, Smith’s and Vons. Smith’s says it doesn’t have the sales volume to justify being open all night.
• Developers are breaking ground on a new retail center in Chinatown. Shanghai Plaza will include four two-story buildings.
Joseph Martinez faces one count of unlawful penetration of a dead body. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Most of the 200-room Clarion Hotel, also known as the Royal Americana, Paddlewheel, Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Greek Isles, came down in 10 seconds, the final piece collapsed into history on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
1. Police are investigating after a woman in her early 20s was found dead inside an open garage at her apartment complex. Las Vegas police said the victim was a “completely innocent person” with a lack of criminal history. Police believe she was attacked on her way to her car.
2. A robbery at a Summerlin Costco Wednesday night has police searching for four suspects. The robbers were only armed with the tool they used to break open display cases, and no one was injured. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers.
3. The College of Southern Nevada has been issued a second warning this year from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities over plans relating to self evaluation of performance. CSN must submit evidence by Oct. 30 showing the board has approved plans for annual self-evalution, which Board Chairman Kevin Page says they have already approved. This warning does not affect their accreditation. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are searching for four people who robbed a Costco on the 800 block of Pavilion Center Drive in Summerlin Wednesday night. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
The Raiders showed up strong to camp on Thursday after Jack Del Rio gave the team Wednesday off. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The majority of Las Vegas police’s civil asset forfeitures occur in low-income and minority neighborhoods. Two-thirds of forfeitures to the Metropolitan Police Department occurred in just 12 zip codes — zip codes in which the average poverty rate is 27 percent and the average nonwhite population is 42 percent. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Adam Hill and Heidi Fang returned Thursday for their weekly UFC and MMA update on the Covering The Cage Facebook page. This week, the pair welcomed new UFC fighter Julian Marquez. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
See how to make Abe’s Favorite Mary, a green Bloody Mary offered at Lucy Penny Cafe in the Palms casino in Las Vegas.
(Al Mancini Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• The CEO of United Way of Southern Nevada has resigned. Bob Morgan moved here from New York less than two years ago to take the job. The reason for his departure is unclear.
• A toddler is dead after falling into a pool in the southeast valley. Alan Gonzalez was just shy of two years old. Police are investigating.
• UNLV has named an acting dean for its new school of medicine. Dr. Shawn Gerstenberger will serve while Barbara Atkinson continues to recover from surgery.
• And Pawn Stars has been given the green light for a 15th season. The History channel has ordered an additional 30 episodes.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about the second day of camp on Thursday at Aug. 3, 2017, at Rebel Park in Las Vegas. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Over 5,000 children and families attended the Back to School Fair, hosted by Mariana’s Supermarket at Clark High School Thursday. Proceeds from the benefit will go to Vegas PBS’ Ready To Learn Program and Described and Captioned Media Center, a free-loan educational media library for those with special needs. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hannah Shaw, known on the internet as “Kitten Lady,” is holding a kitten fostering workshop to teach the public about proper kitten care. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lyle Mariam, Las Vegas Valley Water District mechanical engineer, talks about new high speed recording technology used record pressure fluctuations in the water system around the valley. The data can be viewed remotely from a computer.
Dave Bliss, who as Baylor University basketball coach in 2003 was at the center of a murder scandal involving his players, was hired recently to coach the Calvary Chapel boys team and serve as athletic director.
Major NCAA violations committed by the Baylor men’s basketball program when Dave Bliss was coach:
■ Bliss paying for tuition for two players (Patrick Dennehy and Corey Herring) and attempting to conceal it.
■ Coaching staff providing meals, transportation, lodging and clothing to athletes, and paying to tuition and fees for a recruit at another school.
■ Bliss encouraging boosters to donate to a foundation tied to a basketball team that included prospective Baylor recruits.
■ Failure to report positive drug test results of Baylor players.
■ Failure by the coaching staff to exercise institutional control over the basketball program.
1. Calvary Chapel Christian School has hired former disgraced Baylor coach Dave Bliss as an athletic director and boys basketball coach. Bliss was at the center of a murder scandal in 2003 when one Baylor basketball player killed another. Teachers and coaches at Calvary Chapel say they are comfortable with Bliss working there despite his past controversies.
2. A pedestrian was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver Wednesday night, according to police. The crash happened at the intersection of Lake Mead and Martin Luther King boulevards at around 9:40 p.m. when a black Nissan sedan traveling westbound hit the pedestrian crossing northbound. The pedestrian died at the scene.
3. NASA has a new job opening: planetary protection officer. It pays up to $187,000 a year and responsibilities include safeguarding Earth from alien life. The position is independent and is a three- to five-year appointment.
Hyperloop One has succeeded in sending a pod about 192 mph at its test track near North Las Vegas.
This makes the company the only one in the world with an operational system of the experimental mode of travel that works off electric propulsion, according to a company statement Wednesday. Wade Tyler Millward/Las Vegas Review-Journal
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez addresses the media following practice on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, on the position battles on defense. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Allison Rogers and Alexis Bisplinghoff, cousin and sister of Haylei Hughes, who died in hiking accident July 26 in Washington state, talk to a reporter during an interview at Trails Park in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)