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Why did my desert spoon suddenly turn brown?

Desert landscapes need additional deep watering only three or four times each year. Give them deep watering when the air temperatures get hot — don’t wait.

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Signature Productions to bring ‘Les Miserables’ to Summerlin stage

When licensing parameters allowed community theater companies to produce “Les Miserables,” it was music to the ears for Signature Productions. The company plans to present the famed musical April 4-26 at the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center.

Dining Pick of the Week: Bernard’s Bistro

For the past six years, chef Bernard Tordjman has been presenting his sophisticated California/European menu at Lake Las Vegas. That sophisticated menu is now a little closer to town at his new second location on Sunset Road.

Man says Las Vegas police think he’s a suspect in ex-wife’s disappearance

This week, Las Vegas police announced that the disappearance of Irma Mkrtchyan, a Farmer’s Insurance agent, is being handled as a homicide. Her ex-husband and children say they have been questioned, but they have no clue where she might be — or if she’s alive.

Late Sierra storms ease Reno-Sparks’ water worries

The Truckee Meadows Water Authority doesn’t expect to have to impose any extra water conservation measures in the Reno-Sparks area this summer thanks to a series of late-winter Sierra Nevada storms that helped take the bite out of the region’s lingering drought.