Las Vegas Morning Update — Thursday, August 2, 2018
Las Vegas succumbed to the incomparable greatness of the legendary Diana Taurasi and stumbled to a 104-93 loss to her Phoenix Mercury at Mandalay Bay Events Center before an announced crowd of 5,129.
Day 5 of Raiders training camp and Jon Gruden starts live hitting, P.J. Hall returns to action, Michael Gehlken reports.
A Las Vegas police officer appears to handcuff a talkative civilian at the Route 91 Harvest festival during the Oct. 1 shooting. LVMPD body camera footage.
Therapy In Downtown Las Vegas Serves Cast Iron S’mores. (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Forty minutes after gunfire ceased on Oct. 1, Jason Aldean was still in a bus behind the stage on the Route 91 Harvest festival grounds. Aldean’s manager talks with Las Vegas police about how to get the singer, and others, out safely. LVMPD body camera footage.
Community members, who called themselves considered black citizens but did not present as an organization, met with press before the city council meeting to discuss their demands in the aftermath of the grand jury’s choice to not indict Metro officer Kenneth Lopera for the 2017 death of Tashii Brown. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Chris Walach, senior director of Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, talks to a reporter at NIAS’s new Nevada Drone Center for Excellence of Public Safety, located inside the Switch Innevation Center in Las Vegas. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Bryan Salmond is at City National Arena where the Golden Knights and the D Las Vegas announced the new Lil’ Knights Program for developing hockey in the city.
Bryan Salmond is at City National Arena where the Golden Knights and the D Las Vegas announced the new Lil’ Knights Program for developing hockey the city.
Tony DeFrancecso talks about the loss to Memphis on July 29, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
RollerCon 2018 is a five-day convention focused on the roller derby community and culture at Westgate in Las Vegas. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and his trainer Eddy Reynoso talk about the failed drug test and their upcoming rematch against Gennady Golovkin in Las Vegas.
Laura LeBowsky, a CCSD special education teacher and mother of two, set out to shop for her children’s supply lists at her local Walmart and Target. She was looking for deals to try to keep the total under $150, while also allowing Chloe, 8, and Brady, 6, some choice in what they wanted. (Madelyn Reese/ Las Vegas Review-Journal) @MadelynGReese
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the win over Nashville on July 26, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Host Bryan Salmond is in studio talking via Skype with Raiders beat writer Michael Gehlken about what to expect as the Raiders go into training camp.
Chelten House is a family-owned food manufacturing company from New Jersey. They created a facility in Vegas five years ago and have struggled to find experienced workers in the area. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bryan Salmond is in studio with Las Vegas Aces beat reporter Sam Gordon talking about the season so far and how the Aces have gone from the worst team in the WNBA to just 1.5 games out of the playoffs.
It’s Hot Enough In Las Vegas To Melt A 5-pound Gummy Bear (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the win over Nashville on July 25, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV coach Tony Sanchez talks about the upcoming football season. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bryan Salmond travels to City National Arena where the University Medical Center teamed up with the Golden Knights to give pediatric patients a chance to sign a contract and be a player for the day with Golden Knights center Ryan Carpenter.
A Las Vegas police officer runs toward gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1, 2017 during the Mandalay Bay shooting. LVMPD body camera footage.
Las Vegas Oddities shop owner Vanessa VanAlstyne describes what’s for sale in one of the weirder and wackier stores in Downtown Las Vegas. The store opened less than a year ago and carries everything from human bones to “rogue” taxidermy to Victorian death photography. (Madelyn Reese/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cooling stations like Cambridge Recreation Center’s opened across the Las Vegas Valley this week after the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for the area. (Madelyn Reese/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal sports writer Mark Anderson goes over the second day of the Mountain West Media Day and how UNLV plans to improve their game for the upcoming season.
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Nashville on July 24, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien talks about his team’s offense. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bryan Salmond travels to the Paradise Recreational Center for the Las Vegas Golden Knights floor hockey clinic with special guest Golden Knights defenseman and Mark Messier Leadership Award winner Deryk Engelland.
MountainView Hospital’s nurses affiliated with the Nevada chapter of the national Nurses Organizing Committee picketed outside MountainView Hospital Tuesday to urge the hospital to address high turnover rates and understaffing. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)