Terry Fator Christmas House
 
Terry Fator Christmas House

Arguably better than a hotel holiday display, is Terry and Angie Fator’s home located in southwest Las Vegas. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)

UNLV Winter Graduation Packs Thomas & Mack
 
UNLV Winter Graduation Packs Thomas & Mack

UNLV’s 55th winter commencement ceremony included approximately 2,146 undergraduate and graduate students who recently completed their studies. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Build-A-Bear comes to Reed Elementary School
 
Build-A-Bear comes to Reed Elementary School

Students participated in a Build-A-Bear-Workshop at Doris Reed Elementary School in Las Vegas, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center art depicts names of God
 
Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center art depicts names of God

Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center founder Sharaf Haseebullah talks about new diamond-shaped art panels featuring some of the 99 names of Allah at the main entrance the Las Vegas mosque. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Incarcerated Christmas
 
Incarcerated Christmas

This is the fourth year HOPE for Prisoners has worked with the Nevada Department of Corrections to create a Christmas for prisoners to visit their families. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

2018 Homeless Vigil
 
2018 Homeless Vigil

Straight From The Streets holds its 23rd annual vigil to remember the 179 homeless individuals who died in Clark County this year.

Getting through the Holiday blues
 
Getting through the Holiday blues

Psychologist Whitney Owens offers advice on keeping your mental health in check during the Holiday season in Henderson, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military
 
Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military

Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military program gave meal kits to 200 families at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10047 in Las Vegas Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. It all started with a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, N.Y., near Fort Drum. A soldier, his wife and infant had a handful of grocery items they couldn’t afford. A Beam Suntory employee picked up the $12 cost for the groceries. The program has grown from providing 500 meal kits to military families in 2009 to providing more than 7,000 nationally this holiday season.K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Former 51s manager Wally Backman chats about new job
 
Former 51s manager Wally Backman chats about new job

Former Las Vegas 51s manager Wally Backman talks about his new job with the independent league Long Island Ducks during the Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 10, 2018. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Inside the kitchen at Springs Preserve
 
Inside the kitchen at Springs Preserve

The staff of Divine Events do party preparation in the kitchen at Divine Cafe at Springs Preserve. With nine parties the following day, this is a particularly busy time for the crew. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Roy Choi on cooking for Park MGM employees
 
Roy Choi on cooking for Park MGM employees

As he prepares to open his new restaurant Best Friend later this month at Park MGM, celebrity chef Roy Choi took the time to cook for the resort’s employees Tuesday. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Best Friend Menu Reveal Wednesday
 
Best Friend Menu Reveal Wednesday

Chef Roy Choi tells us what to expect from Wednesday’s Facebook Live Menu Reveal for his new Park MGM restaurant Best Friend. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Great Santa Run
 
Las Vegas Great Santa Run

People participated in the 14th annual Las Vegas Great Santa Run which raises cubs for Opportunity Village.

Kids become firefighters at Fire Station 98 open house
 
Kids become firefighters at Fire Station 98 open house

Henderson residents wore fire hats, learned about CPR and met firefighters at the Fire Station 98 open house Saturday, August 11, 2018. (Marcus Villagran Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist

People from all over the world attend RollerCon 2018
 
People from all over the world attend RollerCon 2018

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

Camp Broadway teaches kids how to sing and dance
 
Camp Broadway teaches kids how to sing and dance

The Smith Center’s seventh annual Camp Broadway musical theater program gives 150 kids ages 6-17 an opportunity to learn musical theater skills from industry professionals over a five-day period. Marcus Villagran/ Las Vegas Review-Journal @brokejournalist

Las Vegas police officer on being PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door
 
Las Vegas police officer on being PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door

Las Vegas police officer David Anthony talks vegan lifestyle and how he feels about being voted PETA’s sexiest Vegan next door from his home on Monday, July 9, 2018. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist

‘NO H8’ Campaign comes to Las Vegas
 
‘NO H8’ Campaign comes to Las Vegas

Hundreds of locals participate in the NO H8 campaign founded by Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley as a response to Proposition 8, a California ban on same-sex marriage. The campaign has since evolved to represent equal treatment for all. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist