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The trailblazer – 310th Edition

Within the next week, John Simmons expects to open the latest incarnation of his popular Firefly tapas eatery, this one in the Henderson/Anthem area (11261 S. Eastern Ave.). It’s been nine years since he left his job in the kitchen at one of the most popular restaurants on Las Vegas Boulevard to take a gamble [...]

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Fur the best – 307th Edition

Two-hundred thousand. Three-hundred thousand. A million. Projections vary, but one thing is certain: There are a lot of feral cats in the valley. And come spring, more will be born.By lasvegascitylife.com

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It’s going down – 308th Edition

The pictures from March 10 don’t show a thuggy crowd. In fact, they don’t even look particularly inebriated. Sinful Saturdays? If it weren’t for what happened after hours, I might even accuse Crown Nightclub of false advertising.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Learning curve – 306th Edition

The cafeteria sits so close to the administrative offices at Agassi Prep that a well-aimed meatball could easily land with a thump in the middle of the conference table. But there were no meatballs — and no food fights — on a February morning at the charter school in West Las Vegas. Elementary students ate [...]

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‘This place is killing me’ – 305th Edition

Editor’s note: We periodically run dispatches from a homeless writer we call “Dave.” While his stories are impossible to independently verify, they offer a vivid look at the texture of life on the city’s streets.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Goodbye, Occupy – 303th Edition

The county won’t need fire hoses to clear out Area 99, the camp set up by Occupy Las Vegas on a parking lot across from the airport. On Monday, Feb. 20, the campers neatly folded their bed rolls, took down tents and pushed brooms across the uneven asphalt.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Searching for Ronald Kirk – 304th Edition

I woke up in the predawn dark. I prepared my backpack with one and half gallons of Crystal Geyser water bottles, a pair of binoculars and a topographic map of the greater Red Rock area. Then I set out to search for Ronald Kirk.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Raise the roof – 301th Edition

Bekele Mulaw had barely moved into his new house when he had a run-in with the safety features. His wife was preparing coffee for a traditional Ethiopian ceremony, roasting the beans over a brazier to grind, boil and pour for guests, when the smoke alarm chirped. The kitchen filled with smoke, which dissipated into an [...]

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After the fall – 302th Edition

IN 1955, the cover of Life magazine famously posed the question, “Las Vegas: Is the Boom Overextended?” Sin City got 50 years of good laughs out of that. “We think 96 percent or 97 percent occupancy is like scraping the bottom of the barrel,” bragged Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson in late 2007.By lasvegascitylife.com

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