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🌱 Student Will Stand Trial + Storm Causes Flooding & Power Outages
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Las Vegas.
Hello all. I'm back with your fresh copy of the Las Vegas Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town.
First, today's weather:
A t-storm around in the p.m. High: 98 Low: 81.
Here are the top three stories today in Las Vegas:
- An independent evaluation has determined that Jonathan Eluterio Martinez Garcia is competent enough to stand trial. Garcia is accused of attacking his teacher at Eldorado High School on Apr. 7. He is facing 15 felony charges. His next hearing will be on Aug. 3. (Fox 5 Las Vegas)
- Las Vegas' Silverton Casino is offering incentives for locals to retire "Elf on the Shelf" characters. Those who want to participate will be given an official retirement certificate, a cocktail voucher, and a toy donated to a toy drive on the casino's behalf. The elves will be used to decorate Silverton Casino's BAD ELF holiday pop-up bar. (Fox 5 Las Vegas)
- A Las Vegas storm caused flooding and power outages on Friday. The storm began on Thursday night and produced an inch of rain with wind gusts over 70 miles per hour. Some Strip casinos experienced flooding while roughly 7,000 residents lost power. Multiple vehicle crashes occurred during the storm. (Las Vegas Sun)
Today in Las Vegas:
- Night Of Rock: Hoobastank, Soul Asylum, & Alien Ant Farm At 1st Street Stage (7:00 PM)
- Tom Segura At The Mirage Theatre (10:00 PM)
- ILLENIUM At Vegas Nightclub (10:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Are you searching for your new favorite bar or restaurant? Click for a list of the most recent bar and restaurant openings in the Las Vegas area. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Here's the latest list of adoption-ready pets in the Las Vegas area searching for a forever home. (Las Vegas Patch)
- Vegas Chamber continues to remind the community to nominate businesses for its Business of the Year Awards. The deadline is Monday. Click to nominate. (Vegas Chamber via Facebook)
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That's it for today! See you all Monday morning for your next update.
— Dominique-Noelle Rafael
About me: Dominique is a self taught UX/UI designer based in Princeton, NJ. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland last spring with a bachelor's degree in Information Science. She is excited to begin working on the Patch newsletter project this year!