🌱 Vegas Group Spreads Holiday Cheer + Driver Fights Off Dog

Happy Thursday, people of Las Vegas! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing today in Las Vegas.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and chilly. High: 50 Low: 36.

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Here are the top 4 stories in Las Vegas today:

1. Families living at the Marble Manor Apartments near downtown Las Vegas received some much-needed holiday cheer from a Las Vegas organization. New Era Las Vegas met with around 100 families at the Marble Manor Apartments near H Street and Washington Avenue on Friday afternoon and delivered toys, groceries, and food. (FOX5 Las Vegas)
2. A doorbell camera caught a delivery truck driver helping someone fight off an attacking dog outside a Las Vegas home recently. Real estate agent Mike Ray was showing a home Monday when he watched his daughter and dog get attacked by another dog via the camera. His daughter scooped up the family's dog to protect it, and after a few seconds an Amazon driver runs over to help.(News3LV)
3. A man and woman were found dead inside a North Las Vegas home on Tuesday. Officers located the bodies after they were called to a residence in the 1300 block of Carved Terrace Avenue to perform a welfare check. Officers couldn't immediately say whether a homicide investigation would be conducted. (KTNV Las Vegas)
4. More than 4,000 NV Energy customers in Clark County were reported without power on Tuesday night as a winter storm impacted Southern Nevada. (KTNV Las Vegas)

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Today in Las Vegas:

• Healthcare Roundtable: Our Health. Our Business - Urban Chamber of Commerce (10:00 AM)
• Breakfast Book Club - Sunrise Library (11:00 AM)
• Bingo - CenterWell Senior Primary Care in Spring Valley (11:00 AM)
• Lunchtime Talkers - Toastmasters - Urban Chamber of Commerce (12:00 PM)
• 3D Printing For Beginners - West Charleston Library (4:00 PM)
• Winter Sculpting - West Charleston Library (4:30 PM)
• Direct Connect - Urban Chamber of Commerce (5:00 PM)
• Gift Wrapping Party! - Centennial Hills Library (5:30 PM)
• Karaoke Night - Rainbow Library (5:30 PM)
• Online Social - December Meeting - Friends Of The Nevada State Museum (6:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• As surprising as it sounds, Las Vegas resorts are among the most efficient water users in Southern Nevada. (Facebook)
• Las Vegas Valley Water District customers can use the LVVWD mobile app to start, stop, or transfer water service, view accounts, pay bills, and report water waste right from their phones. (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday! I'll see you soon.

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.