City Cast Las Vegas
👁️ All eyes on Las Vegas court attack
January 5, 2024
Welcome, reader. If only I had resolved to stop telling you about lame online surveys, I wouldn’t be inflicting another on you now: According to this lame online survey, which was based on polling .0009% of Americans, we Nevadans only stick to our New Year’s resolutions for three months. That’s tied for second worst in the nation.
What's CITY Talking About?
😲 Disorder in the Court
The frightening video of a Las Vegas court defendant bounding over the bench to attack a judge is attracting national attention. Deobra Redden, a repeat offender who, his attorney says, has schizophrenia and bipolar disorders, told judge Mary Kay Holthus he shouldn’t be sent to prison: “I’m in a better place.” It’s when she said he needs “a taste of something different” that Redden leapt. [KTNV]
- This incident leads off the news roundup on today’s podcast. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🏘️ That’s a Lotta Houses, Wall Street!
Two-hundred sixty-four — that’s how many local houses one corporate landlord bought from another in a single day last summer, according to a new report. This massive Wall Streetification of residential housing affects home availability and rental prices. [Review-Journal]
- Related(ish): How to buy a house in this town. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
⚖️ Public Option Challenged
A Republican state senator and a taxpayers organization are suing Nevada to stop a publicly funded healthcare option, alleging it violates the state constitution in multiple ways. [Nevada Independent]
📃 The Magic Word
Among the names newly unsealed in documents connected with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is Strip magic superstar David Copperfield — though no misconduct on his part has been alleged. Former presidents Clinton and Trump were also among the 200 people mentioned. [KSNV]
What To Do
Friday, Jan. 5
- 🐦 National Birding Day | 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Free | Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
- 🚶 First Friday | 5-11 p.m. | Free | Arts District
- 🎶 That 1 Guy (one-man band) | 8 p.m. | $25.82 | Usual Place
Saturday, Jan. 6
- 👪 Foster Care Info Session | 10 a.m. | Free | Windmill Library
- 📚 Najee Jamerson, ‘Souls Aligned’ (book event) | 1-3 p.m. | Free | New Orleans Square
- 🖼️ Linda Shaffer, ‘All Love’ (reception) | 2-4 p.m. | Pearson Community Center
- 📽️ ‘Fallen Leaves’ (film) | 2:30 p.m. | $10 | Beverly Theater
- 🎤 ‘Standup Comedy for the Troops’ | 6 p.m. | $15-$20 | Chinatown
- 🎼 ‘Bach, Mozart & Beethoven’ (LV Philharmonic) | 6:30 p.m. | $34-$126 | Smith Center
- 📚 Sarah Lohman, ‘Endangered Eating’ (reading) | 7 p.m. | Free | Writer’s Block
- 👙‘Viva Las Vintage’ (burlesque) | 7 p.m. | $20 | Arts District
- 🌚 ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ Planetarium Show | 9 p.m. | $10 | CSN Campus
Sunday, Jan. 7
- 🎤 ‘Late Night Whispers’ (variety show) | 7-8:30 p.m. | $20-$40 | New Orleans Square
Monday, Jan. 8
- 📚 Social Justice Book Club | 6 p.m. | Free | Whitney Library
- 🎤 Punk Rock Karaoke | 9-11:30 p.m. | Free | Downtown
Today on City Cast
The Week That Was
It’s the first news roundup of 2024, and there’s plenty for co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman, joined by Nevada Current deputy editor April Corbin Girnus, to discuss: Wednesday’s videotaped incident in which a defendant attacked a local judge; the county’s new law against stopping on Strip bridges; and food trends that should go away.
➕ Some jokers made a rapid-response parody video of the courthouse incident. [X]
Have a great weekend. See you Monday with a fresh Where Is It challenge.
Scott Dickensheets
Thanks to Sonja Cho Swanson for the groovy edits!
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