🐈‍⬛🐕 What’s next for The Animal Foundation?

🚨 Suspects Caught in Homeless Shooting

Two suspects are in custody and another is still being sought in the Dec. 1 shooting at a homeless encampment on Charleston. Five men were shot; one died immediately, while a second succumbed later. Police say the suspects, a 31-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, targeted the victims. [KVVU]

🎒 Where Are the Teachers?

According to the school district website, CCSD has more than 1,300 openings for licensed teachers as campuses return to session after the winter break. [KSNV]

🐈 Helter Shelter

After years of near-perpetual turmoil of one kind or another, what’s the status of The Animal Foundation and its troubled animal shelter? Nevada Current journalist Dana Gentry, who’s written on the subject, guests on the podcast. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

• Things aren’t looking so great for Henderson’s animal shelter, either. [Nevada Current]

🪩 More Words About the Big Round Thing

If you’re in the mood for a long, brainy take on the Sphere, we’ve got you. Sample passage:

[Paris Review]

• Related: Best places to (heh heh) eyeball the Sphere. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

We’re going to try something a little different with Where Is It. Instead of making you email your answer and wait a week to learn whether it’s correct, we’re going to offer you some choices, then tell you which was correct at the bottom of this newsletter. Instant gratification!

Is this sculpture …

(a) in a strip mall in Green Valley?

(b) near the Paiute tribal headquarters?

(c) just inside the eastern border of Summerlin?

(d) near Springs Preserve?

Find the answer below.

But also: Do you know anything about this piece? Who made it, when, and was it for a specific purpose? We’ve asked the folks in charge of the property and they don’t know; we can’t find it on any registries of public art.

If you know anything, use the button below 👇 to clue us in. Thanks!

And, by all means, also use the button above 👆 to sound off, share thoughts, alert us to upcoming events — anything! We’d love to hear from you.

What’s Next for the Animal Foundation?

With the recent news that the City of Las Vegas will get more involved with the operation of the shelter run by The Animal Foundation, the question arises: Will 2024 be a turning point for the troubled animal-rescue organization? Journalist Dana Gentry of the Nevada Current joins podcast co-host Dayvid Figler to suss out the possibilities.