📱 Vegas mom sues Snapchat

📵 Vegas Mom Sues Snapchat

A Vegas mother is suing the owner of Snapchat after her 20-year-old daughter fatally overdosed on drugs purchased through a dealer on the social media network. The drugs were believed to be Xanax or Oxycodone but turned out to be 100% fentanyl. Snapchat’s biggest selling point – temporary communication with minimal evidence - could become its greatest liability in the case. [KLAS]

🏠 More than 30,000 Evicted in 2023

Las Vegas and Henderson saw a combined 30,230 evictions in 2023 with empty units proving to be attractive for squatters. About 70 cases pass through eviction court daily and 90 percent of those cases are granted eviction. The new year is already on pace to surpass 2023 with more than 5,600 evictions so far. [KVVU]

• We saw this coming with a tsunami of evictions around this time last year. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

👷 Tropicana Inches Towards Destruction

As the Tropicana prepares to shut its doors for good in April, heavy equipment is moving on site with excavators ready to handle post-closure trash and debris. Demolition plans have yet to be filed with Clark County. Bally’s, which operates the casino, is now weighing a corporate takeover bid after failing to fully cough up the cash for a Chicago hotel and casino. The Oakland A’s still want the site to be the home of their new baseball stadium, but are open to playing some official games at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin before their new home is ready. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

• Meanwhile, the renderings for the A’s stadium have given Las Vegas something to talk about 🧐 [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🍔 McDonald’s Handicaps the Handicapped

There’s something strange in the parking lot of a new McDonald’s in Skye Canyon. Parking spaces for handicapped drivers are farther away from the fast-food restaurant than spaces for those picking up mobile orders 🤔 [KTNV]

Before everyone had cameras on them at all times, humans used to record moving pictures with something that looked like this. So where did we snap the photo?

Is this…

A. Vintage movie equipment from the new Charlie Chaplin exhibit at UNLV.

B. A shelf from an exhibit on Las Vegas during the Prohibition era at the Springs Preserve.

C. Some old junk in the garage of my parents’ house in Pahrump.

D. Decorations inside The Lock, a speakeasy inside the Cabinet of Curiosities at the Horseshoe.

Scroll down for the correct answer!

What Happened to the Bellagio Loon?

A yellow-billed loon became a worldwide sensation by shutting down the Bellagio fountains. The endangered bird was rescued and is now safe, but what does the whole episode say about local capabilities to handle rare birds safely? City Cast Las Vegas co-host Sarah Lohman talks to Alex Harper of the Red Rock Audubon Society in Las Vegas about the looney adventure and how often rare birds show up in Nevada.