City Cast Las Vegas
🌵 Finally, a reason to visit Primm 👀
March 5, 2025 · Rob Kachelriess
⛳ Time flies when filing Badlands settlement paperwork.
We’re approaching 100 days since Shelley Berkley took office and set out to lead Las Vegas in a new direction. To mark the occasion, the mayor spoke to City Cast Las Vegas co-host Dayvid Figler to discuss how things are going, the grade she gives herself so far, and the odds of running for a second term. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
What's CITY Talking About?
✂️ Does Nevada Need Its Own DOGE?
Nevada State Controller Andy Matthews wants a new Inspector General office under his leadership to flush out government waste and fraud — a statewide version of DOGE so to speak. [Nevada Independent]
- Meanwhile, the actual DOGE cut all General Services Administration employees in Nevada — the people who run government buildings and courthouses. [KLAS]
- During President Trump’s address to Congress last night, Nevada Democrats brought guests affected by recent and potential spending cuts as a symbolic form of protest. [Nevada Current]
✍️ UNLV President Leaves School Early
Citing family responsibilities, Keith Whitfield announced an abrupt and unexpected resignation as UNLV President. [KSNV]
- I can’t imagine finding a permanent replacement will take as long as finding Clark County’s next superintendent 🥱 [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
📚 Mall Pass, Please
The old Macy’s inside Boulevard Mall is being repurposed as a middle school. If lunch is served at Sbarro and recess runs through Hot Topic, this would be a dream come true for the doofus teenage version of me. [KTNV]
😐 Paying to Wait
Starting Friday, you can pay $19.01 to join the waitlist for A’s Las Vegas season tickets — games that won’t take place until 2028. If you just want a taste of what the experience is like, the A’s are actually here to play an exhibition game in Summerlin this weekend — and tickets are still available for that. [KVVU]
What To Do
Wednesday, March 5
- 💸 AARP Foundation Tax-Aid at Aliante Library | 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free | North Las Vegas
- ✍️ A Reading & Conversation with Poet Oliver de la Paz at Rogers Literature & Law Building | 7 p.m. | Free | UNLV
- 🎺 Glenn Miller Orchestra at Myron’s | 7 p.m. | $73.60+ | The Smith Center
- 🎤 Waikiki Wednesday Karaoke at Blue Ox Tavern | 8 p.m. | No cover | Sahara and Jones
Thursday, March 6
- 🖼️ Art of the Hawaiian Diaspora Exhibit Opening at Henderson City Hall | 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🎨 Desert Oasis: Passage of Time and Places Reception at Nevada Humanities Program Gallery | 5 - 8 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎨 Family Paint Party at Crab Corner | 6 - 8 p.m. | $44 | Sunset & Rainbow
- 🍷 A Celebration of Women in Wine at NoMad Library | 6:30 p.m. | $195 | Park MGM
🦐 In case you missed it …
City Cast Las Vegas co-host Sarah Lohman was interviewed by the New York Times for a story about the history of the shrimp cocktail — a topic she knows pretty well.
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