City Cast Las Vegas
🤧 Check your baggage, and your measles
October 21, 2025 · — Rob Kachelriess
🎃 It’s the season for pumpkin-spice everything in Las Vegas.
You’ve got lattes, pies, and in just a moment, we’re going to run down all the cool pumpkin patches to check out in the valley. But don’t forget — you can soon recycle old jack-o’-lanterns and other pumpkins for local pigs and other livestock to munch on 😀
What's CITY Talking About
🚨 Does Las Vegas Have a ‘Shadow Police Force’?
And no, we’re not talking about ICE. Five lawsuits are currently challenging the actions of Deputy City Marshals, claiming the law enforcement unit is violating civil rights. [Nevada Independent]
- City Cast Las Vegas looks hard at the difference between marshals and police officers in Las Vegas and if the complaints have merit. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🗳️ The Race to Be #2 Heats Up
The governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately in Nevada, which means the top two offices in the state could be represented by opposing parties. Sounds fun, right?! When it comes to the latter race, assemblymember Sandra Jauregui is now the first Democrat to announce a challenge against Lieutenant Governor Stavros Anthony in 2026. [Nevada Independent]
- The Las Vegas Democrat is a survivor of the 1 October shooting and a fierce gun control advocate. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🧳 Las Vegas Airport Numbers
Tourism is still down. But measles are up 🤢 [KVVU]
🚧 Train Doesn’t Exist, Still Gives Vegas Traffic Problems
Serious work on the high-speed rail line between Vegas and SoCal has yet to begin — and funding remains in question — but that’s not stopping crews from doing preliminary work on the local station, shutting down lanes on Las Vegas Blvd. in front of the Premium Outlets this week [KLAS]
🌎 Have You Seen ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at the Sphere?
If so, you’re one in a million 😬 That’s according to promoters, who say they’ve made $130 million on the high-tech reboot. [KSNV]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Oct. 21
- ✍️ Write Through It! A Poetry Social Club at East Las Vegas Library | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | Bonanza & Mojave
- 🧛🏻♀️ 1st Annual Hocus Pocus at Nevada Brew Works | 6 - 8 p.m. | $25.31 | Arts District
- 👊 WOW: Women of Wrestling at the 3rd Street Stage (through Oct. 22) | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Fremont Street Experience
- 🎸 Stereophonic at Reynolds Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $34.60+ | Smith Center
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- 🧐 Office of Collecting and Design behind the Las Vegas Museum of Science & Natural History (through Oct. 26) | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2 - 7 p.m. | $22+ | Downtown
- 🎨 Meet & Greet with Artist Isaias Urrabazo at Sahara West Library | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | Sahara & Grand Canyon
- 🤝 Trinket Swap at Grey Witch | 6 - 8 p.m. | Free entry | Henderson
- 🎵 Jason Vieaux at Ham Concert Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $31.75+ | UNLV
- 🎤 Chadwick Johnson: In the Name of Love at Myron’s | 7 p.m. | $33.40+ | Smith Center
🇵🇭 Max’s Restaurant has only been in Las Vegas for a dozen years, but its legacy of serving Filipino food dates back to 1945.
To celebrate its 80th anniversary, Max’s will serve $8 fried chicken for its first 120 orders today. Doors open at noon.
Free · Daily