In 2023, a Skydio sales representative sent a customer proposal to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD Chief of Staff Mike Gennaro forwarded the email to venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, asking which deployment option the department should choose. Horowitz replied with a question: Which deployment are you looking to do? Gennaro’s response, according to… Continue reading Whatever You Want, Ben
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How The Bboring Company Replaced The Las Vegas Monorail
In May 2019, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority awarded a $48.7 million contract to Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an underground tunnel system beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. Construction began six months later. What followed over the next five years was not simply the arrival of a new transit technology —… Continue reading How The Bboring Company Replaced The Las Vegas Monorail
Water Cloud Wars
In December 2022, DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors completed an $11 billion acquisition of Switch, the Las Vegas-based data center operator that runs some of the largest digital infrastructure campuses in the United States. The transaction pulled Switch off the New York Stock Exchange and made it a private company owned by infrastructure investment firms… Continue reading Water Cloud Wars
THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
On the morning of Jan. 8, 2020, residents in a North Las Vegas neighborhood near Ann Road and Clayton Street called 911 to report a man passed out in the gutter on the 5600 block of Indian Springs Drive. When officers arrived, they found 25-year-old Sidney De’Trae McKnight lying face down with a gunshot wound… Continue reading THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
Was Policy Followed?
In the early hours of February 3, 2026, an officer-involved shooting inside a South Maryland Parkway apartment complex left both 28-year-old Quinton Baker and his young child dead, raising urgent questions about decision-making, training practices, and the handling of high-risk encounters involving mental-health crises. The incident began when a woman called police reporting that Baker… Continue reading Was Policy Followed?
LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
Las Vegas authorities spent the past week unraveling a hazardous-materials investigation that began with a quiet tip and ended with a full multi-agency operation involving police, federal agents, fire officials, and specialized scientific teams. Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the investigation started when LVMPD received limited information suggesting that laboratory equipment and possibly dangerous materials were… Continue reading LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
Concerns Over School District Safety
An investigation of public documents and media reporting spanning 2020–2025 shows that the Clark County School District (CCSD) has faced repeated allegations of sexual assault, staff misconduct, and other serious campus-safety incidents — challenges that continue to affect students, staff, and the broader community. In November 2025, local police announced the arrest of a CCSD… Continue reading Concerns Over School District Safety
Road Kills Spur Action
Local and state law enforcement agencies announced a coordinated traffic enforcement initiative aimed at reducing rising roadway fatalities across the Las Vegas Valley. The effort brings together the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada State Police Highway Patrol, North Las Vegas Police, Boulder City Police, and Clark County School Police. Deputy Chief Jose Hernandez said… Continue reading Road Kills Spur Action
Founding Roots Within CSN
When the College of Southern Nevada formally recognized the Native Heritage Alliance in February 2025, no one inside the young organization expected what would happen next. Within months, the group’s membership surged, workshops filled beyond capacity, and community partnerships multiplied across the valley. What began as a modest student coalition has rapidly evolved into one… Continue reading Founding Roots Within CSN
Valley Divided
Assembly Bill No. 4 arrived in Nevada’s Legislature framed as a sweeping public-safety measure, one meant to respond to concerns about rising disorder in the state’s most heavily trafficked corridors. It stretches sixty-eight pages and touches nearly every corner of the criminal code, creating new felonies, elevating penalties for old ones, and authorizing a series… Continue reading Valley Divided
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