http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown Just another Blogs.lasvegasnow.com weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 22:05:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is Las Vegas' birthday -- we are 103-years-old and never looked better. And this weekend, you have an opportunity to celebrate our city's birthday and rich heritage by coming out for the Helldorado Parade Saturday night in Downtown Las Vegas. At his press conference Thursday, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/15/8333242/ If you were a student at the historic Fifth Street School any time from 1936 until 1966, the city Redevelopment Agency wants to hear from you. The Redevelopment Agency will recognize former students during a rededication event to be held this fall celebrating the building's renovation and conversion into an ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/15/8331123/ Metro needs your help to find a man who robbed a bank near Tropicana and Jones. Police say the man in pictures on the left went up to a teller and said, "This is a robbery," back on April 29. They also believe this is the same ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/14/8324086/ Educators everywhere face the challenge of keeping kids in school and helping them to graduate. Reading, writing and arithmetic -- the basics that every student is taught. But how do you get students to really understand what they're learning? It's not an easy feat -- but one local middle ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/12/8313135/ A man facing criminal elderly neglect charges is speaking out to Eyewitness News. The conditions were so bad, the 86-year-old bedridden woman was found covered in feces and the skin on her legs had grown together. Alex Burt says his grandmother Rosemary wanted to spend her later years ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/09/8303452/ The softening economy is hurting major construction projects. Mayor Oscar Goodman is admitting the plan for a downtown Las Vegas arena has basically ground to a halt. The hope is a state of the art arena will help to attract a major pro sports franchise to town, but ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/09/8302189/ The man who was caught red-handed trying to steal an ATM overnight may have tried to steal the same machine before. It happened at Sahara and Richfield Tuesday morning, near Palace Station. When officers arrived, they found the man trying to pull out the entire ATM with a chain ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/06/8279864/ More than 18,000 people, many in pink T-shirts, turned out over the weekend for this year's Race For The Cure. Eyewitness News anchor Paula Francis reports the numbers were down from last year, but spirits were high. It was a major show of support for the local chapter of ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/05/8274274/ More than $1 million is expected to be raised at this weekend's Race For The Cure, in Downtown Las Vegas. That's a lot of cash, but it doesn't take long to spend it. With some 22,000 participants expected, Race For The Cure is the area's largest fundraiser for Susan ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/05/02/8263841/ Firefighters made quick work of a fire that engulfed two homes. It happened Tuesday afternoon in the northeast part of our valley. It was just before 4 p.m. when a massive, two-alarm fire got started near Stewart and Sandhill. See more pictures here. Smoke could be seen ... http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/downtown/2008/04/29/8246886/