City Cast Las Vegas

November is here, so that means the holiday season is in full swing! We’re getting you set for the month with our picks for all the things you have to do, eat and see in November. From hikes and film walks to the best places to get your pizza and Thanksgiving pies around town, Jesse Merrick, Keep It Local writer Melinda Sheckells and executive producer Layla Muhammad have you covered with all our...

Nevada lawmakers are considering a major overhaul of how recreational marijuana gets taxed, but is there a bigger issue that nobody is talking about? Nevada Current reporter Michael “MJ” Lyle and criminal defense attorney and writer Dayvid Figler join Jesse Merrick to dive into the ways the legal weed market has matured and how that should alter the way the state relies on it to fund education. Th...

City Cast Las Vegas contributor Elle Hope was recently named Clark County’s poet laureate, but what exactly does a poet laureate do and why should you care about it? Elle and former Clark County poet laureate and artist Vogue Robinson help Jesse Merrick dive into that. Plus, we get into the latest drama at the OYO Hotel and dig into what the future for this troubled property looks like. Las Vegas...

Clark County wants to overhaul how it processes short-term rental applications, but do they even know what to do with short-term rentals? Nevada Current deputy editor April Corbin Girnus joins Jesse Merrick to break down the county’s complicated relationship with STRs and what the proposed changes could mean for the future of Airbnbs in the valley. Then we break down what kind of impact $715,000 i...

The Las Vegas housing market is sending mixed signals, so we brought in the two reporters covering it most closely. Las Vegas Review-Journal housing and real estate reporters Patrick Blennerhassett and Eli Segall join Jesse Merrick to break down where things stand in Southern Nevada’s housing market. We dive into what buyers and sellers are dealing with, what the home builders are up to, and why t...

How prepared is Las Vegas to deal with the effects of climate change? In a recent report, Chicago was ranked as the most climate resilient city in the world — the only U.S. city to make it into the top 10. What’s Chicago doing right? City Cast Chicago host Jacoby Cochran is joining David this week to talk about how the city is adapting to face climate risks, its work in renewable energy, and other...

The water crisis has been top of mind for many of us here in the valley, so we caught up with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Alan Halaly to dig into some potential solutions officials have been mulling to secure our water future. Then writer and criminal defense attorney Dayvid Figler joins Jesse Merrick to break down which judicial races deserve your attention before Election Day and why these...

A local steakhouse is at the center of a wild saga that includes unexpected closures, changes in operating hours, and payroll checks bouncing. Nevada Current reporter Michael "MJ" Lyle, creative producer Jacob Solis, and Jesse Merrick break it down what seems to be going on and if these issues underscore bigger problems for Tivoli Village. Then MJ walks us through his recent reporting on voter fra...

Early voting is underway in Clark County, so we caught up with Kerry Durmick, state director of All Voting Is Local Nevada, to walk through what takeaways we can gather from early voting so far and how voters can keep voting boring this year. Then artist Vogue Robinson and executive producer Layla Muhammad join Jesse Merrick to dig into the LVCVA’s new $1.3 million “Vegas Effect” campaign, which i...

Big changes are coming to the Cashman Center and former Grant Sawyer Building site, so today on City Cast Las Vegas, Nevada Current deputy editor April Corbin Girnus and creative producer Rob Kachelriess join Jesse Merrick to bid farewell to Cashman Field and examine whether a Lennar-built housing community is the right thing to take its place downtown. Plus, Daz Weller, CEO of Third Street Theate...

You might want to take a hard pass on eating alone, but we’re making the case for why Las Vegas is actually one of the best cities in the country to do it. Erica Bell, owner of Double Zero Pie and Pub, and our audience development manager Milena DiFiore join Jesse Merrick to break down what makes a restaurant genuinely great for solo dining, how to shake the awkwardness, and why a table for one mi...

How much ownership or responsibility do you feel as a resident of Las Vegas? In Salt Lake City, people are being asked to “adopt a storm drain” to help keep city streets free of floods and trash — and to possibly slow the drying and pollution of the Great Salt Lake. City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta says it’s worth a shot. This week, she joins David to discuss how quick, periodic cleaning of a...

Is art the key to bringing more life to the Fremont East District? Dana Anderson of the ISI Group thinks so, and he explains why he hopes his Art Everywhere Mural Festival draws more attention to the power of art to bring people back to the area. Then Keep It Local writer Melinda Sheckells and Nevada Current reporter Michael “MJ” Lyle join Jesse Merrick to break down why a merger between two PR fi...

The team behind Area 15 is the latest group to throw their name into the NBA arena conversation, and we break down whether this bid is the real deal, how it stacks up against the other proposals, and what it would actually take to make it work in the area they’re proposing. Then we get into North Las Vegas’ 2055 master plan, which is asking residents to help shape what the city will look like over...

Is road rage on the rise in Las Vegas? It’s hard to quantify, but the data from the last five years suggests it could be — so what’s to blame? Then we get into the dispute between the Clark County and City of Las Vegas fire departments over a mutual aid agreement that’s about to expire, why the city says it’s been shouldering more than its fair share of calls in the growing northwest valley and wh...

Election Day is just around the corner, so we’re getting you ready to cast your ballot with our City Cast Las Vegas voter guide. Nevada Current deputy editor April Corbin Girnus and creative producer Jacob Solis join Jesse Merrick to break down some of the most interesting congressional and statewide races. We also walk through everything you need to know before you vote, our favorite polling loca...

Another Las Vegas school year has begun — how are cell phones being handled? In Minnesota, one high school is demonstrating that a strict no-phone school day can work, and they’ve got the (mostly) positive feedback to show for it. City Cast Twin Cities host Sean McPherson joins David to talk about how St. Paul Central High School is succeeding at enforcing a phone-free school environment, the surp...

A selfie on a Strip bridge could land you in jail for six months — and that's just the start of what host Jesse Merrick and local filmmaker Jason Harris are untangling this week. Together with executive producer Layla Muhammad, they dig into why Clark County has barely 17 licensed street vendors, and close out the week with some genuinely good news, from a Pow Wow at the Palms to a breakfast burri...

Henderson and North Las Vegas both have mayoral runoffs on the ballot, so we break down the races and explain how the mayors of our metro's smaller cities interact with and influence the broader Las Vegas area. Aaron Ford is leaning into an influencer strategy in the final stretch of the governor's race, launching "Creators for Aaron" to reach voters through left-leaning content creators. We dig i...

A tourist is suing The Nerd bar in Fremont after getting injured when she was thrown off their giant mechanical p*nis, a wild headline that got us thinking about the state of Fremont and its nightlife scene. With Vesta and Yu-Or-Mi Sushi among the latest local spots at a Station Casinos property to close, we dig into the challenges local restaurants face when trying to make it work inside a casino...

A fight between teenagers at the 24th anniversary of First Friday in the Arts District ended in tragedy when a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed, and two others were injured. So we sit down to process what happened, what the response from city officials has looked like, and what this means for the future of First Friday. Host Jesse Merrick breaks it all down with Executive Producer Layla Muhamma...

The temps are dropping in the valley, so that means it's time to get back outside. Today on City Cast Las Vegas, we're getting you geared up for hiking season. Local outdoor enthusiast and real estate agent Austin Williams, one half of the team behind "The Other Las Vegas" on Instagram, helps us dive into the best beginner, intermediate and advanced hikes in and around the Las Vegas area. Learn mo...

When Las Vegas looks for inspiration for the future, does it look to the Netherlands? That’s what designers and officials in New York City did in order to integrate flood mitigation into public housing. Inspired by places like Rotterdam, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) collaborated with other groups to give Queens a state-of-the-art, climate-resilient amenity — in this case, a basketba...

There's some new drama in the governor's race after allegations surfaced that Attorney General Aaron Ford sought to pardon a pregnant woman's killer, but there's more to the story than that. We unpack what actually happened and how it could impact Ford’s chances in the race for governor. In some off-the-wall news, somebody illegally dumped rats near a Boulder City park this week, which got us wond...

Henderson's police chief just rejected ICE's request to expand its presence in Southern Nevada, but will that squash ICE's attempts at gaining a larger footprint in the valley? A listener fired up about the CCSD school board inspired us to break down what the board actually does, what decisions it has made this year, and what's at stake with three seats up for reelection. Plus, in our Weekend Look...