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| What Las Vegas's Talking About |
| 📹 Arrest that Led to Viral Video Gets Big Payout | Metro Police is paying out a $325,000 settlement to a woman arrested last June for filming a video of officers that garnered up to 3.4 million views on X. The video — which was filmed in Downtown — shows police officers arresting Karlin Martinez and Cesar Corrales after Corrales taunted and cursed at Metro officers. According to a spokesperson, the money will likely come out of Metro’s self-funded insurance pool. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] | | 💧 Lake Powell Shrinks to Lowest Level Ever | The second-largest reservoir in the U.S. fell to 3,519.91 feet on Saturday, breaking a previous record set in April 2023, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This means Lake Powell — which flows downstream into Lake Mead — is now about 30 feet away from no longer being able to generate hydropower. [KTNV] | | 📚 What Happens to Books After Amazon Uses Them for A.I. Training? | According to an investigation by 404 Media, they get destroyed. That’s 404’s theory, after running an experiment in which they placed a tracker in a “rare” book they suspected would be used for A.I. training and tracked its final destination. The book ended up at an Amazon warehouse in Vegas, where, according to Amazon employees, the book’s binding was likely ripped off for A.I. scanning, destroying the book in the process. [404 Media] | | 💍 Tourists Get Hitched in Hospital | A Kansas couple who traveled to Vegas to get married tied the knot at a hospital instead after the bride unexpectedly delivered their baby early. The couple was walking on Fremont Street a couple of days before their nuptials when the bride’s water broke. Kelsey Ross was rushed to UMC, where she delivered a baby girl, who wasn’t expected to arrive for another five weeks. The couple got married at the hospital where the newborn served as the flower girl and a doctor officiated. This was Kelsey’s first visit to Vegas. [KLAS] | | 📞 Crisis-Response Team Hopes to Lighten Police Load | When nonprofit Vegas Stronger’s physical location is closed, their Mobile Response Team is still taking calls from people experiencing mental health or substance-use crises. The team fields dozens of calls each day, in the hopes of de-escalating crises before police involvement. They aim to work with police to prevent deadly incidents involving mental health crises like the recent death of Officer Austin Abdelnabi. [Las Vegas Review-Journal/KLAS] | - We discussed Nevada’s red flag gun laws on the pod today, and how they’re not used as much as similar laws in other parts of the country. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
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| Get to Know the Amargosa Valley |
|  | The federally protected Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Education Images / Contributor/Getty Images) |
| Looking to get away from the chaos of Las Vegas? The Amargosa Valley is roughly 100 miles away, offering the right mix of natural beauty, history, and adventure. | | Where Is It? | “Amargosa Valley” is a little tricky to define. It’s an unincorporated Nye County, Nevada town with a population of less than 1,500 people. Then again, it’s also a geographic region that straddles the California state line, stretching down to Tecopa between Pahrump and Death Valley. | Some History | The valley was a stop on the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe and San Diego in the 1800s, drawing travelers and Native tribes to its vast water supply. The Amargosa River is partially trapped underground, but also connects to a system of springs and vibrant wetlands. “Amargosa” is Spanish for “bitter,” and the name was inspired by the water’s exposure to rocks and sediment. | Animals and Plants | The Amargosa Valley is a biodiversity hotspot, believed to have the highest concentration of endemic species exclusive to one area in North America. The federally protected Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is the largest remaining oasis in the Mojave Desert, featuring boardwalk viewing platforms that extend out to spring pools throughout the lush 24,000-acre habitat. | - The refuge is home to the Devil’s Hole Pupfish, one of the most endangered animals in the world. [City Cast Las Vegas ✍️]
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