the entry gate to the Rat City Rukkus in Vegas... I have got to go to this next year!

I've never even heard of a Rat Rod Shelby Cobra... and now I've seen one! 

Police are investigating a robbery of an armored truck that occurred Friday morning in northeast Las Vegas, two days after a armored truck was robbed in Philly (thank you Steve!)

The robbery was reported just after 9:30 a.m. on Friday, according to Metro, near East Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/robberies/armored-truck-robbed-in-northeast-las-vegas-police-say-3792226/

standing ovation for LVPD Officer Deb Rinkovsky, who was patrolling near Charleston and Decatur boulevards in November when she saw a person in a motorized wheelchair being splashed by passing cars, and stopped to help (finally a cool cop!)

Rinkovsky stepped into the rain and offered the person her own poncho in a moment that a bystander captured in a photograph.

https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-police-officer-gets-recognition-for-help-person-in-wheelchair-soaked-in-storm

Loretta Young overlooking Boulder Canyon (Lake Mead) in 1931. I wonder if Cashman's Garage benefitted from her posing with their spare tire cover ad?

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/465/

https://vintagelasvegas.com/post/176107174844/loretta-young-overlooking-boulder-canyon-lake

"History of Suspended Time" a car over the water pool outside the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas! By artist Gonzalo Lebrija

https://galeriemagazine.com/hotel-week-fontainebleau-las-vegas/

https://niada.com/dashboard/make-plans-for-2025-niada-convention-and-expo-at-fontainebleau-las-vegas/

https://www.fontainebleaulasvegas.com/experiences/fine-art-collection/

there is not much of a story with this Jag

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1372066284278465&set=pcb.1372066370945123

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwURNTwuv-Y/?img_index=4

conceptcarz.com/profile/35800,7337/1955-jaguar-xk-d-d-type.aspx

raced extensively in the Western United States, 1st owned by Jack Douglas, who redressed the exterior in his eye-catching livery of yellow with red and black pinstriping, took it to the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1956, but failed to compete after a wild pre-race spin-out. 

Second owner Ray Scher raced it at Laguna Seca in 1958 and 1959 and sold it in 1960 to Tom Groskritz, who preserved the car for 61 years until 2021, when the current owner purchased it 

there are a LOT of rich people in Las Vegas

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1371366474348446&set=pcb.1371366557681771

Las Vegas spent an untold amount of money blocking public views of publicly owned roadways... But then

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1263033955867428&set=a.233713995466101

Finally, someone gets back to making a fun video of horsepower and screwing around. The dialog is shit, and the music sucks, but the nepo baby didn't get rich or famous for writing or music.

Terrible Herbst was a gas station owner in the 1940s, founded a gas station/convivence store/casino in 1959, and his son is now the CEO of the company/race team. 

Maybe this kid is acting, or maybe, he was given shit dialog and told to just shut up and drive, or maybe he's really this effing annoying. Whatever, it's not like I'm ever going to run into him or give a shit about how he comes across to actress/models on his you tube video career. 

But you'd think a manager, a friend, or even Gittin, would have pointed out how unlikeable his character comes across. If you can't like him, you can't root for him, you can't be a fan. Drivers, races, and series only exist to create a fan base so the sponsors can sell product. 

https://www.terribles.com/

The stunt that inspired The Mint 400: Two dune buggies traveling off road from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe, September 1967 Thank you Steve!

Four young men in two dune buggies took the 577-mile off-road trek as a promotional stunt for Del Webb Corp hotels The Mint and the Sahara Lake Tahoe. 

 The drivers set out from Las Vegas on September 7, 1967, and completed the route in 99 hours, 22 minutes.

The following Spring ‘68, Del Webb Corp expanded the desert race into the competitive, The Mint 400, which has continued ever since.

The Las Vegas group made their own roads as they went along, cutting wildly over the 600-foot dunes in the Armagosa Valley, pushing through streams and over desert flats and, finally, up the precipitous Sierra foothills to the shore of Lake Tahoe.

https://vintagelasvegas.com/post/795593541907841024/1967

Las Vegas PD had a billionaire donate 10 new Cybertrucks for patrol units

 Thank you Steve! Thank you Shas! 

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1972803057986527241

Las Vegas Metro PD has run the stats on the deadliest intersections in Vegas, it's no surprise that 2 are on Charlestown, and 2 are on Decatur... the 12 intersections identified as the deadliest over the last three years.

1) Charleston Blvd & Decatur Blvd
2) Flamingo Rd & Rainbow Rd
3) Charleston Blvd & Hualapai Way
4) Blue Diamond Rd & Arville St
5) Tropicana Ave & Decatur Blvd
6) Flamingo Rd & Arville St
7) Boulder Hwy between Sahara Ave & Karen Ave
8) Flamingo Rd & Pecos Rd
9) Flamingo Rd & Maryland Pkwy
10) Las Vegas Blvd & Cheyenne Ave
11) Washington Ave & Nellis Blvd
12) Las Vegas Blvd & Cashman Ctr

There were 160 deaths in Metro’s area last year, 108 deaths on the roads so far this year.

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/09/03/metro-targets-12-most-dangerous-intersections-with-special-enforcement/

I haven't seen this amazing display of the F1 display on the Las Vegas Sphere until now, thank you Mike!

I believe that the sphere is the cleverest marketing/advertising thing that's happened in a very very long time. Probably since color printing. 

FBI statistics showed that the Las Vegas metro area saw a 35% decline in motor vehicle thefts from 2023 to 2024. That was twice the national rate: a 17% decrease. It had nothing to do with police solving any car thefts though

National reports credited better anti-theft technology, including moves by automakers Hyundai and Kia to make improvements to reduce theft. Also cited: supply chains are closer to normal, removing the incentive for thieves to steal vehicles for parts.

FBI statistics showed few auto thefts are solved by police. In 2024, Metro’s clearance rate was 8.7%, Henderson was 4.3% and North Las Vegas trailed at 2.4%.

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/motor-vehicle-thefts-decline-35-in-metro-las-vegas-in-2024/

I just learned there was a Rat Rod car show in Vegas last month... here's a good look at it

 

the Westgate’s Vegas Loop station is open to the public

Westgate will mark the second Vegas Loop station opened outside of the convention center, where the underground people-mover has been in operation since 2021, moving conventiongoers between three stations at the facility’s campus. Resorts World became the first property to link to the Boring Company’s transportation system outside of the convention center in 2022. A fourth station at the convention center named the Riviera Station, opened last year.

Rides within the convention center area are free, while passengers will have to pay a fee at stations outside of the facility’s footprint, including at the Westgate.

Tunneling is also underway to the Encore and between a station located on Paradise Road near UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center to the Silver Lot at the convention center, in a line dubbed the University Center Loop. That line also features a station at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and a parcel located just north of the hotel-casino.

Boring Company’s plan at full build out will include 68 miles of tunnels, with 104 stations in a point-to-point system, with the claimed ability to handle 90,000 passengers per hour, transporting passengers via Tesla model vehicles.

The next portion of Vegas Loop that could get underway next is a tunnel heading down Tropicana between Paradise and the South Strip to Allegiant Stadium.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/traffic/boring-companys-vegas-loop-set-to-open-latest-resort-station-3266612/

I have missed posting this for about a month, but it shows a great idea for Halloween decorations... I saw that spider at the grocery store before Halloween, it's very good!

Las Vegas is installing "speed cushions" near Rainbow Family Park

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/speed-cushions-coming-to-slow-down-cars-in-west-las-vegas-valley-neighborhood/

Zoox, an all-electric, fully autonomous ride-hail vehicle, is on the job and on the city streets of Las Vegas

one of the many toaster shaped taxis I saw at CES 2023 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/01/i-dont-think-that-all-these-ridiculous.html

the LVCC (Las Vegas Convention Center) new routes to the "Resort World" and Westgate Hotel

 

It's supposed to go from the Las Vegas Airport, to the UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) to the Convention Center

above, the yellow shows what is completed, but only the convention center is in use currently from what I've seen this week

https://www.teslarati.com/boring-company-2-million-passengers/