Lost in some of the commentary about what’s ahead for the gaming industry in 2017 is the ongoing “Las Vegasization” of Macau.

Technology is changing the gaming industry rapidly. Brett Abarbanel’s job is to make sure the International Gaming Institute (IGI) at UNLV never falls behind through all of these changes.

The fine arts space soon to be known as the Barrick Museum of Art began life in 1967, even before it was part of the UNLV campus proper. In 1975, it became the UNLV Museum of Natural History and moved into the school’s old gym space (hence the presence of cartoon-wolf mascot Beauregard on the gallery floor today). Its first contemporary art exhibit took place in 1986, three years before the Marjorie Barrick part of the name got added.

Lawmakers say they plan to make another hard push to build a light rail system in Las Vegas. The track would potentially start at McCarran International Airport and go up to Maryland Parkway to Carson before it heads west here it heads west and downtown until it gets near Valley Hospital.

Last Saturday, September 4, the event "Be a superhero for the children in our community ?? By Prevent Child Abuse Nevada (PCA NV) with the topic of child abuse prevention that took place at Downtown Container Park at 10:00 am.

The series of free workshops in Spanish offered by Prevent Child Abuse Nevada (PCA), include topics such as prevention of child sexual abuse, development of the brain of children from the fetal stage and child stress, this occasion Valeria Gurr, coordinator of PCA Nevada, offered the course, choose your partner or child caregiver carefully.

Prevent Child Abuse Nevada (PCAN), in coordination with the Clark County Department of Family Services, held an event at the Town Square Mall to raise awareness about child abuse and to try to avoid this scourge.

For the most part, the days of “stranger danger” — the fear that an unknown assailant will sexually assault a victim — are behind us.