As the Los Angeles Unified School District prepares to reopen elementary schools for the first time in 13 months, recently released court documents show that while the district pushed for more instructional time for students earlier this year, the union successfully bargained for a reduced teacher workday—and a lot more of what it wanted.

In the US, about 6.2 million people have Alzheimer's disease. About 70% experience agitation — extreme emotional distress that can manifest as resisting care, shouting, or becoming physically violent — and 40% have symptoms severe enough to require treatment, Dr. Jeffrey Cummings told Insider. But there isn't a single approved drug to treat agitation in people with Alzheimer's.

As COVID positivity rates remain at record lows, everyone is thrilled to see Las Vegas bounce back, but experts told 8 News Now it’s important to remember the pandemic isn’t over just yet.

Some of the best future architects in the world could be living right here in Las Vegas.

Vaccination may provide longer-lasting immunity than infection does. It may also offer better protection from certain aspects of a disease than natural immunity does, as is the case with the shingles vaccine, said Dr. David Weismiller, a professor in the UNLV School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.

Southern Nevada nonprofits have been on the front lines over the last 12 months, providing much-needed resources and services, while highlighting the importance of their role in the community.

In trying to revive last year’s ballot question regarding governance of Nevada’s universities and colleges, state lawmakers are doing the right thing for higher education in the state. The question would remove the dysfunctional and disruptive Nevada Board of Regents from the state constitution, which would allow lawmakers to restructure the oversight of higher ed in the state.

Through the years, some Las Vegas casinos have associated themselves with glamourous Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. Now, those days are gone, according to KSNV-TV Channel 3 reporter Tom Hawley.

Cox Communications honored four Southern Nevadans during Black History Month. Honorees included Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno; 100 Black Men of America Las Vegas chapter founder and president Larry Mosley; director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries Claytee White and Cox Media consultant and chair of Cox’s Southwest Region Diversity & Inclusion Council Keith Wingate.