East Paradise

Click the read more link  to view four short videos that were produced by Kathy Espin's JMS 100 class for East Paradise. Read More

Leah Lattimore is president of a dance group called “Aftermath,” where she teaches girls the art of dance and the importance of discipline. The girls dedicate their practice to learning the skills of a popular dance style called hip-hop. Though hip-hop is more prominent among the younger public, there seems to be no age limit in this class, where dancers’ ages range from 5 ro 30. “Aftermath” is a non-profit organization and most of the funding comes from Lattimore’s pocket.  Her sole purpose ... Read More

Zia Records, located on Eastern and Flamingo in the East Paradise community, provides a place where a community can get together and celebrate one love: music. Posters and t-shirts line the store’s walls and promote the variety of music that can be found. The store also carries a large number movies and video games. “Zia started as an independent record store that started selling cassette tapes, and from there, CDs and eventually DVDs, and now, all types of media,” says Assistant Store Manager Cameron ... Read More

Whether it’s updating Facebook statuses via cell phone or checking the live stream of news online, technology and the media play a central part in our everyday lives. This trend has not gone unnoticed. Today, politicians use modern technology, social networking sites and the media to reach out to the public. Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani who represents the East Paradise Community, Las Vegas’ Mayor Oscar Goodman, and President Barack Obama all utilize and support this contemporary trend. Giunchigliani not only has a Facebook account, ... Read More

U.S. Vets ia a program that helps veteran's adjust to life after the military. On this Veteran’s Day 2009, we take time out of our busy schedules to honor the men and women who served in our military. Here is a brief profile of one of our vets. Brian Whisnant, who was a member of the United States Army for 20 years and is currently receiving assistance from U.S. Vets. His job was a gunner and he was promoted to section chief and led ... Read More

The number of animals filling up shelters in the community has reached a point where adoption has become insufficient. Animals are in need of forever homes. The Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a no-kill animal shelter that is at full capacity year round. They receive more than 300 animals on average per month, which includes animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, ducks, and more that all need loving families. “There was a very severe animal overpopulation crisis in ... Read More

In recent years hookah lounges have popped up all around UNLV from the Hard Rock to the basement floors of strip malls on Maryland Parkway. In these smoky lounges we often find people sucking on the hookah tubes that are connected to shapely glass water bongs. Inside a bowl at the top is flavored tobacco and a coal to burn it. In their light-headed state of mind many don’t think about the health impacts. "I don't know maybe two cigarettes,” Tim Jones said. ... Read More

  Tattoo parlors recently started leaving their mark on East Paradise. Because of the eclectic, some say dirty area, some who are shopping for a new tattoo wonder if they are safe. Sophia Thomason, a UNLV junior, was facing that fear recently. The rumors that Thomason heard about the area around UNLV had made her hesitant of getting a tattoo at all, but the cleanliness of the shop had pleasantly surprised her. “The first thing I noticed is how clean they were,” said Thomason. “All ... Read More

Las Vegas is now embracing the revolution of a paper printing technology that reduces toxic emissions, is more durable than regular paper, and saves trees along the way. Created from the abundant resource of limestone and built waterproof, the innovative solution of “C-stone” paper is produced, published, and readily available to Las Vegas and world. CEO and Owner of AquaCgreen Publishing (ACG) and “AQUACabana Magazine,” Paul Weissman, has made this technology possible through years of research and trial-and-error testing. Seven years in the making, ... Read More

Bright white walls with racks full of medical magazines sitting on a cold sterilized patient’s chair. This is the atmosphere most people are sitting in when they receive the news that they are terminal. Whether it has been after a five-year battle with cancer or a recent diagnosis of hepatitis C, hearing you only have so long to live is the worst news someone will ever receives. When facing your own mortality, a million thoughts run through your head, but there are ... Read More