Thanks for joining us. Im bob massi. What if you could change your whole neighborhood or even an entire city . Im gonna introduce you to some people who are doing just that, with amazing results. Downtown las vegas has a rich history, but as the famous strip got built up and the suburbs grew outward, well, much of old vegas it became abandoned. Then came the recession, which devastated the entire area. Attorney Oscar Goodman was mayor at that time. His wife, carolyn, now is the current mayor. When you become the mayor, you see the first signs of blight. I didnt even know what the word meant at the time. Windows were becoming boarded up in the downtown. I had been around the country. I went through various downtowns, and i saw what looked to me like war zones rubble and the like. And i didnt want that here for las vegas. Things were looking pretty bleak for vegas, especially downtown, and despite the financial troubles, the city had already committed to moving out of this building, whic
Thanks for joining us. Im bob massi. What if you could change your whole neighborhood or even an entire city . Im gonna introduce you to some people who are doing just that, with amazing results. Downtown las vegas has a rich history, but as the famous strip got built up and the suburbs grew outward, well, much of old vegas it became abandoned. Then came the recession, which devastated the entire area. Attorney Oscar Goodman was mayor at that time. His wife, carolyn, now is the current mayor. When you become the mayor, you see the first signs of blight. I didnt even know what the word meant at the time. Windows were becoming boarded up in the downtown. I had been around the country. I went through various downtowns, and i saw what looked to me like war zones rubble and the like. And i didnt want that here for las vegas. Things were looking pretty bleak for vegas, especially downtown, and despite the financial troubles, the city had already committed to moving out of this building, whic
Thanks for joining us. Im bob massi. What if you could change your whole neighborhood or even an entire city . Im gonna introduce you to some people who are doing just that, with amazing results. Downtown las vegas has a rich history, but as the famous strip got built up and the suburbs grew outward, well, much of old vegas it became abandoned. Then came the recession, which devastated the entire area. Attorney Oscar Goodman was mayor at that time. His wife, carolyn, now is the current mayor. When you become the mayor, you see the first signs of blight. I didnt even know what the word meant at the time. Windows were becoming boarded up in the downtown. I had been around the country. I went through various downtowns, and i saw what looked to me like war zones rubble and the like. And i didnt want that here for las vegas. Things were looking pretty bleak for vegas, especially downtown, and despite the financial troubles, the city had already committed to moving out of this building, whic
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50. A coworker was able to get the footage after she says she became a little bit uncomfortable with the way the director was handling the child. Dcf worker shared with police the cell phone footage to happen on friday. Claremont police say they hit the fouryearold with what appears to be stuffed animals. He pick the child up and dropped him facedown we have a crew getting answers about the arrest and much more starting at 4 00 possible threats made against the High School Police and they say they were alerted about a student that made threats to harm another student. They are interviewing to determine if the claims are valid. We will keep you up to as police share more. It was the first day back to work for employees. Office building as dozens of Homeless People camped out for weeks homeless or kicked out as a building open for business, workers arrived at something they havent seen in weeks. Empty sidewalks. The homeless are no no longer here but there is a more permanent solution. R