Happy Monday!

Who else is ready for the holiday? I definitely am—mostly for that sweet, nostalgic vibe. Growing up, the Fourth of July meant backyard pool kickbacks at a friend’s place or hanging out at the local community pool. There was always someone’s dad manning the grill, flipping burgers and hot dogs.

The smell of charcoal, the sound of laughter and splashing water, and the taste of chlorine—it was magical, and it just doesn’t feel the same as an adult. There’s just something about summer memories that makes you want to relive them again and again. Anyone else feel that way?

Have a good week!

🎨 First Friday: The next First Friday falls on Fourth of July which will include fireworks viewing. There will be a Fourth of July-themed community art project, as well as the event’s normal 100+ local artists, 25+ food trucks, and live music. The event takes place in the Arts District (1025 S. 1st St.) from 5-11 p.m.

🇺🇸 The Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade: The parade is being held Friday, July 4, starting at 9 a.m. It steps off at Hillpointe Road and Hills Center Drive, travels south on Hills Center Drive to Village Center Circle, then turns west onto Trailwood Drive ending at the Trails Village Shopping Center. Road closures on parade day begin before 3 a.m. and continue until approximately noon. Watch dazzling floats, larger-than-life balloons, dynamic performances, and military tributes. 

🎵 33rd Annual High Sierra Music Festival: Are you down to drive two hours to Quincy, California, from Reno for a music festival? The High Sierra Music Festival will be held July 3 to 6 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds. Enjoy funk, bluegrass, psychedelic rock, daily parades, yoga, food vendors from every corner of the globe, and a variety of booths selling clothes, accessories, jewelry festival-ware, and so much more. Tickets sold online. 

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Las Vegas holds several Fourth of July fireworks shows and celebrations, most starting at 9 p.m. Take a look at some of your options besides the Strip:

– Downtown Las Vegas

– Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa & Casino 

– Durango Casino & Resort

– Floyd Lamb Park

– Heritage Park in Henderson

I personally like to take the short hike up the Mountain’s Edge Regional Park trail and watch the valley’s fireworks from there. 

(AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

SB 217, sponsored by state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas), would have made it mandatory that most Nevada health insurers and Medicaid plans cover infertility diagnoses and treatment in the same way as other benefits.

“Gov. Lombardo’s veto of this bipartisan measure to protect IVF shows where his true allegiances lie,” said Lauren Babb of Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte. “He will not protect reproductive health care, even as the threat to that care grows daily.”

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Nevada Democratic Assemblymember Reuben D’Silva, a Purple Heart US Marine Corps veteran, pinned the escalation of Iranian strikes against Israel on President Donald Trump. He pointed to his first term in office—when he pulled out of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal months into his presidency—as the catalyst for the conflict.

D’Silva, who served during the Iraq War and studied diplomacy with a specific focus on the Middle East and South Asia, called the 2015 agreement “golden,” stating that long-term political solutions are key to keeping Americans safe from dangerous and expensive wars. He doubled down on the Obama-era approach to dealing with Iran, declaring that he backed it one thousand percent.

“This is what America should be about … getting out there, working problems out, creating long-term political solutions,” he said. “By dismantling the deal, it kind of pushed Iran into a corner.”

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