Hi, Nevadans!

Great to be in your inbox again! This past weekend, I tried ECHO in the Arts District, and it was fantastic top to bottom—the food, the service, the music, and the atmosphere—I don’t know what I was expecting, but it blew me away.

And I should’ve known—chef Natalie Young never misses (she previously brought us Eat. in downtown).

This is a new-ish bar right on Main Street that offers “a sensory experience” with a “state-of-the-art McIntosh sound system, filling the air with carefully curated vinyl records” and each dish “made to complement both your palate and the atmosphere.”

ECHO is one I want to gatekeep so bad, but I love supporting our local spots and must share it with you all so you can experience it, too. For brunch, the pancakes are a must; I have never had anything like them. Or the pork chops, the husband says.

Let me know if you stop by—or if you’ve already tried it, what’d you think?

Jannelle Calderón

Newsletter Editor, The Nevadan

Masks, drama, and aerial stunts: Your guide to Lucha Libre in Las Vegas

Luchadores compete in the ring during the annual Tacos and Tamales Festival in Las Vegas. (Fred Morledge)

By Aleza Freeman

While WWE can be traced back to the 1950s in the United States, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico dates back to 1933.

Lucha libre, the Spanish term for freestyle wrestling, stands out among other forms of professional wrestling thanks to its dramatic hero-versus-villain storytelling and dynamic masked wrestlers, who are known to perform eye-popping and jaw-dropping aerial, acrobatic, and athletic stunts. The entertaining sport is nearly as popular as soccer for many people of Hispanic heritage.

You may have encountered lucha libre in Las Vegas at events like the annual Tacos & Tamales Festival at Desert Breeze Park or during Hispanic Heritage Night at the Las Vegas Ballpark. But how much do you really know about the animated style of athletic hand-to-hand combat and its significance to Mexican culture?

Check it out!

Metro’s cooperation with ICE violates state law, says ACLU of Nevada lawsuit

Door of a Las Vegas Metro Police SUV, on Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV. (Doug Kranz/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is challenging the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist the federal agency by holding individuals in custody beyond their release.

Metro’s 287(g) agreement with ICE, named for a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, allows police to issue civil immigration warrants and detain individuals up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release so that federal agents may take them into custody.

The agreement violates Nevada law, according to the lawsuit, because it was not condoned by state lawmakers.

Nevada is a Dillon’s Rule state, Haseebullah noted, meaning “if the Nevada Legislature does not grant authority for the local agency to act, the agency cannot do that action.”

Read more here

As AI data centers multiply across the Mountain West, so do fears over water use: “The concern: water. Data center servers generate a lot of heat, and many use huge amounts of water for cooling. Companies typically use water in two ways: air cooling or water cooling. Air cooling works like an oversized A/C unit; water cooling works like a giant refrigerator. In a statement to the Mountain West News Bureau, Google said its data centers near Reno use air cooling. Microsoft, Switch, Nova, and Vantage Data Centers didn’t respond to inquiries.” (KUNR)
Nevada may spend $7.3M to keep women, infant food assistance flowing during shutdown: “Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office is pushing for $7.3 million in state-provided emergency spending to continue funding a food assistance program for low-income families endangered by the ongoing federal government shutdown. ” (The Nevada Independent)