the Strip's first smoke-free hotel-casino. Jeremy Chen reports. Anytime someone sits next to me smoking, I move.". 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The person was pronounced dead at about 6:25 p.m. A 66-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday while crossing a Glendale street. / Unhealthy for Sens. A satellite image shows smoke being blown as far as Las Vegas and Phoenix. It’s not going to be effective, but it’s still better than nothing,” he said. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — What looked like a foggy day in the valley was actually smoke coming from wildfires in California. The air is crisp. Scattered around the casino are signs reminding guests of the ban that limits lighting up to three designated areas outside the building: As the COVID-19 death toll rises, smoking inside casinos resurfaced as a make-or-break detail for travelers planning vacations, and companies such as MGM Resorts restrict where visitors can puff tobacco. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. “When you breathe those particles in, that causes inflammation which can give trouble to people with heart problems as well,” he said. “It is way harder to breathe as the air is clogged. The shooting occurred at about 5:45 p.m. Friday near the Las Americas Premium Outlets in the San Ysidro district of San Diego, according to the Border Patrol. "It's the greatest thing in the world," said Jane Stalls, 72, of Storden, Minnesota. Gr. The raging wildfires in California are to blame -- a startling sight for locals like Stone and Perriyona Adams out for a walk at Desert Breeze Park. One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. While authorities have not reported any injuries, the blaze has destroyed at least three structures.