Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it.

Since 2013 his San Francisco-based startup, Compology, has used cameras and artificial intelligence to monitor what's thrown into dumpsters and trash containers at businesses such as McDonald's restaurants and Nordstrom department stores. The point is to make sure dumpsters are actually full before they're emptied and to stop recyclable materials like cardboard from being contaminated by other junk so it, too, doesn't become waste.

"We've found that most businesses and people have the right intentions about recycling, but oftentimes they just don't know what the proper way to recycle is," Gates, CEO of Compology, told CNN Business' Rachel Crane.

To help them do it correctly, Compology puts trash-monitoring cameras and sensors inside industrial waste containers. The cameras take photos several times each day and when the container is lifted for dumping. An accelerometer helps trigger the camera on garbage day.

AI software analyzes the images to figure out how full the container is and can also let a customer know when something is where it shouldn't be, such as a bag of trash tossed into a dumpster filled with cardboard boxes for recycling. Gates said the company's cameras can cut the amount of non-recyclable materials thrown in waste containers by as much as 80%.

With McDonald's dumpsters in Las Vegas, for instance, Compology's cameras and sensors showed the company was generally doing a good job recycling cardboard packaging. But occasionally garbage bags were thrown in there, too, Gates said.

"Once we saw the bags of trash go inside the cardboard containers, we sent a notification to the people on site via text message, letting them know that they should remove it before the truck comes the next morning and telling them that putting trash in the recycling container is a form of contamination, which they should not do in the future," he said.

Brent Bohn, who owns and operates dozens of McDonald's restaurants in the Las Vegas and Phoenix areas, uses Compology at restaurants in Las Vegas to help ensure restaurant workers are recycling properly.

"The cameras have really streamlined that for us and provided accountability for us, but also for our suppliers and the haulers that we work with," he said.

Compology trained its system to sort trash with tens of millions of images, Gates said, and it uses pictures taken from within dumpsters that are now in use to get better at determining fullness and what's inside. So far, it has processed over 80 million images from the 162,000 cameras it has installed.

"The more images we get of the inside of dumpsters, the more accurate we can be," he said.

Part of why Gates sees Compology's work as vital is because the United States, which used to send much of its scrap and waste to China, is no longer doing so. China began banning the imports of recycling materials in 2017, citing environmental concerns from mixed-in contaminants, and expanded its ban in 2018.

Since then, the US has struggled to determine what to do with its recyclables, with some cities simply halting recycling programs. Cleaning up materials stateside could make it easier for the country to recycle on its own (and, in fact, it's one of the US Environmental Protection Agency's goals to raise the domestic recycling rate to 50% by 2030; it currently hovers around 32%).

Compology's service costs businesses between $10 and $20 per month per dumpster. It's saving them generally thousands of dollars per dumpster per year on waste-hauling costs, Gates said, as it can also use AI to predict what the service schedule for each dumpster should be, so it will only be picked up when it's likely to be full.

Over time, Gates hopes Compology can help standardize how waste is measured and reported something that isn't currently consistent in the US.

"You've been able to measure how much electricity, water, gas you've used for decades," Gates said. "What we're doing is being able to meter how much waste you produce."

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REVERB is a documentary series fromCBSN Originals. Watch the latest episode, "Losing Las Vegas," in the video player above. It premieres on CBSN Sunday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET.

When the pandemic arrived, the economic shutdown hit Las Vegas harder than any other major city in America and the impact rippled far beyond the famous Strip. Economist Jeremy Aguero described the local job losses as staggering, with the highest unemployment rates ever reported by a state since 1976, when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking this data.

"During the Great Recession, we lost about 180,000 jobs over three years. [During the pandemic], we lost over 225,000 jobs in three months," Aguero told CBS News.

Las Vegas hotels and casinos reopened their doors in June, at reduced capacity to stay in line with social distancing safety guidelines. But tourism remains down, shows closed, conventions were canceled, and many jobs in the community have not come back.

"People that never struggled before are now struggling. You don't expect to see Mercedes and BMWs in food distribution lines," said Stacey Lockhart, executive director of Hopelink, a nonprofit that provides emergency housing assistance to families and seniors in the Las Vegas area. "This is going to go clear into next year, and though a lot of people are back to work, there's a whole part of the community that doesn't have a job to go back to."

The new CBSN Originals documentary, "Reverb | Losing Las Vegas," tells some of their stories. [Watch the video in the player above.]

After years of baking cookies for friends and her community, Angela Pepe fulfilled a dream and started her own cookie company, Curly Top Baker. In their first month, Angela and her staff were baking up to 20,000 cookies a week to fulfill orders primarily from Las Vegas conventions and specialty stores.

But in mid-March, when COVID-19 hit, non-essential businesses came to a halt, including the large conventions that kept companies like Curly Top Baker running. Overnight, the cookie orders stopped coming in.

Like many small-business owners, Angela had to adapt quickly and shift her business model. Online orders have helped keep her bakery afloat, but she told CBS News, "We've had the scary talk about selling the house and everything we've worked for."

Her business did not qualify for the Paycheck Protection Program, established by the CARES Act. Still, Angela negotiated rent payments with her landlord and is hoping her company will survive. While most small businesses nationwide partially or fully reopened by summer, about 58% of owners said they worried about having to permanently close, according to a July 2020U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey.

Angela's husband, Mark, was furloughed from his hotel marketing job of 15 years, and then his position was eliminated. "It was a punch in the gut," said Angela. He's now putting his energy into marketing for the bakery business.

Angela's bakery remains open with her family's help, but she thinks the government could have done more to support small businesses. "I just wish that a lot of the larger companies that were able to take advantage of the grant money, would have left some for the smaller [companies]."

Heading into the holiday season, Angela is hoping orders of gift boxes will pick up, but admits she's still under tremendous stress.

"There are a lot of nights that I cry and pray a whole lot. It seems so unfair," she said. But she's trying to stay positive for her children. "They'll remember 2020 was crazy. We were going through all kinds of different scenarios with our finances, but we conquered."

Before the pandemic, Tierney Allen, a tribute artist who performs impersonating Lady Gaga on the Las Vegas Strip, was looking forward to her most successful year yet. "I was on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, and every local news station. I thought that 2020 was going to be even bigger. And then it just stopped."

When the Strip closed down, Tierney found herself with no income at all. She promptly applied for unemployment, but it took 17 weeks for the first check to arrive. "Food stamps, Medicaid, unemployment benefits all the government programs that are supposed to be a safety net saved us," shared Tierney.

"I see every day, people losing their homes, having to leave Las Vegas. It's decimated the entertainment community," she said. Though hotels and casinos reopened in June, shows and entertainment venues did not.

And amid the financial hardship and uncertainty, Tierney was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. She is responding well to treatment, but there's still a long road ahead with upcoming surgery followed by radiation.

Tierney's husband, Travis, had a long-running show impersonating Elvis on the Strip. As established performers, they started a live-stream show on a makeshift stage in their home to provide a platform for fellow tribute artists and share in whatever donations trickled in.

Some Las Vegas shows are finally starting to reopen with new safety guidelines in place, but Tierney doesn't anticipate returning to the Strip until 2021. In the meantime, her live-streaming shows have been therapeutic. "It gives me a reason to sing, and music is healing. I'm pushing myself to get ready and share my talent. It's something to live for."

Bradford Cook worked for nine years as a union lead electronics technician at MGM. Furloughed back in March, he hoped to get called back after hotels and casinos reopened. Instead, he got a call in September telling him his position was being terminated.

"I just had to hold it together because I didn't want the kids to see me in a stressful situation. You have to be their strength," he said.

A divorced father of two with shared custody of his kids, he's gotten by on savings and unemployment, but fears his savings will be depleted soon. Thestate's eviction moratorium expired on October 15, but an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopping evictions brought on by the pandemic remains in effect through December 31.

Finding work is only one hurdle for Bradford and his family. School campuses remained closed in Las Vegas, so his children, ages 6 and 10, need adult supervision and hands-on assistance for remote learning throughout the day, making it challenging to look for new employment.

Bradford is still hoping he'll get called back to his union position at MGM but is currently looking for work elsewhere. To afford to stay in their house, he'd likely need to find two jobs. He believes he's got enough between savings and assistance from loved ones to make it through the end of the year.

"I guess when times are other than ideal, you find a way to make it through."

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) The Las Vegas City Council will consider a new ordinance that prohibits the feeding of any wildlife within city parks.

Community members are concerned that feeding the birds at Floyd Lamb Park, is causing some of the ecosystem and public areas to deteriorate.

Joe Whitaker has been going to Floyd Lamb park with his family for over 40 years.

Whitaker says over the past few years he has seen more and more people feeding the birds. He even observed some dumping large bags of seed throughout the park.

Thats drawn in a lot more birds and waterfowl, Whitaker said. Weve seen a lot of the birds injured, die.

Overfed birds are causing issues at Floyd Lamb Park. Fishermen tell me feces cover benches, birds are being aggressive, & the pond water is becoming very murky

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Now, he says the park is overrun with geese and ducks, as well as pigeons, which he has never seen there before. Because of this, feces cover the benches and are affecting the fish in the ponds.

The water is become especially murky, Whitaker said. I think a big part of that is because of the feces thats being dumped in the water by the waterfowl.

Whitaker says the City of Las Vegas has been responsive when contacted about the feces and have tried to power wash many areas.

Now, the Las Vegas City Council will consider a new ordinance to ban the feeding of animals within city parks, recreational facilities, and public plazas.

Whitaker hopes the city will step up and continue to make Floyd Lamb Park a nice place for families.

Kids that are out there now that are young like I was when I started here, can enjoy the park and enjoy the fishing for a long time to come, Whitaker said.

This ordinance will be considered at the city council meeting on Wednesday, November 4th at 9 a.m. Public comments can be made in-person, or sent to the city clerk, up to an hour before the meeting.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, cities and towns that rely on business and convention traffic have been particularly hard-hit. For example, Las Vegas plays host to some of the biggest conventions across all industries, most of them filling up the large hotels and casinos along the famed Las Vegas Strip. Most of the major events for 2020 have rescheduled, and some of 2021's most anticipated events, including the annual CES conference in January, have switched to a virtual format. All this has been devastating, not just for hotel businesses but for all businesses that serve the millions of tourists who visit each year. But is there hope?

All of these changed plans have had a direct impact on the entire economy of Las Vegas. September data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority indicates visitor volume is down 51%, and the number of people arriving via airplane is down nearly 61%. In September, total hotel occupancy reached 46.8% overall, down 41.5% year over year, while weekend occupancy was at 66.1%

The big casino brands have been feeling the pain. In the third quarter, Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS), owner of the Venetian and the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip, reported net revenues from its Las Vegas properties fell by 62.6% to $152 million. Revenue per available room (RevPAR) was down 66.1% year over year. Sheldon Adelson, CEO of the company, is said to be exploring a $6 billion deal to sell the Las Vegas properties to focus on the Asian market.

Gaming revenue in Clark County for September tells an interesting story. While Las Vegas Strip revenue was down by 39.1%, gaming revenue for the area was down by only 26.9%, and revenue in the Boulder Strip area was up by 1.8%. Part of the reason for this is that while air travel has slowed dramatically, traffic hasn't fallen nearly as much, and locals are taking advantage of the entertainment options in their own town.

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The operators of a southwest Las Vegas Valley business say a man threatened to blow up their store because of their rainbow LGBTQ flag and a flag supporting presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Beyah Delmuneo, the owner of the Milk+T bubble tea shop, said her girlfriend, Caroline Sadorra, answered the phone Thursday afternoon to a man yelling at her about two flags displayed outside the business.

His voice just sounded angry and hostile, Sadorra, the store manager, said, adding that he began interrogating her.

The man also used a homophobic slur when describing the store, Sadorra said, God bless you and ended the call, but five minutes later he called back, she said.

Im going to blow up your f store, the man said, according to a recording Sadorra took of the phone call.

Delmuneo said long lines to file a police report at a Metropolitan Police Department station prevented her from reporting the call until Saturday morning. When Sadorra called 911 on Thursday afternoon, a dispatcher told her it wasnt an emergency.

The two now hope that police will take the mans threats seriously.

We literally have all the evidence they could possible need, Sadorra said.

Sadorra said the phone call scared her, and her and Delmuneo have been cautiously eyeing every customer who walks up, wondering if its the same man. On Saturday afternoon, employees took orders at a picnic table outside the business, while the front door remained firmly locked.

But many customers who came to the store on Saturday voiced their support for the business after hearing about the mans threat on the news, Delmuneo said.

She also owns tea shops in Portland and Los Angeles, and all of the businesses have a rainbow flag with the Milk+T logo on it. Delmuneo said shes always been very vocal about being a member of the LGBTQ community and sharing her political beliefs the Biden flag came from a campaign event the store hosted last weekend for Rep. Susie Lee.

Although some people have urged the couple to remove the flags out of fear for their safety, Delmuneo and Sadorra both said theyre determined to continue displaying them.

Since the mans call, the two have put up another rainbow flag, this one reading: In this house, we believe science is real, Black Lives Matter, love is love, no human is illegal, womens rights are human rights.

It just doesnt seem right to not stand for something, Delmuneo said.

The two said they strive to make their store inclusive of everyone, including people who dont agree with them. But they also want respect from others, Sadorra said.

Sadorra said she wants the man who called her to face consequences for the threat, but she also thinks he may be going through a hard time.

I just hope that he finds peace, that he doesnt do this anymore, she said.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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In a year as scary as 2020, its hard to imagine that were only just now getting to what is supposed to be the spookiest time of year: Halloween.

While normally we would all be dressing up and going to festive parties or taking kids out to trick or treat, things will be looking a bit different this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

If you dont have plans for Halloween yet but are dying to do something last-minute and safe, weve got you covered. After doing some research, weve created a list of the best Halloween events and activities in Las Vegas this year.

From orchards and pumpkin patches to haunted houses and ghost tours, there is something for everyone on this list. Dress up, eat some candy, and have fun this Halloween but dont forget your mask!

Gilcrease Orchard

7800 N. Tenaya Way| Website

For those who want more of a laid back Halloween, we suggest visiting the Gilcrease Orchard, just a 30-minute car ride from the Strip. From exploring a huge pumpkin patch to sipping apple cider and carving your very own jack-o-lantern, there are plenty of activities for both children and adults. Open Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays from 7am to 10pm, the orchard is free of charge.

Fright Ride

1700 S. Industrial Rd.| Website

Billed as Las Vegass largest immersive socially-distanced haunted attraction, how could you not be the least bit interested in this haunted house? As if the name isnt scary enough, the attraction calls for guests to participate in their Research Lab to be test subjects in a fear diagnosis and while being transported on a nightmarish journey through a 75,000 square-foot venue. Its costume-optional but reservations are required, so reserve tickets here now before they sell out.

The Sand Dollar

3355 Spring Mountain Rd / Ste 30| Website

The Sand Dollar, a crowd favorite bar in Las Vegas, will be transforming into Nightmare on Spring Mountain for Halloween, acting as a pop-up bar with spooky cocktails, costumes and elaborate decorations. With extra health and safety precautions and socially-distanced table, reserve seats here for a spooky (but chill) Halloween.

Moapa Valley Corn Maze

1500 Lewis Ranch Rd., Moapa, NV 89025| Website

If you want to get away from the Strip for a little while, take a trip to Moapa Valley for the day. With a haunted corn maze, zombie paintball and a pumpkin patch, what more could you want for some wholesome Halloween fun? There are plenty of activities for kids, like the giant bounce pillow blow-up as well as pedal carts. For adults, there are also many tasty treats such as hot apple pie fries and caramel apples. Buy tickets online now.

Las Vegas Strip Ghost Tour

3200 S Las Vegas Blvd. | Website

If youre into ghosts and legends, this is the perfect way to celebrate your Halloween. Book tickets here for the possibility of seeing ghosts of celebrities and mobster victims that still haunt the Strip. Not only is the tour scary, but its also a great learning experience, filled with many facts about historical Las Vegas deaths. Trust us, you wont want to miss out on this one.

Horrorwood Video

1217 S. Main Street | Website

For a relaxed (but spooky) night at the Drive-In, check out the Majestic Repertory Theatres version of Halloween. Theyre completely transforming their normal Horrorwood Video stage production into an outdoor drive-in movie theatre decorated like a retro 1980s-style video store and showing terrifying VHS horror movies. Shows are from 7pm to midnight and cost $50 per vehicle, and $70 on Halloween night buy tickets here for a spooky time.

Rail Explorers Halloween Costume Ride

601 Yucca St, Boulder City, Nevada 89005 | Website

Just 20 minutes from the Strip, celebrate Halloween with Rail Explorers by pedaling through the Nevada desert, River Mountains and Eldorado Valley in full costume. Guests are encouraged to come at 5:30pm for sunset tours and at 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday for lantern tours. Book now before its too late.

Asylum-Hotel Fear Haunted House Las Vegas Haunts

4300 Meadows Ln. | Website

One of the most terrifying haunted houses in all of Las Vegas, Asylum-Hotel tells the story of the Feoray and Vander families and how their businesses fell to pieces in the spookiest of ways. A fallen asylum combined with a haunted hotel has us scared already, but what about you? If you want to know more, buy tickets here and dont miss out on a haunting experience.

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Nearly two years ago, President Donald Trump stood amid the smoky ruins of Paradise, California, where he blamed the deadliest wildfire in the state's history on poor forest management.

"You've got to take care of the floors, you know? The floors of the forest, very important," the president said.

He ordered the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Interior to make federal lands less susceptible to catastrophic wildfires with measures such as removing dead trees, underbrush and other potentially flammable materials.

But while Trump has accused California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of doing a terrible job of forest protection, his own agencies fell short of his goals for federal lands in 2019.

They treated a combined 6,736 square miles (17,446 square kilometers) just over half of the 13,203 square miles (34,196 square kilometers) the president sought, according to government data. It was only slightly better than their average annual performance over nearly two decades.

Without directly addressing the figures, the Forest Service said in a statement Friday to the Associated Press that prospects are very good for stepping up forest treatments in the next several years, assuming Congress provides more funding and state and private landowners play bigger roles. The agency has formed stewardship agreements with 19 states and will rely on partnerships with state governments to get this work done, it said.

The numbers show it will take more than executive orders to make significant progress on a problem that has been building for a century, scientists and advocates say. More money and personnel are needed, along with policy changes.

The fires are getting bigger, the fire seasons are longer and costs are significantly increasing, said Dylan Kruse, director of government affairs for Sustainable Northwest, a Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit that seeks collaboration between forest industries and conservationists. We need billions of dollars and we're not even close.

Trump and Congress have provided only modest spending increases for forest treatments in recent years, he said. The president sought a nearly $50 million cut in 2018, which lawmakers rejected. His 2021 budget recommends $510 million, up from $445 million allocated this year.

Trump has drawn ridicule from political foes and some scientists for arguing that western forest floors should be raked" and ignoring the role of climate change-induced warming and drought in the West's worsening wildfire crisis.

But protection measures like those sought in his 2018 executive order have drawn support from administrations of both parties for two decades.

A national fire plan developed under President Bill Clinton and continued under President George W. Bush called for hazardous fuel reduction and suppressing invasive beetles, along with restoration of burned-over lands to prevent erosion. The Obama administration released a fire management strategy that embraced fuel removal and controlled burns.

The amount of land receiving such treatments from the Forest Service and Department of Interior has edged upward, peaking at 10,469 square miles (27,115 square kilometers) in 2009 before declining to almost half that for several years. It jumped to 8,505 square miles (22,027 square kilometers) in 2016 President Barack Obama's last year in office.

Under Trump, the treated area has gone from 6,367 square miles (16,490 square kilometers) in 2017 to nearly 7,336 square miles (19,000 square kilometers) in 2018. Last year it was up to 6,736 square miles (17,446 square kilometers).

Still, the Forest Service says 125,000 square miles (323,748 square kilometers) it manages need work such as tree thinning and regulated burns to reduce fuel loads. The agency estimates many times more that much government and private land is vulnerable to severe wildfire.

The Department of Interior, which includes the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service, did not respond to written questions from AP.

These agencies are still lagging far behind on these projects, said Susan Jane Brown, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center.

Federal officials acknowledge their longstanding policy of putting out fires as quickly as possible, instead of letting some take their natural course, made forests overgrown and less able to cope with drought and disease.

A Forest Service study this month found that about one-third of trees in areas where excessive vegetation had not been removed died between 2014 and 2018. In thinned out places, the tree mortality rate was 11%.

Some treated areas had been subjected to prescribed burns fires intentionally set and carefully monitored.

In its statement, the agency said it now uses prescribed fire on about 2,187 square miles (5,664 square kilometers) of national forest land each year and plans to do more. But it said the practice has its challenges, including smoke pollution in nearby communities and a minor risk of losing control.

Those burns along with other fuel reduction measures also are costly, requiring gear, materials and skilled personnel. Yet the Forest Service has fewer staffers to devote to them, while hiring thousands more people to extinguish fires that have grown bigger and more numerous.

The service lost 7,000 non-firefighter positions between 1998 and 2015. The share of its budget devoted to firefighting has shot up from 16% in the mid-1990s to more than 50% today and is expected to keep rising as the agency buys more helicopters, fire engines and other equipment.

Shifting resources from forest treatment to firefighting doesn't bode well for long-term prevention, said John Bailey, an Oregon State University forestry professor who worked with federal officials on a fire management strategy released in 2014. It emphasized fuel reduction efforts, from clearing forest debris to rangeland grazing.

We're on a trajectory where fire seasons are going to get longer and drier and resources stretched thinner, he said. We're just not making the progress we need to.

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As 81-year-old Delma Brown scooted her walker out of Pearson Community Center as part of the final cohort of Nevadans to vote early in the 2020 general election, she was asked what motivated her to cast her ballot.

To get out of the house, Brown said, the deadpan line eliciting a laugh from her daughter, Claudia Buford, who also voted Friday. They dont let old people out any more.

With the COVID-19 pandemic raging on, Buford said her mother, a retired North Las Vegas schoolteacher and longtime poll worker, has only left the house twice since March.

And both were good reasons: a flu shot and to vote, Buford said. Its important, right?

All elections are important, Brown said.

The mother-daughter pair was among the 31,000 Clark County residents to have voted early on Friday as of 5:40 p.m. This incomplete total is already the largest one-day turnout posted by the county in the 2020 early voting period. The polls closed at 8 p.m., but anyone already lined up to vote was allowed to cast a ballot, regardless of the hour.

Fridays partial results brought Clark Countys early voting total to more than 373,000. As of 3:47 p.m., at least 515,000 Nevadans voted early in person.

In 2016, about 489,000 Clark County residents and 702,000 total Nevadans voted early.

However, after factoring in this years record-smashing mail ballot turnout, the overall turnout was a little more than 1.05 million voters as of Friday afternoon.

Final statewide totals for mail ballots and in-person early voting were not available before print deadline on Friday, but Nevada could eclipse the overall turnout in the 2016 general election a little more than 1.1 million before polls open on Election Day.

Scene from the polls

The final wave of early voters faced some lines in Clark County, though it appears no voting site matched the three-plus hour waits faced at some places during the first day of early voting on Oct. 17.

The Galleria at Sunset remained one of the countys hottest spots, with waits of around an hour. Smaller community center locations, such as Pearson, had no wait at all.

The Williams family Mike, Shamial and son, Anson, all of Las Vegas waited only a few minutes to cast their ballots side-by-side at Pearson just after the center opened at 9 a.m.

Marva Putnam, of Las Vegas, said the weather contributed to her Friday afternoon decision to head to another busy spot, Mountain Crest Recreation Center.

I was not going to send it in the mail, she said. I normally vote on Election Day, but its a beautiful day and my husband was just here, so I thought Id come out.

At the Silver Springs Recreation Center in Henderson, Chris Lorenzo said all elections are important, as the country is facing and often faces challenging times.

I recommend everyone vote just, whoever youre representing, make sure theyre representing your agenda, he said. What you think would help you and benefit you.

Some voters at the East Las Vegas Community skipped the modest 15-minute wait in favor of curbside ballot drop off just after 5 p.m.

Jodie Stembridge, 60, of Henderson, was among the dozens who stood in line for the last hour of early voting at Heritage Senior Center.

Ive always voted in person, she said. This is my place to vote.

Stembridge was also carrying her sons mail-in ballot to drop off. Her sights were set on the presidential race, and she planned to vote for Trump, she said.

Thursday was the first time voting in Nevada for former Southern California residents Stephanie Schulz, 57, and son Tanner, 22.

We didnt want to go through all the mail-in ballot trouble, Stephanie Schulz said. Although in-person is definitely more convenient.

Between all the fraud, we just want to make sure our votes 100 percent count, Tanner Schulz said.

An election polling place worker said the line at Heritage briefly extended to an hour wait, but for most of the day voters experienced a 20-minute line that moved quickly around the corner and into the building.

Democrats out in force

Democratic leaders and volunteers were prevalent throughout the Las Vegas area.

The volunteers, wearing blue T-shirts, thanked those leaving Pearson, East Las Vegas and other voting centers and asked them to urge three friends to do the same.

Sen. Jacky Rosen held a digital event, and Rep. Susie Lee appeared in person with Doug Emhoff, husband of Democratic vice presidential candidate and Sen. Kamala Harris of California.

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez also appeared at two Las Vegas events.

Contact Rory Appleton at rappleton@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0276. Follow @RoryDoesPhonics on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Sabrina Schnur contributed to this report.

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Last night, RSL commentator Brian Dunseth brought up a point that has us all in a bit of a tizzy: Theres a non-zero possibility that RSL could have suitors from Las Vegas.

Now, it should be noted that its speculation, and hes not revealing anything that he is certain about at least, not directly but that doesnt mean that it has me feeling particularly good about it.

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That said, I dont think itll happen, and maybe thats me being overly optimistic. Why? Well, lets get into it.

This is not a case of MLS contracting Chivas USA, who were sadly not well-supported, didnt have their own stadium, and had a poor reputation. If Real Salt Lake were to be transplanted to Las Vegas (a move Id only be OK with if they were legally obligated to keep the extant name), theyd be starting anew, and thats not an insignificant effort.

Of course, this on its own isnt actually evidence that MLS wouldnt do something like this at least, not solely because of this. But think about it: Real Salt Lake was once a top market for MLS, despite our relative smallness. Our local ratings were (and perhaps still are) better than many other, much bigger markets. MLS needs vibrant small markets to survive in the medium-term, and while they might love to be rid of small markets at some point, I dont think its the sort of thing that makes much sense for a league that still is below even the NHL in popularity.

Now, does that mean MLS isnt trying to get into Las Vegas? Of course not. They probably see it as an attractive option. (I, however, think its terrible. Have you been to Las Vegas in the summer? It is not great.)

The future of MLS necessarily involves selling players that have come up in academies. MLS as a development league has been a talking point for a long time, and Real Salt Lake has helped lead the way on that. Even while we have made some fairly massive missteps, we are a pioneering club, and we have built infrastructure to account for that.

Are there problems with the academy? Certainly, and while I dont think thats unusual in MLS, it is worth paying attention to those problems. And are charter schools sometimes academically tenuous? Absolutely.

But thats no reason to dump what is a massive investment into the club by Dell Loy Hansen. It is included in the sale, and it will be vital for the success of this team and this league.

I know Las Vegas may be an attractive option for Major League Soccer, but I dont think theyre particularly interested in that coming at the expense of an existing team. If we look at the Columbus/Austin drama, it is telling that MLS didnt just say, OK, youre going to Austin, damn the consequences. MLS is not, I think, interested in contraction at this point the look isnt great, after all and along with other factors here, I dont think theyll want to uproot Real Salt Lake.

Utah has quite a few very wealthy people who will be interested in Real Salt Lake, having come into money through the tech landscape. Ryan Smith might have been the most interested, best party at the time, but that certainly doesnt mean hed be the only party in the mix.

Does it mean I know about an interested party in Utah thats not Ryan Smith. Sadly, no. But I would not be surprised if there was one. I dont think we even necessarily need a billionaire (what a weird world we live in, that anybody needs a billionaire) we could easily have a group bid with Utah roots.

This is my last point, and I think its the most salient. We dont have evidence that Ryan Smith isnt interested in buying the club. Yes, he just dropped a massive amount of cash on the Jazz, but let us consider a few things.

First, we absolutely know that Ryan Smith was interested.

Second, we absolutely know that the Larry H. Miller Group was interested. Running multiple sports franchises in a market provides some integrative benefits, and Id imagine that was a substantial part of their interest.

Third, we know that Ryan Smith bought the Utah Jazz for something like $1.6 million BILLION. Thats a lot of money. RSL would be maybe a third of that, optimistically (for Dell Loy Hansen, at least.)

Ed. Note: A previous version of this story said Smith bought the Jazz for $1.6 million. That would be a real steal. It has been corrected and capitalized to emphasize that its a whole lot of money.

The benefits of owning multiple franchises in the market remain. His ownership of the Jazz does not preclude that. RSL may not be his boyhood team (hes not that young, though he is remarkably young) but his interest was real in the beginning. So hopefully he, you know, likes us. Id like him to like us.

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Raiders running back Josh Jacobs flashed a big smile when asked about his friend and teammate Henry Ruggs. Their relationship dates back to Alabama where they were teammates for two seasons.

Jacobs credits Ruggs with always being able to make him laugh. He just had to figure out how to speak his language.

You can tell he acts like the people where hes from in Montgomery. They kind of have this little slang and just certain things that they say, Jacobs said with a laugh, referring without being specific to the lingo Ruggs learned in his hometown in Alabama. Hes just a good dude.

Ruggs journey out of Montgomery, however, was paved with as much sadness as joy.

He grew up dreaming of being a basketball star along with his best friend Rod Scott, who many people just assumed was a brother. The two bore a resemblance and seemed inseparable. Where there was one, there was the other.

Scott, however, envisioned Ruggs as more of a football player, even though he didnt play the sport in his junior year in high school. Scott would tell Ruggs that he would return to football and eventually earn a scholarship to Alabama.

That prediction would come true, but Scott would not be around to see it.

He was killed in March 2016 when he was a backseat passenger in a car that flipped four times into the median of a highway on a rainy morning en route to a state basketball playoff game. Ruggs was supposed to be driving.

But Ruggs felt sick and decided to pass on the drive at the last minute, a decision he still grapples with today but one that inspires him to take full advantage of every opportunity afforded him.

Now anybody (will tell you) whenever I get sick Im not going to lay into bed. Im not sitting around, he said on a podcast this year. Thats another reason why I dont like to sleep.

Ruggs still honors Scott by holding up three fingers, representing his friends basketball jersey number, before games and after touchdowns.

When Ruggs decided to attend Alabama, his emotional announcement video included placing a Crimson Tide hat on Scotts grave.

He was the closest person to me, so he was the only person that knew everything, Ruggs told the Montgomery Advertiser. Id tell him about this visit and this school or that school, and he was just like, Nah, youre going to Alabama. Thats all hed say basically.

When Ruggs did arrive at Alabama, he became an instant star and made fast friends with Jacobs. From the moment I met him in college, me and him kind of clicked, Jacobs said. When I found out he was coming here, it was just a plus-plus for me.

He is goofy. Hes definitely likes to play a lot. He knows when to be serious and when its time to work. But if you just hang out with him, hes always making jokes and saying little things. Hes just a unique person and a very humble kid, very rooted in his family.

That family now includes a daughter, born shortly after the Raiders selected him in the first round of Aprils NFL draft. Kenzli ReNai Ruggs was born on May 7, the day my life changed, according to Ruggs Instagram post.

The speedy receiver has made an immediate impact on his Raiders family, as well.

Hes a quiet kid and an independent thinker, coach Jon Gruden said. Hes smart. Hes a great competitor. Hes tough. Hes a likable guy. Everybody likes Henry. And hes really fast. Hes improving.

I think he realizes he still has a lot to learn in this league, and hes getting better and better within our offense. I think if you met Henry, or if anyone met Henry, theyd say similar things about him.

The results havent quite been what Gruden and the rest of the team braintrust had hoped for through seven games.

Ruggs has battled injuries and has been limited to eight catches for 212 yards and a touchdown in the four contests for which he has been active.

Gruden and offensive coordinator Greg Olson have said they need to find more ways to get Ruggs involved, but some of it is also on the rookie.

When its one-on-one, we need him to win, Gruden said. He knows that. We know that.

There have been positive signs. Ruggs leads the league in yards per catch at 26.5, nearly 5 yards better than D.K. Metcalfs 21.6.

Quarterback Derek Carr expects continued improvement in Ruggs because he is so driven.

Hes very competitive, Carr said. If he doesnt do something exactly right hes mad at himself, hes hard on himself. Hes his hardest critic. Always working. I got nothing but great things to say about Henry. Hes a great teammate, and Im excited to see what he can do even for us this week.

Raiders fans and Ruggs hope that involves more trips to the end zone and more 3s up for Rod Scott.

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Its 1 p.m. when Gerry Rojas, a porter at McCarran International Airport, and Aretha Wilder, a cocktail server at the Flamingo, start walking door to door in a quiet neighborhood in North Las Vegas, far from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. A woman shovels gravel onto her lawn while her mother watches in a chair. Cars dot the street, some in driveways, while some houses with tile roofs sport Halloween decorations and carved pumpkins in anticipation of the holiday.

Rojas walks up to the door to knock, then ring, stepping back while he awaits an answer. Wilder stands behind. Both wear masks and carry their phones directing them to the next stop, along with door hangs in Spanish and English encouraging voters to elect Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president and vice president, and Democrat incumbent Steven Horsford as U.S. representative for Nevadas 4th congressional district. Each carries a guide to early voting locations and additional masks in case the person answering the door needs one.

Maybe someone will be home here, Wilder says since a car sits in the driveway. Few people answer their doors. Some say theyve already voted early, while a man at one house notes that the person they ask for moved away five years ago as two children play in the driveway.

The duo, who have canvassed together previously, continues on. Its six days before the election and members of Culinary Workers Union 226 and Bartenders Union 165 continue to walk through Las Vegas neighborhoods, knocking on doors to get out the vote. Since August, around 400 culinary union members have knocked on doors across Clark County daily to rally voters to cast a ballot in the 2020 election.

This is totally different than any other election, says Rojas, who originally hails from Puerto Rico. He says that hes canvassing for his young daughter, and that he doesnt like the way President Donald Trump handled the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Compared with the last elections, people were really negative toward everybody. They dont even want to vote. Now people say, Oh, this is a mistake. I want to fix my mistake [by voting], he says.

The culinary union calls this the largest political program in Nevada, with members canvassing the streets daily to knock on so far 382,350 doors. Those political efforts started August 1, when the temperature still hovered above 110 degrees, much earlier than the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm campaign efforts.

As Rojas and Wilder continue their route, another person tells them shes already voted, but wont say how she cast her ballot. In 2016, 770,000 of the states 1.1 million votes were cast before Election Day. Democrats still have a lead over Republicans in early voting by about 45,000 voters, and as of October 29, 956,000 people voted early, according to the Nevada Independent.

Walk, knock, repeat. Walk, knock, repeat. As they finish one two-block section, they head to the next to continue canvassing until 7 in the evening.

Earlier in the day, the culinary union held a rally at its headquarters in the shadow of the Strat in Downtown Las Vegas. About 250 people sat in socially distanced chairs in the parking lot of the union headquarters.

Nearly all wear the distinctive red or white T-shirts of the culinary union, touting the Unite Here rallying cry. Everyone has their temperature taken before they enter, and no one has to be asked to wear a mask. These union members already work on the front lines as bartenders, servers, cooks, or housekeepers, 300,000 strong in Nevada. They work at the big casinos on the Strip, in Downtown Las Vegas, and fought to have their rights recognized when they had to return to work on June 4, the day the state permitted casinos to reopen at 50 percent capacity. At the time, the state did not mandate masks, and workers had few protections as they came in direct contact with co-workers and tourists, all of whom could potentially infect others with COVID-19.

When we first opened up, we had no mask mandate. We had nothing, says Wilder, who has worked at the Flamingo for 28 years. Im watching my coworkers, every other week, people I know, have been driven to the hospital.

Wilders eye tear up behind her sunglasses as she talks about her aunt, who worked at the Westgate and contracted COVID-19. She was on a ventilator for three weeks. Shes paralyzed on her left side, so its personal to me. This election is personal to me.

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In a game that could have major ramifications down the line in the AFC playoff picture, the Las Vegas Raiders will head East to take on the Cleveland Browns. The Browns have gotten off to a 5-2 start to the NFL season, as they try to keep pace in an AFC North division led by the likes of Pittsburgh and Baltimore.

The Browns only two losses have come at the hands of the Steelers and Ravens, as they have been able to rack up win against lesser-talented teams like Cincinnati, Washington, and Dallas. Las Vegas, on the other hand, have yet to play a bad team, and still come into this game sporting a 3-3 record.

Anytime a West Coast team has to go East and play it can be tough, though the Raiders have done a nice job in that situation in 2020, posting a 2-0 record. They will need their defense to step up big time after an embarrassing loss to Tampa Bay in Week 7, because if they do not, the Browns have the talent on offense to make you pay.

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The man also allegedly started a fire in the family's apartment before fleeing the scene.

LAS VEGAS A father in Las Vegas is facing multiple serious charges after a domestic altercation led to his daughters killing, police say.

The crime happened Saturday, Oct. 24, after 3 a.m., according to a press release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

A 911 caller reported a man, now identified as 32-year-old Clarence Martin Jr., had thrown a 2-month-old infant from a balcony. Officers arrived and saw the suspect fleeing but could not stop him. They also found the mother performing CPR on the injured child.

Investigators learned Martin had an argument with his girlfriend, and he became so angry he threw their two-month-old from a second-story balcony. The infants mother ran outside to call for help and check on that child. Martin then started a fire in the apartment and killed the familys dog, investigators say.

The infant was transported to Saint Rose Sienna Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Martin was apprehended later at the airport after being involved in a collision.

He was hospitalized and booked in absentia for Open Murder, Animal Cruelty and Arson, stated Las Vegas MPD.

Police did not officially release the name of the victim or her mother.

CBS affiliate KLAS later reported the woman told investigators she was warned about the mans mental health years ago, early on in their relationship. She said she had never seen any problems until a few days prior to the attack. She also noted the suspect had stopped eating in the days prior.

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) Demonstrators held anti-government protests across Poland for the 10th straight day Saturday in response to the tightening of one of Europes strictest abortion laws.

The latest protests, though smaller than in previous days, showed the determination and discontent of thousands of Poles after five years under the right-wing government of the ruling Law and Justice party.

In Warsaw, a crowd gathered near the house of party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski to watch a street performance by actors and singers.

Warsaw police said 37 people were detained during a Friday protest that city authorities estimated at about 100,000 participants, at a time when anti-COVID-19 regulations ban gatherings larger than five. Poland reported a new daily record of almost 21,900 new confirmed cases.

On Friday, the protesters started from various points in the city, converged on a downtown roundabout and walked to Kaczynski's house, but they were stopped some distance away from the residence by a heavy police presence.

They were attacked by far-right groups with firecrackers, but police contained the confrontation, Warsaw police spokesman Sylwester Marczak said.

There was aggressive behavior on the part of soccer pseudo-fans (soccer hooligans) and also between the two sides, thats why police prevention units took action, Marczak said. He described the overall protest as very peaceful considering the number of participants.

Noisy but disciplined marches were also held in other cities. More protests are planned next week.

Demonstrators voicing anger at Poland's conservative government and Catholic Church have assembled every day since the country's constitutional court ruled Oct. 22 to outlaw the abortion of fetuses with congenital defects.

The court preserved the provisions of Poland's 1993 abortion law, one of Europe's strictest, that permit abortions when a pregnancy threatens a woman's health or results from rape or incest.

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Din Tai Fung, the Taiwanese restaurant specializing in xiao long bao, opens its first Las Vegas location at Aria. The restaurant replaces Aria Cafe, once known as the largest 24-hour caf on the Strip.

The Shanghai-style soup dumplings feature Kurobuta pork and broth that bursts open on the first bite. Diners should drop one dumpling on a spoon with a sauce made at the table by the customer, and poke it open with chopsticks to release the soup inside before eating. The restaurant suggests combining three parts vinegar to one part soy sauce, and then adding fresh ginger to complete the dip.

Some of our guests just cant wait to put everything in their mouth, says James Fu, a chef with Din Tai Fung who is in Las Vegas to train the staff. A QR code on the menu includes instructions on how to eat the soup dumplings as well.

The restaurant estimates it will make 10,000 soup dumplings daily.

A glassed in kitchen at the front of the 5,580-square-foot restaurant gives diners a glimpse into how xiao long bao is made. Chefs work on metal tables to stretch and roll dough, then pull off up to 5.2 grams for each dumpling. Each piece of dough gets rolled into a circle, then filled. The chef then makes 18 folds, the golden ratio, swirled at the top to contain the 5 grams pork to 16 grams dough. Humidifiers in the room add some much-need moisture in the air. Bamboo baskets filled with XLB go onto a steamer for three minutes and 30 seconds before being sent out to awaiting diners.

The only thing that makes them taste different or slightly different is because of the pork from a different regions, Fu notes.

A jaunty bao zai, one of the dumpling kids mascots, greets diners at the front of the restaurant.

While xiao long bao is the star of the show, Din Tai Fung offers much more on its menu. Sauteed string beans with garlic are just as addictive as the XLB, while appetizers such as sweet and sour pork baby back ribs bring a classic take on the popular Shanghainese dish.

Other versions of the dumplings come with truffle and blue crab, Jidori chicken, and vegetable and mushroom with glass noodles, bok choy, dried bean curd, and shiitake mushrooms. The restaurant also offers noodle dishes such as braised beef noodle soup, Jidori chicken wontons with spicy sauce, shrimp fried noodles, and vegetarian noodles with sesame sauce.

The restaurant also offers chocolate xiao long bao for dessert with chocolate lava as the filling, and red bean buns

Din Tai Fung also features a cocktail program unique to the brand with seasonal boba renditions. For fall, the restaurant has spiced boba with dark rum, ginger syrup, half and half, black tea, and two dashes of bitters.

Bentel & Bentel designed the space. Diners can look out through a 40-foot glass wall with views of Vdaras architecture and Nancy Rubins Big Edge art installation. Cliffs made from hundreds of stacked stones and paintings from Parker Ito that originally debuted at Art Basel decorate the space. The works intertwine Itos Japanese heritage with his experiences in Las Vegas, while depicting his unconventional studio practice that uses photography, painting, and printmaking techniques.

Din Tai Fung got its start in Taiwan in 1972 when Bing-Yi Yang decided to make soup dumplings instead of cooking oil. Japanese tourists fell in love with the intricate dumplings, which helped launch a worldwide dumpling empire that now stretches across 13 countries. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the restaurants expansion to the United States, where long lines of diners would wait up to two hours for a coveted table at the original location in Arcadia, California, which closed earlier this year.

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President Donald Trump arrived in Las Vegas around 10 p.m. Saturday. The president will travel to Northern Nevada on Sunday for a campaign rally in Carson City.

Trump does not have any upcoming events scheduled in Las Vegas, according to his public calendar.

Trump last campaigned in Las Vegas on a tour of states in the Southwest in September, which included several events in Las Vegas before traveling to California and Arizona.

Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Buratczuk said at the time that Highway Patrol cant discuss specific road closures due to security, but he advised drivers to avoid the airport and Interstate 15.

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Ten months after gaming grandfather Atari partnered with hoteliers GSD Group to unveil a line of video game-themed hotels, the Las Vegas flagship has been revealed: A towering, multipurpose center designed by Gensler that more resembles a high-end gaming PC than any console Atari has ever put out.

The Las Vegas Atari Hotel and Phoenix, Arizona, locations will open first, and Atari and GSD Group are hoping to ultimately open eight Atari Hotels across the West Coast, Southwest, and Midwest (no such plans for the East Coast at the time of writing, unfortunately).

Although neither Gensler, Atari, nor GSD Group have provided concrete details on the design details of the 400-room Las Vegas hotel, it appears the building will split into separate hemispheres of slightly different height, connected by a glass atrium that forms a valley running to the back of the hotel. The ultimate effect resembles a massively scaled version of the tri-pronged Atari logo (which also features prominently across the rear of the hotel).

The strips that line each section, which run parallel to the ground at lower levels to form porte-cochres before twisting to shoot upright, will seemingly be chock full of programmable LEDs and will be able to change colors and patterns. On the facade, it appears rooms will be framed by arched windows topped with even more LED strips, allowing the sides of the building to change color as well.

At the rear entrance, where the two halves of the hotel intersect, will sit a covered hall containing restaurants, bars, retro arcades, art galleries, and other themed entertainment. Atari and GSD Group are promising a pretty heavy video game-forward experience, including a gaming arena and e-sports multiplex (one assumes that one is for playing in and the other for watching in), and in-room consoles and new releases. Other experiential entertainment has been teased but not fully revealed yet.

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The Las Vegas Raiders are off their bye week, with their next game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers set for primetime Sunday night.

Looking ahead, however, we can start to see how the remaining schedule for the Raiders is starting to shape up as the good and bad of the NFL separate themselves.

Knowing that, we can also make predictions for how the rest of the season for the Raiders will go, and if you look at the percentages, they could be in for a good stretch.

Thats because the Raiders, on paper, have the easiest remaining schedule in the league going forward.

Its convenient considering how arduous their schedule was to open the season and presents a golden opportunity to make a potential playoff run.

So, while were here, lets go in and analyze the Raiders' remaining schedule and project what their record could be at the end of the season.

Looking through it, the Raiders have the advantage of facing some of the worst teams in the league like, such as the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons.

Not every opponent will be a cakewalk though.

They face the Buccaneers (4-2) this week, and have games against the Cleveland Browns (4-2), the Indianapolis Colts (4-2) and one more game against the Kansas City Chiefs (5-1).

Speaking of the Chiefs, the biggest key for the Raiders could be how they handle the AFC West outside of Kansas City.

The Los Angeles Chargers are 1-5, but thats with every loss by one possession. Theyve gone toe-to-toe with teams like the Chiefs, Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints (3-2) , and nearly won.

The Denver Broncos (2-3) havent been as impressive in their losses, but injuries have a lot to do with that, as their quarterback Drew Lock was out for basically two of their three losses.

Lock is now back though, leading them to a win against the New England Patriots (2-3) in Foxborough, Mass., where the Raiders were previously blown out.

While on paper the Raiders should be the favorite in those games, neither Los Angeles or Denver will likely be easy.

If they can finish with one loss or less while at least splitting their series with the Chiefs, it should bode well for their playoff hopes.

Taking that all in, my projection for the Raiders is that they finish 11-5 or 10-6 at best. I think theyll finish with a 4-2 record in the AFC West and take advantage of the lesser teams on their schedule, making the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

Things can change rapidly in the NFL, though, so Ill still be doing my normal weekly predictions. If my overall prediction comes true though, I should be forecasting several more Raider wins.

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