Articles by Tom Gorman

455 articles since 1997

At Wynn’s namesake, he’s on par with himself

Travel | By Tom Gorman | July 10, 2005
Sitting at a waterfront steakhouse at the newest and most expensive Strip resort, indulging in a fabulous meal, we concluded that Steve Wynn did, indeed, build the finest resort in town. Read more
 

Orange County Hoping to Process More Runoff

California | Local | By Tom Gorman | January 30, 2004
The Orange County Sanitation District is studying how much water runoff from lawns and streets can be treated before it ends up in the Santa Ana River and ocean. Read more
 

Lake Las Vegas, Sin City’s alter ego

Travel | By Tom Gorman | October 19, 2003
If Las Vegas is Sin City, the resort half an hour east alongside Lake Las Vegas is more like Sun City. Read more
 

Fire Threat Is Red-Hot in Parched West

National | By Tom Gorman | May 20, 2003
Park ranger David Eaker walks through a field thick with grass as tall as his waist and deceptive in its greenery. Read more
 

A High-Wire Fall in the Media Circus

National | By Tom Gorman | May 12, 2003
After Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom here last June, hordes of media – as has become common in such incidents – descended to pick over every detail of the Smarts’ existence. Read more
 

Las Vegas Venetian Resort’s Pop Culture Museum Folds

National | By Tom Gorman | May 10, 2003
The Venetian Resort said Friday it is closing its Guggenheim Museum, ending a high-profile commercial effort to deliver pop culture to the gambling masses. Read more
 

Clash in Court Over Oregon’s Law on Suicide

National | By Tom Gorman | May 8, 2003
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Upscale Harley Owners Reborn to Be Wild

National | By Tom Gorman | April 27, 2003
Leather stretches taut across the shoulders of the bikers as they throttle their engines and look dismissively at the car-bound. Read more
 

Police Park It at Biker Festival in Nevada

National | By Tom Gorman | April 26, 2003
Hordes of free-spirited riders atop Harley-Davidson motorcycles roared into this Colorado River town Friday for an annual rally, finding a doubling of police because of last year’s shootout that left three men from rival gangs dead on a casino floor. Read more
 

States Try to Nickel, Dime Their Way to Fiscal Health

National | By Tom Gorman | April 18, 2003
It’s more expensive now to get a divorce in Colorado and register an all-terrain vehicle in Maine, and it may soon cost more to buy ammunition in California and visit a brothel in Nevada. Read more
 
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