Las Vegas officials are expecting lower-than-normal attendance at the New Year’s Eve celebration on the famed Strip, but in light of October’s mass shooting, security will be at its highest level in years. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday that the Homeland Security Department had raised the New Year’s Eve celebration to the highest security level under its special events protocols — SEAR level 1. “Nobody puts on a New Year’s Eve show like Las Vegas, and never will it be as safe as it will be this year,” Sisolak said. It is a level of security similar to that imposed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, she said. CAPTION Ventura residents file suit against the city of Ventura.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 28, 2017 00:33 UTC