Cover Story
Rain Roulette
Round and round and round it goes, where the monsoon stops nobody knows.
Laughing Stock: On Battles and Recoveries
It’s not funny at all, per se, and it’s almost certainly the world’s worst career choice, but years of addiction have made comedy stars of Kurtis Matthews and Andy Gold … now that they’re in recovery. The pair perform as the Addicts Comedy Tour at 8 p.m., Thursday, August 16, at the Jewish Community Center,…
Experts Discuss the Past and Future of Family Separations at the Border
Amidst reports of child detention centers providing inadequate housing conditions and being responsible for sexual abuse and psychological trauma inflicted onto children, the federal government’s family separation policy is under more scrutiny than ever. America’s Voice Ohio organized a conference call with a group of legal experts to put the Trump administration’s response to mass…
Third Contaminated Well Near D-M Shut Down
Tucson Water has shut down a third well near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for safety reasons. Two others were closed last year due to elevated levels of chemicals, exceeding the Environmental Protections Agency’s health advisory recommendations. Tucson Water Public Information Officer Fernando Molina said the third well, closed at the end of June, contains almost 30 parts per trillion of two…
KVOI AM Radio Station Moving to Local Talk Radio
There have been a lot of rumors swirling since Good News Communications owner Doug Martin announced he was selling radio KVOI, 1030 AM, to Bustos Media Inc., a Portland, Oregon-based chain of Spanish language radio stations. Would the station stay the same and carry a lineup of local talk and syndicated conservative programming? Would it move…
University of Virginia Needs To Pay Back By Paying Forward
The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson and opened in 1825, owes a debt to people who were forced to build the university, then maintain it and feed and care for the professors and students, people who were treated as property belonging to their “owners.” UVA has made a first step in acknowledging the slaves…
Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Thursday, August 9
Home of the Brave Virtual 5K Run/Walk – Tucson. Want to take part in a race that pays tribute to some of the men and women of our armed forces, but don’t want to get up early and make a drive? Here’s your chance. Register for this race online, then go do the run wherever…
UA Astronomers Studying Light Echoes and Star Death
Nearly two centuries ago, astronomers witnessed the explosive death of one of the brightest star in our galaxy—or so they thought. Eta Carinae is a stellar system that seemingly went through a supernova in the mid-1800s, yet is still around to tell the tale. But how? Astronomers at UA’s Steward Observatory are making the most…
Marana Resident Scott Catt Developing South Sudan’s National Basketball Team
The road to realizing Scott Catt’s lifelong dream of becoming a basketball coach took him from the sunny agricultural hotspot of Marana to the newest country on Earth. Catt, 30, realized his dream a year ago when he was picked to lead the national team for the South Sudan Basketball Association. The Marana native, who…
DACA Still in Limbo
Less than a week after a court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the Trump administration didn’t have the right to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, seven states filed a lawsuit to end the program that allows around 800,000 young people to work and live without fear of deportation. Today, a federal court in Houston…
Claytoon of the Day: Media Accosted
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Wednesday, August 8
The Outlaw Josey Wales at The Loft. Head over to The Loft Cinema for their Community Rentals special benefitting the preservation of the historic Empire Ranch in Sonoita. Grab your hats and boots and get into the western spirit with the 1976 film, that was directed by and stars Clint Eastwood. This is the 8th…
Arizona’s Jeremy Springer is Out to Make the Wildcats’ Special Teams Great
Jeremy Springer took a deep breath and let loose a torrent of football jargon after practice on Tuesday afternoon. Springer, 29, is in his first season with the Wildcats, coaching the special teams unit for Arizona this fall. The native Texan, whose brother, Justin, works as a strength and conditioning coach with the Wildcats, is…
Mother of Teen Killed by Border Patrol Agent Allowed to Sue
An Arizona federal appeals court ruled today that the mother of the 16-year-old who was shot and killed by a border patrol agent has the right to file a lawsuit. The agent tried to have the case dismissed, but the court opinion says “the agent was not entitled to qualified immunity.” “It is inconceivable that…
Get an Ice Cream from Sheriff Deputies Tomorrow
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department will be scooping ice cream tomorrow, Wednesday August 8 at four Baskin-Robbins locations around town. 20 percent of all sales will benefit the Special Olympics. There will also be special guest appearances by motor units and canine therapy dogs. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department will be serving scoops at four…
I Have To Admit, I Don’t Understand the Popularity Of Virtual Schools
I try to make sense of what’s going on in education, and I can generally find a good explanation for current trends, or at least tell myself I’ve found a good explanation. But for the life of me, I don’t understand why virtual schools, where kids sit at home and get their educations from a…
Pro Publica: Mesa Immigrant Shelter Worker Charged with Molesting Eight Children
Last Thursday, Pro Publica reporters Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell broke the news about Levian D. Pacheco, who was a youth care worker for Southwest Key’s Casa Kokopelli shelter in Mesa, which houses immigrant children via contract with the federal government. According to their article, Pacheco has been charged with 11 sex offenses after authorities accused…
Zen Needs a Home
“I am a shy girl who has been waiting over 140 days to find my forever family! Do you think I could be a part of your family?” – Zen Come meet Zen at HSSA Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. and make sure to bring your family, including dogs! For more information give…
Claytoon of the Day: Choosy Plastic Bans
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Tuesday, August 7
Token Tuesdays at Cobra Arcade. If you haven’t checked out the new arcade bar downtown, then you’d better hustle on over, so that you can play Streetfighter II while drinking a fancy, Donkey Kong-themed cocktail. And you might as well do it on a Tuesday, when they give out free tokens with every drink purchase.…
Arizona Football: Noel Mazzone and Shun Brown break down Arizona’s fall camp progress
A lone cumulus cloud billowed over the horizon as the Arizona Wildcats football team scurried its way through a late summer practice on Saturday night. The storm cloud never threatened the practice itself but served as a proper allegory for a squad coming off a tumultuous offseason. That offseason, which included the dismissal of Coach…
Claytoon of the Day: Logic From Rudy
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Monday, August 6
Mondo Mondays. With the start of a new month comes the start of a new theme of Mondo Mondays at The Loft. August is College Cut-Ups month so get ready to go back to school with grim and gore filled films. This week’s installment of higher education horror is “The House on Sorority Row” from…
Grijalva: DHS Head Nielson Must Go
Congressman Raul Grijlva (D-AZ03) is calling for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The press release from Grijalva’s office: Over the past week, numerous media reports have detailed abuse at shelters housing immigrant children separated from their families due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy. This comes after the Trump administration failed to…
Government Asks ACLU to Find Deported Parents
There are as many as 1,016 children between the ages of 5 to 17, separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, who have still not been reunited, according to Aug. 2 federal court filings. Some entered illegally, others at ports of entry. Most were seeking asylum after fleeing extreme violence and poverty in central…
LeBron James’ Wrap-Around School
A new public school opened in Akron, Ohio, the I Promise School, funded by LeBron James. It’s gotten lots of press lately, because LeBron, but there’s much more to the new school than hype. It’s an embodiment of the concept of the wraparound school. According to principal Brandi Davis: “[T]he I Promise School is unique…
Claytoon of the Day: Yo Quiero
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NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Unveils Game Day Details
Addressing a crowd of Tucson locals (and a few journalists) Wednesday afternoon, Ali Farhang had plenty of news to share about the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl. The event’s founder and former chair, Farhang spoke to more than two dozen men and women at the AC Marriott downtown. Last December’s matchup between New Mexico State…
Claytoon of the Day: Zuck Needs Some Bucks
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Danehy
Lack of sports, babying animals, and Congresswoman McSally have Danehy fired up this week
Quick Bites
Great grub in Tucson this week
Behind the Curtain
At the Arizona Theatre Company’s “Summer on Stage” program, a group of 33 teenagers from around Tucson spent five weeks putting together two shows around the theme “Summer of Youth Unheard”
Chemistry Experiment
Live Theatre Workshop has segued from a silly, lightweight piece that can barely be called a play, to a heavily-weighted piece that muses seriously about the nature of the human brain
DEA Delay
In August 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it would begin accepting new applications for licenses to grow cannabis for research purposes.
XOXO
Great live music shows to watch and listen to this week
Guest Opinion
Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier explains why there are ICE agents in the Pima County Jail.
Police Dispatch
The man went on to say he “did not understand why it was wrong for him to urinate in the open area”…
City Week
Events to make your week the best yet
Editor’s Note
Here’s hoping that all the families in our community get off to a good start with the new school year.
Three to Nine
State Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley says she’s more progressive than her younger opponent in the Democratic primary for Legislative District 9, which voters will decide on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Know Your Product
Self-described as “heavy pop,” it’s pretty incredible Sad Baxter is from Nashville and not Seattle.
Reel Indie
Movies to catch at local indie theaters this week
Preservation Pact
After months of negotiations, Councilmember Steve Kozachik and developer Ross Rulney made an agreement over the future of the Benedictine Monastery.
Growing, Louder
Mira Stanley and Chuck Costa met at a music festival.
But It’s A Dry Rub
We all know Tucson has Style, but do you think it harnesses a particular style? Something that makes us stand out from everyone else, so when others cross paths with that style they immediately go, “Oh, that is so Tucson”?
Nightcrawler
Late night shows to see this week.
Mission Accomplished
The movie is one “Wow!” moment after another, with Cruise showing no signs of slowing down, more than halfway through his fifth decade.
