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Tucson Salvage: An Arizona legend reflects on life and his Bob Meighan Band
His killed me as a pre-punk boy. Like some free-reed instrument, it glowed more than pushed, transmitting a longing I couldn’t yet name. Was the sweetest on KWFM radio in Tucson in the mid ’70s. That voice sidled up swimmingly next to his male-peer stars, like the velvet country-rock throats of John Dawson (New Riders…
The Daily Saguaro, Sunday 5/16/21
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The Daily Saguaro, Saturday, 5/15/21
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The Daily Saguaro, Friday 5/14/21
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Japanese Americans imprisoned at Arizona camps during WWII found solace in baseball
PHOENIX – Thirty miles southeast of Phoenix, on sacred land belonging to the Gila River Indian Community, lie the remnants of an internment camp that once housed more than 13,000 people, mostly Japanese Americans, during World War II. Concrete foundations and cisterns remain, but gone are the fences, barracks and gun tower that revealed the…
Tucson, other Arizona cities struggle to halt deadly street racing
PHOENIX – Ramon Angel Carrasco and his girlfriend were driving home from a Scottsdale bakery in a white BMW in August 2019 when Robert J. Foster pulled up next to them in a light blue Lamborghini. According to a witness account provided to police, Carrasco and Foster revved their engines at a red light on…
The Daily Saguaro, Wednesday 5/12/21
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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Wednesday, May 12: Vaccinations will soon be available for ages 12 to 15; mobile vax units this week; Here’s where to find your shot
After the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of Pfizer for children 12 to 15 on Monday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and CDC are expected to approve and recommend the use of Pfizer to vaccinate those 12 and older on Wednesday. The Pfizer vaccine is currently available for those ages 16 and…
Gronkowski, other athletes, teams dipping their toes into cryptocurrency, NFT pool
PHOENIX – Sports is a billion-dollar industry, with revenue streams ranging from television rights to ticket sales. Add cryptocurrency and NFTs to the mix, and this latest gold rush has leagues, teams and players taking advantage of opportunities in an unlikely territory. Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Taijaun Walker, now with the New York Mets, was…
State Vaccine PODs Prepare to Vaccinate Children 12 to 15, Pending CDC Approval
After the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of Pfizer for children 12 to 15 on Monday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and CDC are expected to approve and recommend the use of Pfizer to vaccinate those 12 and older on Wednesday. The Pfizer vaccine is currently available for those ages 16 and…
The Daily Saguaro, Tuesday 5/11/21
The week we feature blooming saguaros…
Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Tuesday, May 11: Cases plateau between substantial, moderate risk; mobile vax units this week; Here’s where to find your shot
COVID cases remain on a plateau across Arizona. For the week ending May 2, cases dropped for the first time since the week ending March 21, with 4,946 people testing positive, according to Dr. Joe Gerald, an epidemiologist and professor in the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health who has been tracking the virus for…
Arizona transgender veterans discuss abuses, how political changes can alter lives
PHOENIX – The status of transgender members of the armed forces has shifted dramatically in the past decade as President Joe Biden and his two predecessors issued conflicting orders defining and redefining the eligibility of transgender Americans to serve their country. Five days after taking office in January, Biden signed an order to reinstate transgender servicemembers,…
Movie Review: Billy Crystal’s Film Is Depressing For All of the Wrong Reasons
MOVIE REVIEW: Here Today Now playing at Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 Billy Crystal writes, directs and stars in a film that feels like it’s a million years old. He plays Charlies Burnz, a writer for a Saturday Night Live type sketch show who is dealing with dementia. A subplot has his Charlie befriending Emma (Tiffany…
PACC needs help making room for incoming pets
Adoption fees for adult pets at Pima Animal Care Center have been waived for the month of May as PACC has taken in nearly 700 animals in the past week. “As soon as we get one animal out, three more come in its place,” said Monica Dangler, Interim Director of Animal Services. “We just need…
Cox Charities offers grants to Arizona nonprofits
Arizona nonprofits that focus on education, diversity and environment/sustainability are eligible for grants worth up to $10,000 from Cox Charities. Programs that focus on K-12 and STEAM; water conservation, waste or carbon reduction; or serve 80 percent or more of a target population or serve an inclusion, diversity and equity initiative are eligible. Applications are…
The Daily Saguaro, Monday 5/10/21
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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Monday, May 10: Vax clinic at Northwest YMCA today; other local mobile vax units this week; Here’s where to find your shot
Pima County is teaming up with the Northwest YMCA, 7770 N. Shannon Road, to offer a vaccination clinic from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Monday, May 10. Meanwhile, Pima County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have launched mobile vaccination units to reach vulnerable communities with high risks of COVID-19 exposure and infection. The…
UA Nursing Staff, Volunteers Urge People To Get Vaccinated
University of Arizona College of Nursing faculty and students with first-hand experience of the human cost of COVID-19 ran a vaccination clinic last weekend. Led by Kristie Hoch, UA clinical assistant professor and program administrator of the Nurse Anesthesia Specialty, volunteer Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) administered vaccines to…
Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Friday, May 7: Mobile clinics at casinos this weekend; Other ways to get vaccine shots with or without appointment
Pima County officials are hoping they get lucky enough to overcome vaccine hesitancy by setting up mobile vaccination sites at the Desert Diamond and Casino del Sol this weekend. Pima County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are teaming up to launch mobile vaccination units this weekend to reach vulnerable communities with high risks of…
Laboring to remain healthy: COVID-19 takes toll on Arizona farmworkers
YUMA – The workers swing their machetes, chopping vegetables under the heat of a midmorning sun. When the migrant workers take a moment to swipe the sweat from their masked faces, they can see the wall along the Mexican border, not a half-mile distant. But before long, they turn their attention back to a rainbow-colored…
‘Army of the Dead’ opens next week in Tucson
Zombi heist movie Army of the Dead opens Friday, May 14, at Harkins Theatres Tucson Spectrum 18, 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz, starting Friday, May 14. Written and directed by Zack Snyder, Army of the Dead tells the story of a group of mercenaries in Las Vegas who, after a zombie outbreak, venture into the…
Local school districts offering special summer programs
Schools throughout Pima County will offer free summer school programs thanks to an increase in federal funds. Marana Unified School District expanded its free summer programs, from preschool programs to high school summer recovery programs, for June and July. “This year, we had a tremendous opportunity to expand our programs with additional grants and Federal…
Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Thursday, May 6: No vax appointment necessary at CVS, same-day appointments at Walgreens; New mobile clinics hit the road this weekend; Other ways to get vaccinations
CVS pharmacies are now accepting same-day COVID-19 vaccination appointments, and at some locations no appointment is necessary. About 190 locations in Arizona are taking walk-ins, but appointments are also available within an hour of scheduling. “We continue to orchestrate an all-out effort to vaccinate the nation against COVID-19,” said CVS Health President and CEO Karen…
Make it sew: MOCA-Tucson features exhibit of reclaimed T-shirts
During the last few weeks, when the evening sky starts to dim, a downtown building has been beaming out gorgeous colors into the streets: magenta, pink, green, yellow, royal red. The nightly light show comes through the big glass doors of MOCA-Tucson contemporary art museum. But the source of this rainbow beauty, astonishingly, is…
Editor’s Note: Guitar Hero
Tucson Salvage columnist Brian Smith takes center stage this week with his cover story on Bob Meighan, a pioneering Tucson musician who just missed striking it big. Meighan, who has been battling by Lou Gehrig’s disease for decades, recounts his career on and off stage over the decades. As usual, Brian brings a lot of…
Blowing Smoke: The U.S. Senate waffles on pot decriminalization despite state-level legalization and popular support
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the SAFE Banking Act four times and voters around the country have been supporting measures to legalize the use of recreational and medical cannabis, but efforts to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level continue to stall out. While the Safe Banking Act went to the U.S. Senate on…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Screenings & Performances The Loft Reopens! It’s been almost 14 months since Tucson’s most beloved movie theater stopped doing indoor screenings, and now they’re back! Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street is first on the roster, and tells the story behind the creation of the children’s TV show. It made its world premiere…
