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Fall in Love with Gardening

By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith Now that the weather is finally cooling off, it’s time to tend to our fall gardens. Lots of people here in the desert have much better success with their fall gardens than their spring and summer gardens. We can...

Escape to a Lake!

By Rob Halberg Although our 100° days are behind us, temperatures will still average in the mid 80’s, making it an ideal time to enjoy Tucson area lakes. While there are a number of small lakes in the immediate Tucson area, I am going to focus...

Highways and Byways

By Tom Howard Rita Rd Emergency Closure at I-10         Nightly full closures of I-10 Westbound are still ongoing until the end of September. Traffic will be detoured onto the off ramp and back on to I-10...

Frequented Frequencies

By Hollie Warnick Frequency: The number of waves occurring over a certain period of time, say one second of time and say sound waves. Or imagine electromagnetic waves crisscrossing all over the planet. This, too, is what people are talking...

The Swim Party

By Hansha Masherani Hana’s birthday party was at the pool where she took swimming lessons twice a week during the summer. Hana and her parents arrived early to set up the food on the picnic table under the wooden awning covered by a thick...

Is Halloween 2020 Canceled?

By Kimberly Crossland These days, it seems like everything is canceled. Fairs. Concerts. School. Since March, we’ve been living in a canceled culture, so it makes sense that as the holidays approach, families are starting to consider how to...

A Terror-ific Trick

By Alisha Brewer Fall is in the air: cool morning breezes, pumpkin spice everything at the store, apple cider doughnuts on the menu, pumpkin patches and orchards anxiously awaiting our arrival. The countdown to Halloween is on.  Though...

Ward 4 Update

By Nikki Lee Hello friends, and hello fall! Summer was pretty harsh this year, and I am happy that October is finally here. July and August were Tucson’s hottest months ever recorded, and our monsoon season was incredibly disappointing. With a...