Two-day babysitting classes for students aged 12 to 15 years old are now being offered by the Northwest Fire District.
News
Liven Up
On any given weekend evening, Magic Kenny Bang Bang invites a dozen people into his “Victorian parlor” full of oddities three or four times a night for a seance. For 45 minutes he has a captive audience of strangers seated around a long table in his dimly lit space. These 12 will witness Ban…
Dining
The generation born on the cusp of the technology boom is turning to social media for help in the kitchen.
When Ravisara (Pinn) Lertpunyaroj and Jerry Wang opened the first Lin’s Grand Buffet in 2016 they never anticipated it would be so popular. Of course they hoped it would be. Read moreHave a grand meal at Lin’s
Two children bounced between couches at Bloom Tea Wellness, all the while talking with their mom, and one another. Read moreBloom Tea blossoms in Oro Valley
For his whole adult life, Dave Bezona worked in Alaska’s oil fields, two weeks on, then two weeks at home. Read moreInspired in Alaska, he now roasts and brews coffee in Oro Valley
Take one flour tortilla, load it up with carne asada, green chilies, caramelized onion and a blend of cheddar cheese, splash it with chipotle aioli, grill it and call it the Carne Verde Papas quesadilla. It’s the perfect way to satisfy those midnight munchies. It’s also a great midday meal, … Read moreYou Cheddar Believe It: Quesos on Fourth will be ‘legen-dairy’
End the summer with a celebration. Read moreCelebrate summer’s end with a taste of Spain
Driving by the busy intersection of Broadway and Wilmot, the “City of Gastronomy” could just as well be Anywhere, USA. Read moreOut-of-staters are reshaping Tucson’s dining map
Sports
A bit of late spring cleaning to get through before the Super El Nino hits:
It’s April 28, 2026 and it’s my son’s birthday. Friends and family have gathered at a popular restaurant to celebrate with him. Actually, my sainted mother, who was born in Italy, passed away a few years ago, so I guess it’s okay for me to say that I have been inside an Olive Garden. When I …
Once every month, the staff at Jimmy Kimmel’s show cobbles together a feature that is fringe turned up to 11. They scour the internet for video clips of smiling, talking heads on local TV news and good morning shows all doing their obnoxious versions of “I can’t believe that it’s _______ already!”
A particularly acerbic observer of the intersection of our country and the sports world once said, “In America, soccer is the next big thing…and it always will be.”
On April 2, Tucson Roadrunners President Bob Hoffman announced to his team that they had signed a contract to extend their stay in Tucson.
It’s official. As of yesterday, April 14th, Michigan has finally stopped scoring on the University of Arizona men’s basketball team. And Dale Lopez (our very own Hiroo Onoda) has given up hope that the Wildcats might mount a comeback.
Every single day this Spring, Amphi High School senior Kayla Tuakalau has to make a decision. Some of them are easy to make; others, not so much. If it’s a choice between going to tennis practice and playing in the softball game, that’s an easy one. She’ll just channel Allen Iverson and say …
Columns
This article is for both Christ-followers and those who are not yet. But this article’s subject is something that both groups should know if they want to eventually meet the God they can know. Read on.
Our bones are actually an organ, and they make up about 12% of our body weight. Adults have 206 bones. Infants start with 270 and as they mature, many bones fuse together and then stabilize by about age 20. Our bones are made up of minerals such as calcium and protein, including collagen. Co… Read moreTake care of those bones!
Today, let’s explore five laws everyone should know for better lives that unleash our capacity by increasing our competency. Then I’m going to add a sixth law that I thought of. Read moreThe ‘limiting the unlimited’ effect
Today, let’s explore five laws everyone should know for better lives that unleash our capacity by increasing our competency. Then I’m going to add a sixth law that I thought of. Read moreThe ‘limiting the unlimited’ effect
Our bones are actually an organ, and they make up about 12% of our body weight. Adults have 206 bones. Infants start with 270 and as they mature, many bones fuse together and then stabilize by about age 20. Our bones are made up of minerals such as calcium and protein, including collagen. Co… Read moreTake care of those bones!
Challenges, challenges — why challenges? Could challenges be good for us? Often, when challenges come into our lives, overcoming them is what moves us forward. Challenges make us more capable, wiser and stronger in spirit and mind. Challenges, when met and overcome, raise our confidence and … Read moreWhen water gets into your goggles
The appendix is an organ we tend not to think about until it acts up, causes illness and needs to be removed surgically. People who have had theirs removed generally don’t miss it and live well without it. Is this something we need, or something left over during our human evolution? Approxim… Read moreDo we still need the appendix?

