Archive for the ‘Photo’ Category

Graduation a long journey for commencement speaker

The commencement speaker for Pima Community College’s May 21 graduation ceremony says her associate degree did not come easily.

In depth: Nogales, Sonora, feels impact of drug violence

Fear of violence has kept residents from leaving their homes and tourists from visiting Nogales. The U.S. State Department released an alert Oct. 14 warning about the dangers of crossing on foot, so business has been affected.

Gem Show at TCC ends with crowds up some but sales spotty

Despite the economic downturn, officials of the 55th annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show at the Tucson Convention Center said attendance was higher than last year.

Orphanage needs donations, volunteers

About an hour south of the border in Imuris, Sonora, the Casa de Elizabeth Orphanage is getting hit hard from both sides.

PCC cyclists recommend city commute

Tucson is one of six U.S. cities with a gold rating awarded by the League of American Bicyclists for being bicycle-friendly.

Rising fashion designer embraces his heritage

PHOTO AND WRITING/ Arturo Valenzuela was a professional performer who had aspirations of directing his own musical. A fall in 1989 put him in a wheelchair, but that did not stop him from expressing himself.

Two houses destroyed by fire

I spent the night doing ride-alongs with the fire department in Nogales, Sonora.  We got a house fire call at about 6:30AM.  It destroyed two houses but nobody was hurt.  You can see the firefighters saving the third house in the third shot down.  They said there were embers in the roof. They also suspected [...]

From the fire

Fashion Designer

This is a story I wrote and did photography for about a local fashion designer.  Arturo is very talented and promotes the work of other artists through galleries.  I expected a fashion designer to be kind of narcissistic, but he spoke a lot about other artists. The page designers did a great job. I’ll link [...]

All Souls Procession

This bit of Tucson culture is big and less than twenty years old.