By Kendall Bartley | Cronkite News (Flagstaff, AZ) – Fire officials in Flagstaff are preparing for wildfire season as El Niño unexpectedly left Arizona with dry conditions that can spark fire danger. Southwest dry this fire season “El Niño was expected to
By: Gilbert Cordova Cronkite News (Phoenix, AZ) – Eneyas Freitas grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He’s now the executive director of The Vintage 45, a new multipurpose events space in Phoenix’s burgeoning warehouse district. He said the space – and the community
By: Miguel Otarola Cronkite News (Phoenix, AZ) – Arizona Statehouse reporters, in protest of a new “invasive” background check instituted by House Speaker David Gowan, covered Thursday’s session from the public gallery instead of the House floor. The background checks are the
Jennifer Lopez wants to make something clear: she “Ain’t Your Mama!” Not to cause any confusion, that is actually the name of her latest song. The Queen of the Bronx has taken on to her Instagram page all this week
By Chloe Nordquist | Cronkite News In five years Pilar and Carlos Calderon built a thriving childcare business that grew from serving four kids to maximum capacity. “We have 50 children and it’s actually full now,” said Calderon, owner of Mi
By: Rosa Cardenas, Blush Boutique I can’t concentrate in flats! – Victoria Beckham On April 1st, I had the opportunity to put on a shoe show for Chingona Soles by Luna Culture Lab and TMC Communications. Chingona Soles is an
We all know the basics of eating healthy: cut the sugar, the carbs, the fats, eat more veggies, etc. But today, we’re here to tell you that the next time you’re at the grocery store, don’t be afraid to take
By Lorin McLain The U.S. Department of Justice officially wants answers over the voting debacle of Arizona’s March 22nd Presidential Preference Election. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Voting Section sent a letter to the Maricopa County Recorders Office on April 1st, asking
By Madison Alder | Cronkite News (Washington, DC) – Immigration advocates hailed a federal appeals court ruling that reaffirmed other courts’ findings that Arizona cannot deny driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation. A panel of the 9th U.S.
By Kaitlyn Ahrbeck | Cronkite News Mexican immigrants, who send money to relatives back home, reacted with disappointment over a proposal to cut off their ability to send remittances to Mexico. “We are not criminals,” said Juan Garcia, an immigrant
