Dad, journalist,
@azpeacemakers
fan, frmr BLM wildland firefighter. AZ by way of San Diego, OK, & CO.
@ColoradoMesaU
alum. Licensed AZ Real Estate Agent
LATE BREAKING
Legendary University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson has passed away. His daughter-in-law, Stacy Olson, just notified me saying he passed earlier this evening.
#RIPLute
#Tucson
#BearDown
This is where presidential race officially stands in
#Arizona
as of 3:25pm according to
@SecretaryHobbs
. 99% precincts reporting,
@JoeBiden
ahead of
@POTUS
w/ ballots still being counted in svrl counties including Pima Pinal, Yuma & Maricopa. Source - .
**TRAGIC UPDATE**
The Arizona Department of Public Safety just confirmed the driver of the semi that crashed on I-10 causing a nitric acid spill was killed - .
#Tucson
The Rillito is flowing across Camino de la Tierra next to the River Rd bridge on the NW side making the road impassable. Please don’t risk driving through flooded washes. Turn around. Don’t drown.
#Tucson
#monsoon
Dean holding his little brother for the first time. Preston James Marries was born yesterday at 9:55AM at 7 lbs, 8 ounces. Preston is in the NICU until at least tomorrow so they can keep an eye on his breathing.
#Tucson
University of Arizona releases the name of the professor shot and killed today on campus by a former student. He was Thomas Meixner, Professor and Department Head, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences ~ .
#Tucson
Hey
#Tucson
! It’s Gene. You might recognize him as the guy who walks ALL OVER town pushing a cart with an umbrella. I saw him on the Frontage Rd near Orange Grove and gave him a ride to Walmart. I told him he’s pretty famous around here and he laughed. He told me he’s 70!
A draft report from Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity firm conducting an audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, shows that those results were accurate, according to Maricopa County.
The
#Tucson
Rodeo Parade committee has named University of Arizona women’s basketball head coach Adia Barnes as the grand marshal for the 2022 Tucson Rodeo Parade ~ . Congrats Coach
@AdiaBarnes
!
*KILLING GERMS* There is a two-man crew spraying disinfectant on all of the benches, trash cans, and common areas of the Ronstadt Center in downtown
#Tucson
. This is in response to coronavirus.
@SunTran_Tucson
@KOLDNews
I’ve never seen this before. A plane registered to Transpac Aviation Academy doing some “RADAR art” right now over
#Phoenix
. Pilot took a flight pattern to spell “love” & the shape of a heart. You can track this plane as long as it’s up in the air here ~ .
Just felt a pretty powerful rumble/boom at the house. The back sliding glass doors rattled & the house shook. 10:07 AM on the northwest side near I-10 and Ina. Anyone else? If so, give your general location.
#Tucson
Many might consider her a local pseudo-celebrity or fixture of our community. She’s affectionately referred to as the “umbrella lady” and is often seen walking along Oracle Road. She’s in the hospital right now after being hit by a car -
#Tucson
Celebrating a quarter of a century at KOLD! Hard to believe, but today marks my 25-year anniversary at
@KOLDNews
. My first day on the job was June 13, 1999. Thank you
#Tucson
for all the wonderful memories and for the ones still to come.
A convicted sex offender was shot and killed while trying to break into a woman’s home near Three Points. Investigators say she told him to leave but he didn't stop. She even fired a warning shot and when he went for her gun, she shot shot him dead - .
It's hailing in Picture Rocks. Emily Baker shot this video and says there is pea-sized hail, "It’s bad! Severe flooding. My husband is stuck in town - the monument and Twin Peaks are both flooded.”
#Tucson
#monsoon
#Marana
*SAD UPDATE*
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the deadly hit-and-run of
#Tucson
’s “Umbrella Lady.” The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says 53-year-old Guadalupe Solis was booked on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
Took me close to 40 minutes but I got to the other side of the street for a better look.
@Tucson_Police
say 3 cars were involved around 1 am, no word on injuries yet and “impairment is a factor.”
@KOLDNews
*CAUGHT ON HOME SURVEILLANCE*
Dozens of shots ring out in a NW side neighborhood as a house party ends, leaving two people wounded ~ .
Warning: video contains foul language
#Tucson
ON SCENE of a swift water rescue in CDO Wash at Overton/La Cholla.
@NorthwestFire
&
@GRFDAZ
responded. A crew walked into the treacherous fast-moving flood water to save three trapped in Nissan just as it drifted further downstream.
#Tucson
#monsoon
#AZwx
Happy anniversary to the love of my life! 10 years ago today we said, “I do” to each other. Gracias mi amor for all you do for our family. You’re a wonderful wife and incredible mom to our two boys. We are forever grateful for your love.
#Tucson
It’s been a fun run. Today, I was recognized for 20 years of “dedicated service” at
@KOLDNews
13 during our quarterly luncheon. Here’s to another two decades!! 😀
#Tucson
The mystery booms/rumbles of
#Tucson
continue. I'm still trying to figure out what caused the latest that were heard today. I've been on the phone all afternoon asking. Here's what I've found so far.
@whatsuptucson
*Pima County CURFEW - LATE BREAKING*
Pima County is implementing a voluntary curfew, starting tonight, to help deal with the spread of COVID-19. The Curfew will run from 10:00pm to 5:00am through the end of December.
#Tucson
LIGHTNING on the NW side in Marana. We’re getting rain too. This is looking south west out the back door towards the Tucson Mountains between Ina & Cortaro.
#Tucson
#monsoon
UPDATE; we're trying to clarify & confirm the name of the woman hit. At this time, the sheriff's department public infor officer tells us, "I can confirm at this time that the subject that was transported to the hospital is the female known in the area as the 'Umbrella Lady.'"
Many might consider her a local pseudo-celebrity or fixture of our community. She’s affectionately referred to as the “umbrella lady” and is often seen walking along Oracle Road. She’s in the hospital right now after being hit by a car -
#Tucson
On the scene of a high speed chase that ended in a crash on I-10 Frontage Rd between Ina & Cortaro in Marana. An officer tells me this chase started in Phoenix and came all the way down to Marana where the suspect crashed through the barbed wire fence and into an embankment.
The Busch Fire is up to 2 acres according to Heidi Schewel at the Coronado National Forest. It's burning in the area of Marhall Gulch near Summerhaven.
#Tucson
Video: Grey Carpenter/Mt. Lemmon General Store
Witnesses and sources tell us someone jumped to their death from the Pennington St. garage in downtown
#Tucson
. There is a body in the street with a cover over it and a portion of Pennington St. is closed right now. We've reached out to Tucson Police for more information.
Where was the national outcry when ICE was bussing
#immigrants
to the downtown Greyhound bus station in
#Tucson
, and other southwestern cities, and basically just dumping them off with nothing? It went on for years.
#Immigration
Pro Palestine protesters are once again on the U of A campus, yelling at officers to, “get the (expletive) out of here” while calling them pigs.
@KOLDNews
Reporter
@SeanMahoneyTV
is on the scene and will have a live report tonight at 10:00.
#Tucson
"It feels like a nightmare. It's my understanding Officer Cordova was in his car at the time of the shooting."
#Nogales
Police Chief regarding the line of duty death of Officer Jesus Cordova who leaves behind his fiance, three children, and one of the way.
I never could have imagined my face being used as a corn maze. Thank you Jon Post at Marana Pumpkin Patch & Farm Festival for this honor. Be sure to go & get lost in my eyes 😀. This year’s festival runs from Oct 5-Oct 30. .
#Tucson
@townofmarana
With no one around due to the
#CaldorFire
evacuations, bears have free roam of South Lake Tahoe and they’ve been getting into a lot of trash cans & dumpsters. Being from
#Tucson
, I’m not used to seeing this.
@POTUS
is working to end the war in
#Afghanistan
by using
#Pakistan
to usher in a peace deal. It's been nearly two decades since the U.S. launched its attacks on the
#Taliban
which has led to the United States' longest war - .
We were driving past Evergreen Cemetery and Dean asked if we could “go there.” As I turned in & drove around he asked if we could get out. Here’s what happened next.
#Tucson
#veterans
The FBI is investigating the near-miss of a high powered drone and a
@CBPArizona
helicopter near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The special agent I just interviewed says this is the first of its kind case in
#Tucson
.
@KOLDNews
@whatsuptucson
Happy 6th birthday Dean! It is hard to believe six years has already flown by. I’m so proud of you little buddy for your thirst of knowledge and loving heart.
#Tucson
This Mexican Air Force plane is scheduled to fly from Hermosillo to Mexicali, Mexico but it came into U.S. air territory past
#Tucson
Int'l Airport according to
@flightradar24
. I've reached out to the Tucson Airport Authority and the FAA to see if they know why.