Just in from the toy-trend experts The UM has compiled a convenient list of the hot toys that kids will be clamoring for this holiday season. Obtaining these covented toys may be a little bit tougher this year with delayed shipping time and pandemic social distancing shopping, so get started early parents. Star Wars...
Read MoreWhat does it look like at Sky Harbor Airport amid the COVID-19 pandemic? Are people wearing masks and social distancing? You can’t predict what you’ll experience on the specific date and time you go nor what you’ll see at your layover or destination airport, but there has been some consistency in what you will...
Read MoreHospitals across Arizona are cutting off visitations in the midst of another surge in coronavirus cases. Banner Health, Arizona’s largest hospital system, is shutting down visitations at Arizona locations effective Sunday at 6 p.m., according to a press release. The move comes after Banner implemented the policy Wednesday for its Tucson locations. “We understand...
Read MoreThe Phoenix City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted on new name changes for two streets, replacing ones that were considered offensive. Squaw Peak Drive will be renamed Piestewa Peak Drive and Robert E. Lee Street will be changed to Desert Cactus Street, according to a tweet from Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. “Over the course...
Read MoreThe Phoenix Suns have gained a corporate sponsor for its newly constructed practice facility, but lost the naming sponsor for its downtown arena. Talking Stick Resort will no longer have its name on the arena home to the Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. The enterprise arm of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community...
Read MoreLow-cost carrier Frontier Airlines has added three nonstop routes from Phoenix to California cities starting in February. The flights out of Sky Harbor Airport to Oakland, Ontario and Sacramento are scheduled to take off twice a week initially, then expand to four times beginning March 11. “We’re excited to offer Phoenix flyers three new...
Read MoreIf 2020 has left you feeling a little exhausted and you don’t feel like pulling together a full Thanksgiving meal, forego the many hours of prepping, cooking and cleaning and skip right to the best part about Thanksgiving…the eating! Check out the list of several metro Phoenix restaurants that would gladly welcome you and...
Read MoreThe latest state-by-state guidance from the White House’s COVID-19 task force shows that Arizona is “experiencing a significant resurgence” and “current mitigation efforts are inadequate.” The report states, “there is now aggressive, unrelenting, expanding broad community spread across the country, reaching most counties, without evidence of improvement but rather, further deterioration.” “Current mitigation efforts...
Read MoreIn January of this year, carinsurance.org released a report saying that it is more dangerous to ride a bike in Texas, Florida, and California than in any other state in the union. Between 2014 and 2017, 41% of the fatalities that were due to bicycle accidents occurred in these states. The report stated that...
Read MoreA hearing for Wednesday has been scheduled for a judge to hear arguments in the Arizona Republican Party’s lawsuit seeking to change how Maricopa County conducts a hand-count audit of a sampling of ballots as a quality control measure. The party wants the sample measured on a precinct level, rather than among the county’s...
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