South Tucson News

The delicious chicken mole at Guillermo's comes with rice, beans and tortilla. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star If you go Guillermo's Double L Restaurant 1830 S. Fourth Ave., 792-1585 a Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, closed Sundays.

Sunni Beeck, holding her Ben's Bell, was nominated by Nan Rollings, second from left in the back row, directly under the exit sign, for all her good work at Clinica Amistad.

South Tucson officials are looking at ways to make the city's garbage collection service pay for itself, therefore eliminating its burden on the general fund.

Nurse practitioner Pam Gleason listens to JosA© Luis Guzman's heart at the Casa Maria soup kitchen, which serves as a medical clinic twice per week.

El Dorado Restaurant a Phone: 622-9171. a Bar hours: 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily. a Happy hour: 3 to 7 p.m. daily, $2 Bud Light bottles or cans.

Sergio Mendoza, the subject of this week's cover package, has electrified Tucson audiences with his own brand of "indie mambo." His group, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, covers a lot of original material, but also songs written and arranged by the great mambo icon, Perez Prado.

La Placita Cafe, 2950 N. Swan Road, 881-1150. a Hours: Summer hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 5-8:30 p.m. daily.

The monsoon officially starts on Monday, but to some, it starts on June 24th. It's a date that goes back over 400 years when a Spanish explorer stood on the banks of the Santa Cruz riverbed and prayed to St.

The green dome atop Tucson Greyhound Park has been a prominent city landmark for 64 years, but it is now a pile of charred rubble.

Racing began at Tucson Greyhound Park in 1944. A fire on May 13, 1949, caused $100,000 in damage.

A fire broke out at Tucson Greyhound Park Thursday night, prompting the evacuation of about 50 people and up to 90 dogs from the historic landmark.

Went to Woody's last night for an LGBT gathering. It was a meet-and-greet with Tucson's new Chief of Police, Chief Roberto Villasenor.

In this undated file photo taken from the cellular phone of Brazilian Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho Santos and released by the Goias' state police in August 2008, shows Santos with 17-year-old British citizen CaraMarie Burke inside an aircraft at an unknown location.

The last time I saw Jesus Q. Elias, he was happily watching baseball on television a ' his favorite sport and pastime a ' and he was anticipating a birthday party his family was planning for him.

Just nine years after turning South Fourth Avenue into a meandering boulevard with new asphalt and aesthetic enhancements, South Tucson is spending $2 million to completely replace the roadway and add sidewalks.

Sandy Rathbun reports 600 rally for immigrant rights About 600 people marched from Southgate Shopping Center in South Tucson to Armory Park downtown to support immigrant and worker rights.

Even as the Legislature is looking to shut down or reform Rio Nuevo, the board that is supposed to oversee the Downtown redevelopment district will meet in closed session Monday to talk about possibly hiring a new director.

The city's police radar van is scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations this week, according to the Tucson Police Department's Web site: Today a 7 to 10:30 a.m.: On West Grant Road between North Oracle Road and Interstate 10.

'I learned the difference between needs and wants, and I wonder if you've learned the difference between needs and wants.' Dale Bieber, a retiree on a fixed income Photos & images All Slideshows A Click thumbnails to view additional images VAL CAA'EZ/Tucson Citizen Click Photo to Enlarge Reuben Hart high-fives Ron Marcischak after Hart spoke during ...

April 29, 2009, 8:02 p.m. GARRY DUFFY Tucson Citizen A proposal in the Legislature to tap into cities' and towns' development impact fee programs for up to $210 million to help cut into the state budget deficit has area officials challenging the legality of such a move.