Green Valley Moments

The Bashas’ Family of Stores includes four distinct formats: Bashas’, Bashas’ Dine on Indian reservations, AJ’s Fine Foods, and Food City, which caters to the Hispanic market.
A new brand, Ike’s Farmer’s Market, is scheduled to open in July in central Phoenix at 16th Street and Bethany Home Road. It will feature a huge variety of […]

We can get some people out of their cars, people who probably shouldn’t be driving anymore.
Long-sought bus service between Tucson and the Green Valley - Sahuarita area will start Monday.
For a community such as Green Valley, with its largely retiree population, the service will allow greater freedom to people with health issues and to those […]

Too lazy to look out the window? Or maybe you aren’t located in the Tucson area.
The University of Arizona has three webcams (web cameras) showing the current view outside. They also have a webcam album with some of their most interesting photos, as well as fascinating time-lapse movies made from the webcam images.
Thanks, […]

Anyone who has had occasion to visit an emergency room in Tucson probably already knew this.
Arizona gets a D when it comes to providing emergency-room care.
The average rating nationwide is C-, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians, which has compiled its first report card on the nation’s emergency medical-care system. The grade […]

Looks like we may not have to drive very far for quality shopping in the future. A huge development is planned just South of the existing Home Depot-Target Center off of Irvington.
JC Penney, Best Buy, Sports Authority, Bed Bath & Beyond, Shoe Pavilion, Pier One Imports, 4-5 restaurants and an 18 screen theater should […]

We went shopping in Tucson Wednesday. We ended up at a major department store, found some pants for me, then stood in line with other disgruntled shoppers, all just wanting to pay for their items and get on with their lives.
There were only two employees in the clothing department; a new, no-nothing cashier […]

I wrote a negative review of the Claim Jumper Restaurant in Tucson some time ago. Several fans of the restaurant chain contacted me and suggested that we give it another chance. We did.
Our experience last night was different than the first time. Although we arrived at about the same time (4:30 PM) the place was […]

Ninety of us timely appeared at or before 9:30 AM yesterday and took our seats, waiting…
Finally, around 11:30 AM, we were told that the Judge Lee’s jury had been selected, our services were no longer needed, and we were free to go. “See you next year,” the clerk said. Great!
What a waste of our time […]

Listen to Tucson area police, fire and other agencies on
this scanner.
Caution: This can become addictive!

What a day. Show up and wait, and wait and wait! Finally, at 4:40 the 90 or so of us that were left were told to go home and report again tomorrow.
When the announcement was finally made, there were enough groans and comments that the Clerk threatened to call security. Apparently, Judge Lee was in […]