Tucson’s new homeless survey asks who’s at most risk of dying
Tucson’s homelessness outreach workers spent a decade using a national questionnaire to decide who gets housing resources. This summer they’re using a homegrown one instead that is centered around a new question: who is most likely to die outside?.
Tucson Man Faces Second-Degree Murder Charge After Woman Dies
A Tucson woman died days after an alleged unprovoked assault outside an apartment complex, turning a violent confrontation into a second-degree murder case. Dahseir Edward Jefferson, 27, was arrested four days after the attack and remains jailed on a $650,000 bond. Prosecutors initially accused him of aggravated assaul
Tucson teen arrested for several violent crimes
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A Tucson teen has been arrested for several violent crimes. According to the interim complaint 13 News obtained, 17-year-old Ryan Duran has been accused of armed robbery, theft of means of transportation, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal damage, weapons misconduct and unlawful
New York man sentenced for identity theft ring with Arizona, Colorado and California victims
A New York man was sentenced last week to nearly five years in prison for his role in an identity theft ring that defrauded victims in Arizona, Colorado and California. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Tucson sentenced Richard Modou Bah, a 22-year-old Bronx resident, to 58 months in prison to be followed by four years of
Firefighters respond to house fire in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Tucson Fire Department responded to a house fire near Speedway Boulevard and Camino Seco on August 1. The TFD said they responded to the fire at 4:35 p.m., and crews reported thick black smoke and flames coming from a single-story home. Crews said the...
Extreme heat continues through Monday as daily storm chances build
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - This morning is starting off hot in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, while scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms move south across Cochise County. Dangerous, extreme heat continues to impact Southern Arizona today, with the Extreme Heat Warning in effect through Monday evening. Shower and
Tucson’s Shish Kebab House battles rising produce costs tied to Iran war
The Shish Kebab House of Tucson has served Middle Eastern food on the Eastside for 33 years, but rising produce and delivery costs tied to the war in Iran are putting the business in a rough spot.
Grandmother Who Beat Cancer Twice Dies Days Before Retirement After Stranger’s Single Punch Turned...
Tucson, Arizona — A family in Arizona is mourning the loss of a grandmother they describe as a “beacon of light” after an alleged random assault outside her apartment complex left her with fatal brain injuries just days before she was set to celebrate her 62nd birthday and begin the retirement she had spent decades wor
People Who Move to Tucson Either Stay for Life or Leave Within Two Years....
Ask around in Tucson, Arizona long enough and a consistent pattern emerges among transplants: people who move there either commit...
Old Pueblo Abuelo: Miles of tape and tons of ice cannot define the years...
This is the 41st installment of “Old Pueblo Abuelo,” a thought on positive things happening in the Old Pueblo from a sometimes cranky and often times humorous grandfather actually born in Tucson and writing from my desk in Tucson, the Old Pueblo. Mike Boese threw out the first...

















