Have you ever heard of Hawk Salvage on Grand Avenue in Phoenix? 

It’s inside an old auto garage and stuffed full of plants, vintage photos, posters, books, furniture, unique antiques, and so many other random things. Think creepy dolls next to sets of old-timey medicinals. 

It almost feels like a little history museum inside, curated by Hawk, the owner of the place.

There’s also a ton of beautiful artwork, including paintings from a local artist, Michael Padilla (see below).

Michael Padilla’s paintings inside Hawk Salvage in Phoenix, Arizona. (Alyssa Bickle/The Copper Courier)

The store does have odd and sometimes inconsistent hours of operation, so keep an eye on Hawk’s Instagram page for updates. The address is 1109 Grand Ave., Phoenix.

The best time to visit is on First Fridays, when several businesses along Grand Ave stay open late, and food trucks and various pop-ups set up along the road.

Have you visited Hawk Salvage? Let me know!

Over the past few months, we’ve talked about this year’s SRP election and what it means for Arizona.

The election finally happened last week, and the slate of candidates supporting renewable energy made some gains.

We asked what you thought of the election results, and here’s what you said:

💬 “While not a customer this a big step in the right direction! For too many years utility companies have just wanted more with no benefit to customers. They pay to much attention to investors and not the actual users who are captive by the utilities monopoly. Utilities continue to to benefit investors while failing to protect users. They fail to properly maintain systems and update equipment properly in order to provide dividends while putting maintenance on users. Maintenance are a business expense that should be paid prior to distributing dividends especially due to the monopoly they hold.” — Rob J.

💬 “We applied for the SRP mail in ballot. We subsequently received a post card saying that our request was denied because ‘we are out of their service area.’ We’ve been paying SRP bills monthly for 5.5 years at this address, so this was either gross ignorance or gross negligence. Both of us are quite busy and didn’t have time to call them and argue. My feeling on this is that the election is a sham.” — Stephen D.

[Editor’s note: This may not necessarily be what happened in Stephen’s case, but it’s worth noting that eligibility to vote in SRP elections is determined by land ownership, which excludes many SRP customers from voting.]

💬 “Thanks for the opportunity to share my take on the SRP election. I’m amazed that ‘down ballot’ seats were won by clean energy advocates, but the President and VP were decidedly won by incumbents backed by developers. It’s similar to the last presidential race, a Republican President and VP were elected by Arizona along with two Democratic Senators. Fascinating outcomes.” — Samantha J.

Keep sending in your comments—we’ll post them to the website later today!

Here’s what’s going on around Arizona this weekend—plus a map so you can see where everything is!

Construction of a new 36-unit apartment complex called CenTria Biltmore is underway near midtown Phoenix.

A small plane made an emergency landing on April 12 along a residential street in central Phoenix.

Harkins Theatres is bringing a whole new movie-watching experience to its theaters later this summer.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Alyssa Bickle with stories from Alyssa Bickle and USA Today Network via Reuters Connect. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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