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🏳️🌈 AZ Pride events, beyond parades
Plus: Where to find tiki drinks this summer Share with a friend Good morning! While bar-hopping on Roosevelt Row earlier this month, I stopped into the new Tropic Thunder on Second Street. I knew it was tiki-themed, but I didn’t realize just how much effort went into the atmosphere until I stepped in. …
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🗣️ Mesa residents fight huge data center
Plus: Ways to celebrate Juneteenth in AZ Share with a friend Good morning! If you’ve lived here for a while, you probably already know that the monsoon is upon us. The season officially starts on Monday. The National Weather Service has named this week “Monsoon Awareness Week” to educate people about the phenomenon…
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🚨 This neighborhood group offers ICE trainings
Plus: Rentals that accept Section 8 vouchers Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue, we’re talking about a different type of neighborhood group than we’ve discussed before. While many of the groups I’ve covered in the past have centered on socializing and making change at the local level,…
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📚 5 AZ authors to read this summer
Plus: An interesting promotion at Bagelfeld’s Share with a friend Good morning! Bagelfeld’s is doing its best to turn a lemon into lemonade this summer. The Valley bagel shop posted a one-star review they received a year ago. The review says: “This place sucks. Never any bagels after 6:10 a.m. Can anyone tell…
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🏜️ 9 AZ stereotypes that prove true
Plus: How to win prizes for reading this summer Share with a friend Good morning! One of my favorite things about summer is summer reading challenges. It’s fun to have the extra motivation to log hours and receive prizes for a hobby that I already enjoy. This year, Maricopa County Reads is offering…
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🦸 What to see at Phoenix Fan Fusion
Plus: Cameras catching speeding Phoenix drivers Share with a friend Good morning! If you drive in Phoenix, you may have noticed the new photo radar cameras that went up earlier this year. The city placed nine cameras along streets and rotated eight others in school zones. At first, there was a month-long warning…
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🧑⚖️ How a Tempe renter sued her landlord—and won
Plus: New neighborhood events list Share with a friend Hi renters, Welcome to Rent Check PHX. In today’s issue we’re talking about a Tempe renter who successfully sued her landlord over her security deposit. I’ll be honest—there have been times in previous renting situations where I considered taking legal action, but I wrote it off…
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🚨 AZ lawmakers demand ICE release 8th grader
Plus: A review of Harvey’s Wineburger Share with a friend Good morning! Harvey’s Wineburger off of 16th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix is one of those places I’ve driven past a bunch of times but never been to. Over the years, I’ve seen it pop up on best-of lists and Phoenix Reddit—and…
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✈️ 8 new routes coming to Sky Harbor
Plus: A class that helps high schoolers become doulas Share with a friend Good morning! Tomorrow is 602 Day, a celebration of Phoenix and its local businesses—and that means lots of deals will be available. You can see a full list of participating businesses online, but here are some that stood out to…
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🚨 Great-grandma detained by ICE for 10 months
Plus: Upcoming volunteer opportunities Share with a friend Good morning! Most people who attended school in Arizona know the five C’s of the state’s economy: cattle, citrus, climate, copper, and cotton. (I didn’t grow up here, but they were drilled into my head in an Arizona history class at ASU.) While those were…
