So several times this week people asked me, “Why are you here, why aren’t you taking time off since you’re basically done?” Well, the answer is, I love my job. I worked too hard to get it just to walk away from it. I guess I need to be pushed out the door, and that’s what’s happening Monday. You see I just didn’t get out of college and get my dream job. I took the long, windy road to get it, and so it means a lot more …

By Darryl Webb
The scanners whispered “evacuation and we’re closing off the streets” and something about a fire, but I couldn’t quite make out what is, that’s when I turned it up. There’s nothing like good spot news to get a photojournalist’s blood pumping, and more than likely this was probably going to be my last one at the Tribune with my last day being Saturday. So I began to listen a little more intently, I heard it was in Chandler (our coverage zone) then I heard a tanker truck …

I spent sometime this week hanging out with Town of Gilbert trash men, as they prepare for the upcoming state Road-E-O competition on March 27. It’s not just about driving through an obstacle course but much more.
The team of drivers pride themselves on being safe drivers, working 10 hour days, driving through sub-divisions collecting trash in the town.

Monday morning I covered the assembly of J. Seward Johnson’s “God Bless America” 25-foot-tall sculpture replica of the iconic Grant Wood painting American Gothic in downtown Mesa.

I get comments all the time, “You get to shoot the Suns? How cool is that, do you need someone to carry your cameras?” Yes, I get to shoot the Suns, Diamondbacks, Cardinals and other major sporting events that come to the Valley, but I have to tell you, although that’s all fun, some of my favorite sports to shoot are high school sports. High School athletes (boys and girls both) appear to really love what they do and in this day and age that’s a great thing to …