In Focus: Fireplace Safety

Don Fisher, with Chiminy Cricket and Top Hat Air Systems, cleans and inspects a fireplace and chimney during a service call to a home in Mesa, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Pumpkin Lot

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Tempe Town Lake pedestrian bridge opens

The pedestrian bridge constructed over the west end dam of Tempe Town Lake is now open, shown Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The bridge helps shade the rubber bladder from the harsh sun as well as having sprinkler heads underneath to help cool the bladder. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Black Friday 2010

I have covered Black Fridays before and this year was no different. Shoppers wait for stores to open while standing out in the cold. I mapped out a plan with our reporter Michelle …

Take Your Kid to Walk with you day!

Saturday, I brought my 3-year-old son, Alex, to walk along with me while I covered Pat’s Run in Tempe. I wanted to cover the run/walk different this year, so I walked along with participants in …

Famous replica vehicles hit the streets

I got a call from a friend on Saturday thinking a new Batman movie was being filmed in Apache Junction. It was not a major motion picture set but a set being used to film …

How to Illustrate Allergies

What’s an OK (and kinda boring) way to illustrate tree pollen for our story Rain, Warmer Weather Triggering Allergies ? Take a photo of a tree in bloom. What’s a better way? Get a photo …

For Their Eyes Only

I was covering the send off rally of the Arizona Cardinals as they were leaving to New Orleans to play the Saints. Tons of fans and supporters showed up for rally at the airport. …

Staying cool in the shade.

Back to School

Val Vista Lakes first-grader Katie Everett,6, left, is greeted by her principal Susie Apel after arriving to school on the bus on the first day of school in the Gilbert school district.