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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Josie Rios stands beside her beaded jewelry at Pop Cycle in Tucson, Ariz. on Sept. 25, 2025.

Alianza Indigenas Sin Fronteras presents Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Iliana Amador, Reporter October 10, 2025

Alianza Indigenas Sin Fronteras is hosting an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event at the Global Justice Center in Tucson on Oct. 13. The organization is facilitating a grassroots event focused on the recognition...

Riva Mackie teamed up with her son at The Pad in Tucson on Thursday, Sept 11. Mackie and her husband opened the indoor padel facility in March. (Photos by Patrick Moore, Arizona Sonoran News)

Pickleball has company

Patrick Moore, Reporter September 22, 2025

 The little-known sport padel that is the talk of Florida, Mexico and parts of California is growing in popularity in Tucson with three padel venues offering nearly two dozen courts for Tucsonans to play.   In...

Anne Fritz completes a kettlebell swing with her fellow members Gloria Lopez-Sugden and the two new members who were trialing the class in Resilient Fitness in Tucson, Ariz. on April 15, 2025. The kettlebell swing is a fundamental movement that is in all of RF’s programming, and something that long-time members have worked to master.

Balance & Power: Strengthening bodies, creating bonds

Emma LaPointe May 13, 2025

8:55 a.m. - Early birds Class members trickled into class at Resilient Fitness, 2900 E. Broadway Blvd., catching up on life, cracking jokes and starting to warm up in between the small talk. On one...

1925 Tucson Rodeo Parade. Photo Courtesy of Herb Wagner.

A century in the saddle: Tucson’s rodeo parade turns 100

Jimmy Furcini, Reporter February 5, 2025

As the Tucson Rodeo Parade celebrates its 100th anniversary, the community is coming together to honor a tradition that has endured for generations.  The parade, the largest non-motorized procession...

Joe Gauci of Malta Joe's Baked Goods holds up some freshly baked pastizzi.

Pastizzi Perfection – Tucson has the only pastizzi factory in America

Reese Anderson, Reporter November 4, 2024

Sometimes, good things just land right in front of you.  For Joe Gauci, it was his mother's pastizzi recipe.  “It was Christmas time and I had just finished baking a bunch of Maltese cookies...

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