City News

Keepers at Reid Park Zoo will provide its residents with valentine-themed treats, and visitors will have the opportunity to make valentines for a furry, feathery, or scaly animal friend. All activities are free with regular admission, and no registration is required.

Presented by Arizona Oncology, Sunday's "I Love Zoo!" event runs from 1-3 p.m.

The City of Tucson's Environmental Services department is seeking individuals to identify, collect, handle, bulk sort, package, and transport hazardous materials and dispose of household hazardous and universal waste materials in the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Section.

This weekend will wrap up two weeks of gem, mineral, fossil, and bead shows around Tucson. The annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® - the one that started it all - opens Thursday at the Tucson Convention Center (TCC). Presented by the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, the show pulls in thousands of treasure hunters from around the world.

Advocates for the homeless are proposing designated campsites and micro houses in Tucson, based on successful pilot programs in Eugene, Oregon. That city allows legal campsites on city, county, or private property, where up to 20 people can live in tents or small huts on top of a wooden platform.

City leaders in Tucson recently formed a work group to study ways to help the homeless get into stable transitional housing. Ward 5 City Council Member Richard Fimbres is leading the group.

Is there a pothole you'd like to see fixed? Is a street sign missing? Is a tree limb hanging too close over a roadway or sidewalk? You can report these issues to the Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT), (520) 791-3154, or email the exact location to tdotsr@tucsonaz.gov.

Rio Nuevo wants to buy the City of Tucson's stake in an agreement to develop 14 acres on the west side of downtown. The $1.2 million amount would equal what the City would receive if it decided developer Gadsden Co. has defaulted on a performance bond tied to the development agreement.

Gadsden agreed in 2008 to buy and develop the land in phases, but the company hasn't completed all of the agreed-upon work. The City granted the developer several extensions.