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PBS report on SB 1070, with help from the Chronicle

April 25, 2012 by

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Watch Supreme Court to Weigh Contentious Arizona immigration law, the first of a two-part report by PBS on the SB 1070  hearing at the Supreme Court today. The report was produced with a little fixer-help from the Chronicle. Be sure to check out an impromptu encounter between Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and an inmate that was included… [Read more…]

SC Wire: Walking Ambulance helps deported, poor in Nogales, Sonora

April 24, 2012 by

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Read Deportee cares for migrants, homeless in Nogales, Sonora, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Francisco “Panchito” Olachea starts his days by passing out first-aid supplies and legal advice to deported migrants outside a soup kitchen a few yards south of the Mariposa Port of Entry. He carries a… [Read more…]

SC Wire: Search for missing Tucson girl continues

April 24, 2012 by

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Read Search for Arizona girl, 6, turns back to her Tucson home, written by Chronicle contributor Marisa Gerber and published by Reuters: (Reuters) – The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom in Tucson entered its third day on Monday as search dogs shifted investigators’… [Read more…]

SC Wire: 102 birthdays for Nogales woman

April 17, 2012 by

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Read ‘Nana Hilda’ celebrates 102nd b-day, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “It’s rare to find someone who can tell first-hand accounts of Pancho Villa riding his black horse around southern Arizona, but Mirihilda Moreno is one of them. On Friday, Moreno, also known as “Nana Hilda,” celebrated her… [Read more…]

Russian TV interview with the Chronicle

April 17, 2012 by

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Follow this link to see the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast interviewed by Ramon Galindo of the Los Angeles bureau of RT TV, a Russian television station. Galindo was doing a story on the Special Missions Unit, a state-funded militia that would be used to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border. Watch it here. ###

SC Wire: Mural in downtown Nogales stirs up protests

April 17, 2012 by

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Read As urban mural grows, so do voices of protest, written by Chronicle contributor Marisa Gerber and published in the Nogales International: “On a corner in downtown Nogales, streets aren’t the only things that intersect. As complaints pour into the city about an ongoing urban mural project, beliefs about what constitutes art, free speech and… [Read more…]