How a shaved-ice shop became a community pillar; Long vacant Phoenix firehouse may see new life; New stores in metro Phoenix
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
In its more than 30 years in business, Finitos has grown into a community pillar of Nogales, Arizona.
The firehouse at Margaret T. Hance Park has been vacant for decades, but Phoenix leaders hope to see it turned into a restaurant.
Here are seven new stores to shop for clothes, shoes and scrubs in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Mesa, including Vans, Sephora at Kohl's and Altar’d State.
Today, you can expect a chance of heavy rain, with a high near 100 degrees. A stronger chance of heavy rain at night, with a low near 83 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this day in 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in Nov. 1942.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000 “almost immediately.”
In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and wounding 17 others before taking his own life.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: How a shaved-ice shop became a community pillar
