By Josh Brodesky, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jul. 29--When Gary Morrow's truck was broken into two years ago, his wife told him she wanted a wall around their house. What she got, though, was a mystical desert scene, blending towering saguaro sculptures, handmade flowers and rebar ocotillo.

By Josh Brodesky, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jun. 5--At the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend, just as most folks were gearing up for the holiday, a teenage boy was checked into Tucson Medical Center's emergency room after attempting suicide.

I'm having a dilemma, and maybe you are, too. Gasoline prices are on the rise, with no decrease in sight. And just when gas prices make you start thinking about the bus, the city starts talking about jacking up the fares.

By JOSH BRODESKY The warehouse at Pima Computer Recycling is packed with our digital castaways. Printers, keyboards and towers jam shelves while pallets of computers idle, waiting for techs to make them new again.

By JOSH BRODESKY; ERICA MELTZER For several years now, the Ghost Ranch Lodge has sat empty, its cactus garden and historic buildings sealed off by chain-link fencing.