"The Sunshine Mile": Tucson merchants hope to revive old name for stretch of Broadway

The Hirsh's Shoes store at 2934 E. Broadway is considered an example of Modernist architecture. Also seen above, Picante and Yikes Toys.

"The Sunshine Mile": Tucson merchants hope to revive old name for stretch of Broadway

Monica Hay Cook hopes to make Tucson's Sunshine Mile a shopping destination, as the corridor was when it first was named in the 1950s.

"The Sunshine Mile": Tucson merchants hope to revive old name for stretch of Broadway

A mural painted by Jude Cook serves as a landmark, highlighting the district.

"The Sunshine Mile": Tucson merchants hope to revive old name for stretch of Broadway

Merchants on both sides of Broadway between Campbell and Country Club are hoping to give their piece of Tucson a sense of identity by taking on its former name, "The Sunshine Mile."

Suspect held in break-ins near shooting

Richard "Ricky" Mendoza Jr.

Suspect arrested near police shooting facing earlier burglary charge

A convicted burglar was arrested in connection with two break-ins Sunday at a midtown home where a Tucson police sergeant was shot in the head.

Fight in car injures girl, 16; she's dumped in alley, dies

Police are investigating the slaying of a teen who was fatally wounded Tuesday morning in a fight with two other people in a moving car, and was then dumped in an alley.