A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
SNAKE APPLE IN BIG APPLE
D-Backs president and CEO Derrick Hall, tweeting from the site of the All-Star game: “We found our @dbacks apple at Broadway and 34th! Best looking one!!!”
HOME IS WHERE THE HOT IS
Indie publishing and improve guy Jeff Moriarty of Phoenix: “Ah, Phoenix. Home, sweat home.”
SUN-SCREAM
Cronkite student Haley Buntrock: “I will never not wear sunscreen again. Probably 2-3 layers of my skin are currently peeling off.”
BAD CASE OF CART-BURN
3TV senior news producer Ruben Hidalgo: “Nothing says Monday like a shopping cart burning your hands.”
HOT RUNNING IN AZ > HOT RUNNING IN DC
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema: “I went running this morning in the soup that is DC’s July, and I was reminded yet again why I love Arizona. #ovenvscrockpot #ovenwins”
SUMMER BUMMER
Entrepreneur hopeful Julie Leach of Arizona: “Dear summer, do you really have to be over so soon?”
I DON’T SPEAK ‘STARBUCKS’
ABC 5 Yuma TV reporter Patrick Hayes tweeted: “I don’t speak the lingo and I don’t the sizes but why in the name of all that is good can I not get a Trenta caramel macchiato. #Starbucks”
TRAYVON EMOTIONS
ASU hoops phenom Jahii Carson: “Lol these ppl gettin mad at me for defending Trayvon Martin”
TRAYVON REVERBERATIONS IN PHOENIX
12 News reporter Mary Nguyen tweeted this and with photo: “Protest downtown regarding George Zimmerman acquittal.”
LINCECUM NEUTRALIZES ZIMMERMAN
Digital media engineer Derik Hettinger of Phoenix: “Best part of Lincecum’s no-hitter: It’s reduced the number of Zimmerman-related tweets on my feed.”
CALLING THEM OUT
Phoenix Business Journal editor Ilana Lowery: “As a journalist, I’m appalled @abc15phx went to Lolo’s in Phoenix to get reaction to #ZimmermanVerdict. Why a chicken and waffle restaurant?”
OVER-EAGER OPINION SEEKER
AZ Central scribe Eugene Scott: “Eating lunch in Arcadia. Older gentleman randomly comes up to me to ask my opinion of the Zimmerman verdict … #Phoenix”
OTHERS ARE ‘FORGOTTEN’
Abraham Hamadeh of Scottsdale: “Innocent people die in the streets of our urban centers every day without a single mention of their name. They are the forgotten ones.”
BREAKING: TUNA MELTS BEING CONSUMED
PR guy and news junkie Ryan Narramore of Phoenix: “I love staying up-to-date on current events, @CNN, but do I really need to get a news alert that the #ZimmermanTrial jury is going to lunch?”
AIR THEY GO AGAIN
12 News reporter Lissette Martinez: “I guess you gotta do what you gotta do, friend sent me this as she covers #ZimmermanTrial”
MORE OUTRAGE
Cronkite master’s student Amy Gleich of Phoenix: “Acquitting Zimmerman is tantamount to accusing Trayvon”
UNORIGINAL STATEMENT
KTAR host Gayle Bass: “Telling someone to ‘get out’ of America if they don’t like is intellectually lazy. It’s not very creative and exceptionally rude.”
DOWNED HOUSE
Andrew Hasbun of Fox 10 Phoenix: “Panorama of the Ahwatukee storm damage by @JKFOUR.”
TIME TO GET OUT OF THE POOL?
NewsBreaker tweeted: “JAW-DROP: This is what a dust storm looks like as it approaches, now moving into the Scottsdale, Arizona area.”
HOOPS=HAPPINESS
Suns player Kendall Marshall: “I love my job. Basketball all day everyday.”
CONE CATCH
12 News photog Chad Bricks: “This was the scene just now. I’m not sure how it happened but I think I caught it. #WhyDidIThrowIt?”
ROOTING FOR MONSOON
Word nerd and Daily Star reporter Becky Pallack of Tucson: “Awe struck by this storm! I have my book and candle ready. Bring on the power outage. #TucsonMonsoon”
MELON-CHOLY SCENE
Ch. 3 assignment manager Marceline McMacken: “Commuters: Avoid I-10 westbound in the tunnel. A truck lost its load of watermelons. Traffic down to one lane.”
