| Thieves Steal Jewels Bound For Gem Show
It's not the best way to showcase Tucson. A gem show dealer had just arrived from California and parked his rental truck near the Marriott Starr Pass resort. That's when thieves went to work, stealing four suitcases full of jewels worth $120,000. The jewelry -- amber stones set in sterling silver -- was in the suitcases in the back of a rental truck when they were stolen. Police are reminding all dealers with merchandise to be extra cautious during this years show. TPD will have extra patrols out for the gem show to hopefully keep away any criminals. If you have any information on the stolen jewelry, you are urged to call 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME. .
Debating drop-in day care? Consider these tips
Angela Mahoney's preschool-age daughter has been clamoring lately for something other than cookies and cereal during trips to the supermarket. She's noticed the in-store childcare center and wants to play there. Mahoney, whose girls are 3 and 1, is wary: "I can't imagine dropping them off somewhere with strangers," she said via e-mail from her home in Salem, Ore., "though I'd like to -- how tempting to shop in peace!" She's uncomfortable, she says, with the thought of leaving her children at a center chosen not for its merits, but because it happens to be located inside her grocery store. Supervised play areas charging little or no fee have become commonplace at gyms, supermarkets, chains such as Ikea and even casinos across the country. But with many drop-in care centers exempt from licensing (27 U.S.
Theater-burglary trail leads to U-Haul vans
In two incidents last summer, traveler's checks stolen from the Palo Alto Children's Theatre were discovered in connection with one or more U-Haul trucks rented from an East Palo Alto market. But police haven't questioned the market's owner or requested rental records from U-Haul's corporate office, according to the owner and a U-Haul spokeswoman. Investigators working on the case were unavailable for confirmation by the Weekly's Thursday deadline and Chief Lynne Johnson is out of town this week, police Sgt. Sandra Brown said. The first traveler's-check incident occurred last June 23, less than a week after a reported burglary of the theater -- thefts that initiated an investigation that resulted in the theater's Jan. 24 closure, the placement of two-thirds of its small staff on administrative leave and community outrage over the handling of the investigation.
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