Tina Giuliano

6 days ago | kgun9.com | Tina Giuliano

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaling a new pope was chosen. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV and the first American pontiff. “The pope plays a lot of roles," Father Edward Lucero, the Diocese of Tucson's Moderator of the Curia, said. "And one of them is a world leader.”Father Lucero runs much of the day to day operations in the diocese, leading over 400,000 Catholics in Tucson..

1 week ago | kgun9.com | Tina Giuliano

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The University of Arizona faculty senate voted to pass a referendum that urges university leaders to take a stand against actions from the Trump Administration. Recently, the administration proposed a 'skinny budget' that would cut federal funding to universities. Leila Hudson, the elected chair of the faculty, said 91% of the faculty who voted were in favor of passing the referendum.

1 week ago | kgun9.com | Tina Giuliano

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It's a windy weekend in southern Arizona! A Pacific system is passing through, impacting the southwest and bringing strong winds on Sunday. A fire weather warning is issued for east of Tucson and is set to expire on Sunday evening. Temperatures for Tucson on Sunday will be in the 80s and Sierra Vista will be in the 70s. But by the end of next week, Tucson will see temperatures in the high 90s and Sierra Vista in the high 80s.

1 week ago | kgun9.com | Tina Giuliano

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Climbing in Color, a rock climbing organization in southern Arizona, is celebrating its sixth anniversary by hosting a fundraiser with community support. The non-profit, created by and for people of color, aims to build an inclusive climbing community in Tucson. They focus on not only creating a community for climbers of color but helps to offset the costs of the sport, for both inside and outside rock climbing.

2 weeks ago | kgun9.com | Tina Giuliano

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — During the first 100 days of President Trump's administration, immigration has been one of the main issues. Just hours after President Trump was sworn in, he signed 139 executive orders, with immigration policies at the top of the list. "This has got to stop and this is going to be the largest mass deportation effort in history," President Trump said. The Department of Homeland Security reported this week that more than 142,000 undocumented immigrants have been deported.