PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is taking action in its fight against relentless heat by updating an existing plan to cool the streets with trees and shade structures. The City Council voted Wednesday ...

PHOENIX — More shade cover is coming to Phoenix after a unanimous City Council vote to pass the Shade Phoenix Plan on Wednesday. It is an update to the to the city’s 2010 plan to provide protections ...

¡Sombra! Experiments in Shade is introducing artistic and functional shade structures across nine parks to combat extreme summer heat. The project helps spruce up some community parks that needed to ...

The Office of Heat Response and Mitigation is accepting applications from public schools and neighborhoods to receive grant funds for tree and shade structure installation in qualified census tracts — ...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Sidewalk Shade Project is aiming to make some of the Valley's sizzling-hot streets a little safer and more tolerable. Early plans show that more than two dozen shade structures ...

The Tucson sun is relentless. Despite our cloudless skies and abundant sunny days, many of us are reluctant to spend time outside in our yards and gardens due to the heat and brightness. Some shade is ...