The 234 Apartment

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Northwest Fire was on the scene of an apartment fire Monday at 7300 N Mona Lisa. According to Fire Captain Brian Keeley , crews arrived on the scene just before 2:30 p.m. and found the first floor of the apartment heavily involved in flames. Crews were able to put out the fire before it spread to other units. Firefighters say the apartment directly above suffered minor smoke damage . One resident was medically evaluated but declined to be transported to the hospital. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

The second of two men charged with the December 2013 robbery of a Homewood bank that involved a police-ordered evacuation of a nearby apartment complex has been convicted, according to the FBI. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Malcolm Carpenter , 37, of Chicago, of bank robbery, violent crime with a gun and unlawful transport of firearms, according to the bureau. Another man, Justin Williams, of Calumet Park, was convicted last year and sentenced in September to 120 months in prison, according to the bureau. The two were apprehended a few hours after robbing the Bank of America branch in Cherry Creek Plaza , southwest of 183rd Street and Governors Highway. Police surrounded an apartment complex the two were seen running toward after the robbery, and authorities cleared out tenants and questioned them. About four hours after the holdup, police found the two men, more than $80,000 in cash and two handguns used in the robbery. The two entered the bank at about 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4, 20...

Earlier this month, Skift published a comprehensive look at Airbnb’s Road to an IPO, or initial public offering on the stock market. While the story primarily focused on all of the many things the company is doing (and needs to do) as it pursues that inevitable IPO, it wasn’t necessarily a story about what it takes for a company like Airbnb to go public. Indeed, what Airbnb is doing right now in its efforts to become a “super brand of travel,” or a new breed of online travel agency (OTA), speaks to the very future of travel. Already, we’ve seen the company expand into tours and activities with the November launch of its Trips business, adding to its already robust 4-million-listing- strong Homes business . CEO Brian Chesky has also hinted the company may soon enter the flights sector as well. It’s a glimpse of what we as travelers can expect to see and to experience in the next few years as platforms like Airbnb continue to evolve and to attempt to solve the many pain points we st...