Valley Rain

Valley Fever

Blowing dust rolling across the desert causes a dust devil just south of 40th street and Pecos Wednesday afternoon July 13, 2011. Blowing dust could contain spores and other contaminates that could cause valley fever. July 13, 2011 Darryl Webb/AFN

Valley Vista

Valley Vista linebackers JT Moore, Fernando Ayala, Mario Rodarte and Nick Moedt, left to right, are known for their on-field heroics but when they found themselves rushing toward a burning building earlier this month, the stakes were a little bigger.

Valley Vista

Valley Vista linebackers JT Moore, Fernando Ayala, Mario Rodarte and Nick Moedt, left to right, are known for their on-field heroics but when they found themselves rushing toward a burning building earlier this month, the stakes were a little bigger.

Valley Haunts

Room 720 at the San Carlos Hotel. Leone Jensen was staying in this room the night she jumped off the hotel roof and died.

Valley haunts

The Blue Room at Casey Moore's Oyster House. Previously a boarding house in the mid 1960's, a tenant was strangled by a jealous lover in this room.

Valley Haunts

The fountain at Monti's La Casa Vieja. Sallie Hayden, who died at the age of four, was buried next to this fountain when it was part of an outside courtyard at La Casa Vieja. She was later exhumed and the courtyard was enclosed during a renovation.

Valley Metro

Valley fever

Blowing dust rolling across the desert causes a dust devil just south of 40th street and Pecos Wednesday afternoon July 13, 2011. Blowing dust could contain spores and other contaminates that could cause valley fever. July 13, 2011 Darryl Webb/AFN

Valley fever

Blowing dust rolling across the desert causes a dust devil just south of 40th street and Pecos Wednesday afternoon July 13, 2011. Blowing dust could contain spores and other contaminates that could cause valley fever. July 13, 2011 Darryl Webb/AFN

Valley fever

Blowing dust rolling across the desert causes a dust devil just south of 40th street and Pecos Wednesday afternoon July 13, 2011. Blowing dust could contain spores and other contaminates that could cause valley fever. July 13, 2011 Darryl Webb/AFN

Valley Fever

FILE PHOTO - Blowing dust rolling across the desert causes a dust devil just south of 40th street and Pecos Wednesday afternoon July 13, 2011. Blowing dust could contain spores and other contaminates that could cause valley fever. July 13, 2011 Darryl Webb/AFN

Valley fever

Richard Thayer, of Apache Junction, shown Tuesday, July 12, 2011, suffers from valley fever after getting very sick in September 2010. Thayer treats his condition with the generic drug Fluconazole. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Valley fever

Richard Thayer, of Apache Junction, shown Tuesday, July 12, 2011, suffers from valley fever after getting very sick in September 2010. Thayer treats his condition with the generic drug Fluconazole.

Valley fever

Richard Thayer, of Apache Junction, shown Tuesday, July 12, 2011, suffers from valley fever after getting very sick in September 2010. Thayer treats his condition with the generic drug Fluconazole.

Valley fever

Pat White, Arizona Victims of Valley Fever founder, talks about valley fever, a fungus that thrives in the Arizona desert that causes pneumonia-like symptoms, but can be far more severe. White, who has the disease, lost both her mother and sister to valley fever.

Valley fever

Pat White, Arizona Victims of Valley Fever founder, talks about valley fever, a fungus that thrives in the Arizona desert that causes pneumonia-like symptoms, but can be far more severe. White, who has the disease, lost both her mother and sister to valley fever.

Valley fever

Audience members listen to Pat White, founder of Arizona Victims of Valley Fever, who spoke about valley fever Thursday at Faith Presbyterian Church.

Valley fever

Audience members listen to Pat White, founder of Arizona Victims of Valley Fever, who spoke about valley fever Thursday at Faith Presbyterian Church.

Valley fever

Pat White, Arizona Victims of Valley Fever founder, talks about valley fever, a fungus that thrives in the Arizona desert that causes pneumonia-like symptoms, but can be far more severe. White, who has the disease, lost both her mother and sister to valley fever.

Valley fever

Audience members listen to Pat White, founder of Arizona Victims of Valley Fever, who spoke about valley fever Thursday at Faith Presbyterian Church.