Hell yeah, man. Not to mention, Hollywood and L.A. are 6 hours from Phoenix, and in another direction, Vegas is also about 6 hours from Phoenix. Between southern California and Arizona, there are literally ties to almost everything we have been digging. Everything.
When Tucson first came into play, an anon posted something from a yearly article in a Tucson newspaper called the May Day Mystery that has been going on for like 30 years or more and I havent had the time to dig into it but it definitely is interesting, and might be relevant to the bigger puzzle.