So 52 underage people walk into a bar…and they all got arrested.The Tempe Police Department, in response to a complaint from the Department of Liquor Licensing and Control, made 52 arrests at a single bar Saturday night.That many minors in one place would even put Michael Jackson’s Neverland to shame (too…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will try another venue to appeal his lost lawsuit against the county after being turned down by the state Supreme Court. Barnett Lotstein, a top aide to Thomas, tells New Times that the case — which involves the county’s strip of Thomas’ power to handle civil lawsuits — will be…
Ever been on an airplane, and have the misfortune of being seated next to crying baby? Sure, it sucks, but most of us in civilized society deal with the annoyance, and move on with our lives, because we know that a baby doesn’t know better.What if you’re just walking down…
Arizona Senator John McCain is the new target of the “green” movement, so much so that Repower America, an offshoot of Al Gore’s Alliance For Climate Protection, has opened an office right here in Phoenix.Operating out of a rented house, Repower Arizona, as this faction is called, claims to be…
About 10 a.m. Friday, police responded to what they initially thought was an attempted suicide at a unit of a residential community at 6721 East McDowell Road.A man was found shot in the chest, and according to police reports, in “grave” shape.The man, 42-year-old Alberto Gonzales, was alive when police…
Arizonans Janet Napolitano and Meghan McCain are two of “D.C.’s Most Eligible Singles,” according to an article in Politico.com. Writer Patrick Gavin says of the 20 “eligible singles:” They’re cute and connected, charming and compelling. To be sure, many won’t be single for long so it’s best to work on your pickup…
Any piece of legislation with the word “abortion” in it is more than likely going to enjoy a wild ride through the legislative and judicial processes.A new bill passed by the Arizona Legislature is no exception.Planned Parenthood of Arizona announced today that it intends to sue the state over the…
That was quick. The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ appeal of his failed lawsuit over the power to handle the county’s civil lawsuits. Click heref or the short, to-the-point ruling. …
It’s official: Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton, and the rest of your 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks won’t have a shot at this year’s Fall Classic. While said factoid has pretty much been a forgone conclusion since like, uh, May, it didn’t become set in stone until Friday evening’s 6-3 loss to the…
After nearly not selling out on opening day, after a lackluster training camp, after a quiet off-season, and after winning the NFC Championship, the Arizona Cardinals are finally back. We don’t just mean that it’s football season again, we mean that the Cardinals are back to playing, well, like the commiserable…
The Phoenix Coyotes ice hockey team started training camp on Saturday without coach Wayne Gretzky. While awaiting the decision of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in the sale of the team and team ownership, the “Great One” thought it better to “sit back for a few days and evaluate,” according…
I’d be inclined to overlook this “Eric Luke” — a Scottsdale musician-hipster, and apparent frame shop employee (nothing hip about that), who recently Twittered a wish to shoot the President “in the fuckin back of the head…oh boy.” However, I see that political blog sites such as DemocraticUnderground, Political Carnival, and Donna…
Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain from the tea party-animals at the Arizona State Capitol this Saturday,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: Thrice to Play Secret Show at Clubhouse Music Venue on Monday Job For…
Ed Begley, Jr. disowns his past troofer connections, while discussing Van Jones’ political seppuku Eight years following the 9/11 attacks, with a new president under our belts, all lefties still clinging to the conspiranoid fantasy that “9/11 was an inside job,” need to either do full mea culpas and disassociate…
In the news business, we like to check our facts, spell names correctly — you know, just the basics to try to keep our integrity in tact.Well, Melissa Gonzalo, a reporter for Channel 12 news (KPNX-TV), must have missed that class at journalism school, or wherever she received her talking-head training…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is making what may be his final stand against his enemies in county management with an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. In a 37-page brief filed today, Thomas tells the Court he wants it to strike down as illegal the County Supervisors’ takeover of civil…
Arizona is the off-season home to countless professional baseball players, so, in December, police pulling over a relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins wouldn’t be that faratched.Unfortunately for a Mexican national living in Chandler, it’s September, and the Marlins aren’t in town to play the D-Backs.So, when 41-year-old Oscar Corral…
If you can’t trust a former porn star, who can you trust?A former business partner of famed porn legend Jenna Jameson is claiming in Maricopa County Court that Jameson, and her ex-husband John Grdina, screwed him out of at least $125,000, Courthouse News reports…
Well, it seems former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, who narrowly avoided a prison sentence after being convicted of extortion, bank fraud, and making false financial statements, is taking a page out of former disgraced Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry’s book and may try to get his old job back.If you’re convicted of…
There is no sweeter irony than stealing an unlocked police car, and when cops in Farmington, New Mexico left their cruiser open, and running, that’s exactly what one Phoenix idiot did.Way to make us proud across state lines.Mathew Anderson, 21, of Phoenix was at a party in New Mexico, when…
Colleen Clark, a conservative Christian activist and governing board president for the Maricopa Community College District, revealed at a recent board meeting she’d gotten a DUI in July. This should disabuse anyone of the notion that just because you say you love Jesus and campaign vigorously against sex…
