Dunlap Avenue reopened this morning, after being closed for 12 hours following a serious accident involving a Phoenix fire truck. The truck was near I-17 and Dunlap, en route to a fire, with lights flashing and sirens blaring, when a car heading north on the frontage road plowed into it…
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: Feathered Bastard: The Kids Put Joe Arpaio on Blast: Video of Friday’s Children’s Walk to Wells Fargo…
It’s a miracle! Or not. According to one scientist, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe that supposedly appeared on a peasant’s cloak more than 200 years ago defies rational explanation. This load of hokum was foisted on a crowd of believers at the First International Marian Congress held over…
As we foreshadowed this morning, Captain Joel Fox turned in the canceled checks today as part of his settlement agreement with the Maricopa County Department of Elections. All of the checks are made out to the “Command Officers Association,” (except for one made out to “C.O.A.”) But wait a minute…
An “aggressive investigation” by Scottsdale police has led to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old prostitute last month. Brian Nathaniel Black, 25, abducted the victim the night before her bullet-ridden body was found in front of an unoccupied house near Hayden Road and Shea Boulevard, says…
Bashas’ announced the locations today of all 14 stores it plans on closing by October 10. The family-owned chain filed for bankruptcy last month, but vows to stay afloat as a company and even improve its remaining 130 stores. As the Arizona Republic reported last week, the company is using bankruptcy…
One of the masked brokeback mountaineers at the Sonoran Alliance blog, Cincinnatus, has become something of a burr under state schools chief Tom Horne’s saddle. Horne, who is running for state attorney general, even took the time to reply to one of Cincinnatus’ articles (though he wouldn’t return a recent call…
Captain Joel Fox had to ‘fess up and spill the names of the cagey SCA donors behind a Republican Party smear campaign, but he still hasn’t turned over the contribution checks. Today’s the big day, according to Jeffrey Messing, the lawyer hired by the Maricopa County Elections Department to hold fire to the feet…
Maloney’s Tavern can’t cash in on the exposure from pro ballplayer Josh “Body Shots for Jesus” Hamilton’s January night of drunken debauchery: The Tempe bar closed its doors in March due to the bad economy. Hamilton, a Texas Rangers outfielder, can be seen having a great time with some local…
The Arizona Diamondbacks fell 2-9 to the Washington Nationals yesterday. The game marked the Nationals’ eighth consecutive victory and a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets tonight…Arizona’s bald eagle population grew by record numbers this year, partly because…
Above is Phoenix pro-immigration activist Dennis Gilman’s video of this past Friday’s successful Children’s Walk for Family Unity, organized by Sal Reza’s organization Puente. Despite the fake outrage over the demonstration from radio lunkheads like Mac and Gaydos on local wing-nut station KTAR 92.3 FM, I think you can tell from the…
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: Feathered Bastard: United for a Sovereign America’s Racist Anti-Obama Images, and Its Plan to Terrorize Kids at…
How many Mayors does it take to change a light bulb? Only one if he’s got a dauntingly cliche plan to make his city “the greenest city in America.”As part of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s “17 point green plan” to “green up” Phoenix, the city will be testing new light-emitting…
The piss poor economy is driving people across the Valley to the poorhouse, and apparently, they’re taking the light rail to get there.Despite the struggling economy, Valley Metro ridership is up 15 percent from last year, partly due to the addition of the light rail, but also because people just…
Save for the implied threat of the nativists, today’s children’s march from Sheriff Joe’s Fourth Avenue Jail in Downtown Phoenix to the Wells Fargo Building, where the MCSO keeps two floors of pricey executive offices, was an inspiring spectacle. About 150 persons, more than half of whom were kids, participated…
Sergio Martinez Villaman was in this country legally — with the papers, passport, and VISA to prove it. But sheriff’s deputies thought the Mexican national must be one of those dreaded “illegals.” During a June 2008 crime sweep in Mesa, they pulled him over on one of the usual pretexts,…
Just when we thought crystal meth reigned supreme as the drug of choice among hard dopers, here’s this blast from the past. Remember heroin? Well drug addicts sure do, and according to Phoenix police, “smack” is coming back in a big way.”Between January 2006 and January 2008, we confiscated a…
At this point, there are three reasons Arizona still has a $3.4 billion budget gap: state senators Pamela Gorman, Ron Gould, and Carolyn Allen.Senate Republicans are one vote away from the 16 necessary to pass a plan that would bridge the budget gap, and the three stubborn Republican holdouts aren’t budging.Senate leaders are targeting Allen…
Oops! Authorities say that an error made by a Maricopa County court clerk caused the early release of a man about to be on trial for murder. Albert Sermeno, a 23-year-old who was serving time at the Maricopa County jail for auto theft, was released back into society June 19th after finishing his…
A Phoenix man who police say cried wolf way too many times is behind bars, and potentially facing more than 100 felony charges. Arrested yesterday by Phoenix police, the guy’s suspected of making at least 152 prank calls to police dispatchers since May, 2008. Police described the apparently very bored gent as being in…
Even when things are going well for the Arizona Diamondbacks, somebody or something takes a big ol’ dump in their Cheerios. For example, during Wednesday night’s victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, star outfielder Justin Upton strained his right oblique while attempting to swipe second base in the ninth. (Upton has…
The federal government has awarded a $54 million grant to Arizona for the expansion and creation of charter schools. The state plans to open up to 92 new campuses…The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints plans to build two temples in the Valley, one in Phoenix and one in…
