The Arizona Diamondbacks started the second half of the season just as they played most of the first half: on the losing side of a series. And true to form, it was all-pitch/no-hit this weekend in St. Louis. Each of the Diamondbacks’ three starters in the series — Jon Garland,…
In the latest four-alarm fire at a Valley structure (Richardson’s restaurant was destroyed last week), firefighters are battling a huge blaze at a recycling plant in Glendale. The fire broke out at 8 p.m. last night at the Tempe-Inland Inc. facility, and crews are expected to battle the blaze most of…
Has DHS given the pro-immigration crowd the ol’ pitch and switch? Have lefties been snowed by ICE? It was with great fanfare last week that Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security announced brand, spanking new rules governing the agreements that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has with local law enforcement agencies, such as…
ASU The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU The memory of the late CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite is already leaving a lasting impression on the students whose school bears his name. Their Facebook pages, too. For anyone with a “friendlist” comprised of scores of…
Walter Cronkite, famous CBS anchorman known as “the most trusted man in America,” and long-time mentor to Arizona State University School of Journalism students, died today at his New York home. He was 92. The illustrious journalist–after whom the ASU journalism program is named–has been a pivotal figure for 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: George Gascon vs. Joe Arpaio: The New Yorker’s William Finnegan on Joe’s Mesa Raid Comment…
This just in: A neo-Nazi who’s the son of a former political opponent of Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio has lost the appeal of his murder conviction and challenge to his death sentence. Read today’s Arizona Supreme Court’s opinion on Patrick Bearup by clicking here. At right is his most recent photo…
Image: www.local-motors.com Rally Fighter A custom car company plans on producing off-road vehicles from a “micro-factory” somewhere in the Valley as soon as next year. Local Motors Company, based in Massachussetts, is already taking orders for its first car, the Rally Fighter, a $50,000 dune-buggy-type vehicle. The Phoenix Business Journal…
A schoolteacher who fatally shot a man while hiking alone in Arizona’s high country, becoming the poster boy for self-defense rights, won’t face another trial and will soon be freed from prison. The Payson Roundup reported yesterday that Coconino County Attorney David Rozema decided it wouldn’t be worth the time and hassle…
If you had told Wayne Gretzky when he was 17 years old and already playing professional hockey, that he would some day be going to court over a hockey team in Phoenix, he probably would have looked puzzled and asked: “Where?” But, here we are, and here he is. Phoenix has a…
The city of Phoenix announced today it will receive $830,000 in federal stimulus funds to “reduce diesel emissions by retrofitting and replacing city-owned equipment.” Forgive us if we don’t stand up and cheer. This money, half of which the feds are borrowing the future, isn’t going to make a wisp…
Image: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Raymond Steele, Levi Blanton and Russell Westergard Are the Juggalos a “criminal street gang” or not? We say no. Mesa police — in this case, anyway — say yes. Cops busted a trio of woop-woopers on Wednesday in connection with four break-ins at a deaf school. According…
An agent with the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a Customs officer were arrested this morning after being indicted on suspicion of stealing government money. Agent Michael J. Kittson, 34, and U.S. Customs Patrol Officer Douglas R. Bothof are named in a 47-count indictment that accuses them…
There’s no question about it: the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi’s the face of the Women’s National Basketball Association. A college standout at UConn and an Olympic champion, she’s the biggest women’s basketball player of all time. Not in physical stature (she a 6-foot guard), but in talent and fan appreciation. Take a look…
Where’s the best place to go when you need to find more than $2 billion to pay for Arizona’s budget this year? If you ask some Arizona Legislators, the answer’s Atlanta, Georgia, duh. Fourteen lawmaker members of Arizona’s GOP shuffled down to dixie this week to attend the American Legislative Exchange…
An ex-con from Glendale took a bus to Chesapeake, Virginia this week to meet (and hopefully have sex with) a 13-year-old girl he met online, police say. The two had been communicating via the Internet since May, but the girl was really a Virginia state cop, according to media reports. After arriving…
If you’ve read about the latest kerfuffle involving soon-to-be former Mesa Police Chief George Gascon and Sheriff Joe Arpaio — a kerfuffle egged on by the Arizona Republic — then you know it involves a statement made by Arpaio in earshot of William Finnegan, the journo who just profiled Arpaio for The…
The Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix is an architectural marvel, in that every summer, anyone who enters the building marvels at just how hot it’s capable of getting — even with the air-conditioning at full blast. Now people are marveling at another aspect of the building: What clown…
Lead-contaminated glass at the Yuma location of Dlubak Glass recycling company is being shipped to South Korea, not the Philippines, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality now reports. Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the agency, tells us state officials named the wrong destination for the toxic garbage when we spoke with him…
The woman on the voice mail message didn’t want to give her name. She just wanted to let the public know something about the June 14 fire at Young Champions of America in Phoenix: Her young children have been “exposed” to something awful. “Nothing’ll shock us anymore,” she says. “Tell…
There are few things in life more wilting than a blast of 115-degree air, like the one we get when we open the car window in mid-July. Now, thanks to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Phoenicians will get to experience that little joy far more frequently. Monday, as part of…
Pete Rose is a numskull, but if he’s your definition of evil, you need to invest in a new dictionary. Yeah, Rose bet on games, including his own team, the Cincinnati Reds, while he was still playing/managing. And, yeah, that’s bad, but compared to the slimy, steroid-rippled creatures who’ve been…
