Elsa Lynch, a judge and court manager in Paradise Valley, tells us that only 40 people who received bad red-light camera tickets took defensive-driving class. None had yet taken the state-mandated Traffic Survival School class for red-light runners, and no hearings had been yet held for people with the tainted…
The most valuable slugger on the Arizona Diamondbacks this season is not going to play in the All-Star Game in St. Louis next week — not yet, anyway. The fans still have an opportunity to vote Mark Reynolds to be the final player named to the National League squad, but…
A Biltmore Estates mansion was destroyed by fire over the weekend. Authorities believe the $3 million home caught fire on the first floor. A man was trapped on the second floor, but used scuba gear and a rolling ladder to escape. He was treated for smoke inhalation…DUI task forces across the state…
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: Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy in Training? Up on the Sun:…
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To help make traffic even worse today on northbound Interstate 17. The Department of Public Safety announces today that not only is traffic heavy for the start of the holiday weekend, but a rooster made it even worse. The cock attempted…
Sixteen suspected illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday night at a west Phoenix house. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the suspects were all found to have entered the U.S. illegally…A Tucson mother of three was arrested after police officers discovered 1100 pounds of pot in her home. Officers were alerted…
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:Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy in Training? Up on the Sun:Obama on…
The East Valley Tribune’s executive editor writes in a column today that the newspaper will no longer run columns submitted by a local woman who didn’t actually write them. The column often appeared with a picture of the supposed author, Rebecca Warren [pictured] of Warren Financial Services, which made it…
The Arizona Republic’s Ceceilia Chan has an amusing story today about a meeting of west Valley mayors that was supposed to be for their ears only, and a mischievous mayor who brought a tape recorder. The meeting was pushed by El Mirage Mayor Fred Waterman, (pictured), whose town has been…
Phoenix resident Antwone Coleman, 28, was booked into jail this week on grand jury charges of first-degree murder and aggravated assault, though we’re still trying to find out details of his alleged crime. The Maricopa Superior Court and County Attorney’s Office had no details for us yet, but a bit of Googling came up…
Justin Derrick Draper, 21, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter following a 2006 collision that killed three teenagers. Draper works in construction and lived with his wife and in-laws in their Surprise home before his arrest, court records state. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Web site shows that Draper…
Really? The Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen — nay, their closer! — let this one get away? Really?! Forget about Clay Zavada’s losing Thursday’s game, a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds, in the 10th inning. No, the goat here is closer Chad Qualls, who couldn’t make Doug Davis’…
The Norwegian video interview of Shawna Forde and a fella by the name of Todd Hezlitt Someone recently sent me a link to the blog Immigration Talk with a Mexican American, which in turn links to the blog Crooks & Liars and a Norwegian news video featuring the infamous Shawna…
Earlier this week, a New Times reporter was shocked when a clerk at Justice Court charged her $24 to view a court file. Under Arizona’s public records law, isn’t access to public records free? Not always. The file requested by the New Times reporter would have taken the clerk two…
Police have arrested 19-year-old Antonio Loren Reid on suspicion of shooting another man to death in the street just outside of a house party. Valley Fever featured Reid and his alleged getaway car driver, Brittany Lemons, in a post earlier this month after police put out a bulletin. Today, we…
Calling all sexy moms in Scottsdale: A local clothing company is holding a contest to find its “spokes model” — though it’ll cost you $200 in purchases to enter. The Scottsdale Jean Company, in conjunction with Rose and Allyn PR, announces in a “MILF [Mom I’d Like to Fuck] Alert”…
Any way you slice it, Cincinnati Reds right hander Johnny Cueto is a pitching stud. As the fourth-best hurler in the National League, the 23-year-old regularly flings 98-mph heaters and has won seven of his last 10 starts, amassing a laudable 2.48 ERA thus far in the 2009 season. Intimidating,…
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Arizona’s lethal-injection procedure is similar to the method approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Executions have been on hold in Arizona since November 2007, when the Arizona Supreme Court stalled the execution of inmate Jeffrey Landrigan pending a federal decision about lethal-execution methods in…
By any standard, Laura Varker has had quite a year. In the past nine months alone, the 19-year-old has been booked for shoplifting, receiving stolen property and failing to yield at an intersection (an action linked to her third car accident in as many years). The authorities found Varker’s ID…
Looking back recently on my distant youth in northwest Ohio, I came to the realization that the sweetest, most beautiful girl this gabacho ever went out with (indeed, in my entire senior class) was the pure-blooded daughter of Mexican immigrants. Am I under the sway of 1) simple nostalgia; 2)…
SO LONG, ROSE An artist whose work you can’t pigeonhole: Sad, so sad. I’ve been a fan of Rose Johnson’s work since the mid-’90s, when a friend told me about her. I’ve always been able to spot her stuff a mile away. I was excited when I was down in…
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: More Shawna Fordes in the Making? Violent Rhetoric and Unbalanced Actions from Phoenix Nativists Up…
