A mere week into the new season, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top pitcher is on the disabled list with a sore wing and the D-Backs couldn’t hit a slow-pitch grapefruit with a two-by-four. You think they’ve got problems? This year’s star-crossed campaign for Your Phoenix Suns mercifully comes to an end…
Phoenix may get its first solar power plant, if the city can procure about $1 billion in private investments. The proposed site for the plant is 1200 acres at the Valley’s only active landfill, between Buckeye and Gila Bend…A Phoenix couple came home to find a body in their kitchen,…
It’s been belly-ticklin’ reading all the moonbat paranoia over this recent report on wing-nutbars issued by Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security. Every far right, moonhowlin’ Web site out there jumped on this so-not-news, from the wackos at WorldNetDaily and the wannabe-Brahmins of Breitbart.com, to the Moonie-owned Washington Times and…
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever:Violent Fugitive on the Loose in West Valley, Says DPS Angry…
The hits to local daily newspapers just keep on coming. The East Valley Tribune will drop its Saturday edition starting May 15, taking the paper down from four days a week to just three. On top of that, it’s laying off 13 more employees. As you may recall, last…
Arizona State University “blew it” by not awarding President Obama an honorary degree, a university marketing official writes in a leaked e-mail. The political blogger for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson reports today that he received an e-mail, originally sent to someone out-of-state, from Terri Shafer, ASU’s vice-president of marketing and strategic…
Governor Jan Brewer announced in a news release yesterday that she had appointed a new State Forester, but that was actually month-old news. As Valley Fever reported, State Forester Vicki Christiansen had already been on the job for a few weeks, even testifying before Congress in her new capacity. We…
Animal rights activists plan to march at a Chandler medical-testing lab plan on Sunday behind a procession of beagles. A group organized by Citizens Against Covance will walk about a half-mile on Gilbert Road just north of Germann Road to a spot near the Covance facility. As a statement against the company,…
A new report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns of a “resurgence” in violent right-wing extremism, driven by economic and political factors such the election of President Obama. The hardscrabble economy, the return from war zones of “disgruntled” veterans, illegal immigration and the possibility of gun control all…
Plenty of drivers chafe at criticism from their backseat counterparts — but Phoenix bus driver Michael Berry took his annoyance to a whole new level. Berry, a driver with Valley Metro, responded to complaints from a 28-year-old passenger last April by allegedly attacking him with his fists. Witnesses told police that Berry slammed the…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas today suggested three lawyers as possible mediators in his legal dispute with the county Board of Supervisors:Timothy Casey, of Schmitt Schneck Smyth & HerrodLee Miller, of Miller La Sota & PetersChristopher Skelly, of Scott & Skelly…
Warning: Extreme badass on the loose. The Arizona Department of Public Safety warns that Angel J. Valenzuela, 37, was on the run yesterday near 27th Avenue, between Bethany Home and Glendale Avenue, after vowing to shoot at any cop who tried to take him back to prison. The agency says its troopers tried…
Way before the St. Louis Cardinals’ Brian Barden belted the game-winning blast in the eighth inning to gave the Arizona Diamondbacks their third consecutive loss, the home team arguably choked away the game way back in the third. In that inning, Cardinals’ starter Todd Wellemeyer retired the first hitter, then…
Phoenix police are keeping a close eye on the Phoenix Goddess Temple after receiving complaints from neighbors that the temple is really a brothel. The temple offers “cuddle parties” and a sex ed program on Fridays…The Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 119-110 Monday night, marking their 45th victory this…
With the Obama administration floating trial balloons in the New York Times on immigration reform, it doesn’t take a clairvoyant to foresee nativists, white supremacists and other elements of the far right seething with reactionary rage. The lot of ’em have invested far too much time and energy whipping up hate…
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: Obama Degree From ASU Still Denied, ASU Decides, But Criticism…
A county program that transports senior citizens to medical appointments will end July 1 as part of a fresh round of budget cuts.The Board of Supervisors announced today that belt-tightening and will occur in several departments, including transportation, environmental services and in the Supervisors’ own offices. Job vacancies will go…
Got the hots for hot-rods and low-riders? Then you may want to put the Peoria Fire Department’s “Fire It Up” car show on your list for next weekend. Vehicle enthusiast and firefighter Mark Barbee hosts the event this Sunday, April 19, at the Peoria Sports Complex (see press release below)…
Glendale tax preparer Huy Phuoc Nguyen will serve 21 months in a federal prison for filing fraudulent returns on behalf of his clients and trying to blame the crime on his ex-wife. Nguyen served members of the local Vietnamese community from 2001 to 2005 through his home business, Lucky Immigration…
A 48-year-old former teacher at Tempe’s Marcos de Niza high school is at the center of an apparent love triangle with two young students that ended in murder.Accounts from court records state that Sixto Balbuena, 20, arrived unexpectedly at the home of his “girlfriend,” teacher Tamara Hofmann last Friday. After…
Vicki Christiansen, former Washington State Forester, has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to be the new Arizona State Forester and Director of the Arizona Division of Forestry.Brewer’s office made the announcement today, but a Google search shows Christiansen has been off and running for weeks now. On April 1,…
Maricopa County’s top oppressor of Mexicans has written the Reverend Al Sharpton a letter in response to the civil rights leader’s recent suggestion that Sheriff Joe take a long walk off a short pier career-wise, and resign from office. Unconfirmed reports have it that the sheriff went through a whole…
