It was the music therapy that pushed me over the edge. For the past month, I’ve been getting an endless series of pleas, begging me to lobby the government not to ax this program or that. I’ve been asked to fight against cuts to education, the closure of state parks,…
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: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Impersonator Posts Funny Updates on Twitter Joe…
Below is the schedule for this weekend’s anti-Arpaio/anti-287(g) activities just released by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Several high-ranking NDLON staff members have re-confirmed that Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha will attend Saturday’s march, so be there and be there early. Word is Phoenix’s anti-Hispanic nativist…
County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn’t answer many questions at his press conference a few hours ago about Phoenix’s “assisted suicide” case, the story we broke in an August 2007 piece entitled “Death Wish.” What he did tell those assembled in the crowded conference room of his eighth-floor suite was that investigators…
The congressional daily The Hill is reporting that Department of Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano will be meeting privately for the first time with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus tomorrow in D.C. If true, one can only hope they grill Nappy’s generous fanny till it practically resembles the face…
This just in: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is about to announce the issuance of search warrants in the 2006 assisted suicide of a mentally ill Phoenix woman. The case, which involved volunteers coming to town to help 58-year-old Jana Van Voorhis kill herself, was first reported by New Times staff…
Didn’t we predict it would come to this? Yes we did, over and over. We said Kurt Warner would seek the highest salary possible following his improbable Super Bowl run, and that the Arizona Cardinals would resist. For two reasons: Because the Bidwills who own the franchise are known to…
In this corner, wearing the purple and orange shorts, please welcome a man who’s won four NBA championships, Suns center Shaquille O’Neal! And in the other corner, wearing the pink underwear and panting like a dog with emphysema, give it up for the man who’s had at least nine inmates…
Rapper DMX, who’s serving 90 days in jail for animal abuse and theft, faces an assault charge following a tiff with a jail guard — a legal problem that could send him to prison. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was first put in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
How do deputy prosecutors sleep at night, when they are charged by their elected bosses to rack up as many warm bodies in prison as possible, to overlook exculpatory evidence, to cull only those facts from a case that lead to conviction, and ignore all others? Sure, it’s their living. But…
There’s no way it can be the real Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Twitter — we doubt he’s anywhere near tech-savvy enough to micro-blog on a social networking site with applications like “Twitterfox” and “Twim,” and the Twitter updates he’s been posting are way too funny to come from a…
The Arizona Cardinals failed to grab the brass ring at this year’s Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, but at least one Valley resident came away victorious.Keith Johnson, owner of Phoenix-based Majoreventrentalz.com, says his business has been booming since Super Bowl XLIII. Johnson’s company rents out local peoples’ homes to fans…
There were hugs all around, before Tuesday night’s game got started and after the final buzzer. Raja Bell and Boris Diaw seemed happy to be back home in Phoenix, even if they are now starters for head coach Larry Brown’s Charlotte Bobcats. So much so that they were the high scorers in…
Hey, is that word loaded? New Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will avoid using the words “terrorism” or “9/11” in her first congressional testimony since taking office, swapping them for terms like “intelligence” and “analysis”…John Pertuit, a teacher at a Flagstaff high school, has been arrested and charged with six…
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: Lawsuit Filed Over Mexican with Valid Visa Held in Jail…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s forced march of illegal immigrants to Tent City has drawn a stunningly sharp rebuke from the Mexican government — with a letter arriving at the county today and more action ordered by a Mexican Senate committee if the situation doesn’t change. In a forceful two-page letter sent…
World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and a cadre of his superstars rubbed elbows and traded jokes with Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt during a press conference this afternoon announcing next year’s WrestleMania XXVI at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. As we reported yesterday, WrestleMania is considered the Super…
The Phoenix Coyotes are seven months behind in rent to Jobing.com Arena, and the city’s been footing the bill, the Glendale City Council found out through 12 News.According to this story on AZCentral.com, Glendale’s been letting the team play rent-free at the stadium. The story estimates the team’s break on rent…
A former 27-year veteran of the Arizona Department of Public Safety has been found guilty of aggravated assault following a drunken collision with a motorcyclist who lost his leg. George Aguilera faces five to 15 years following today’s jury decision, says the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Click here for the office’s PDF…
Talk about a nightmare. According to a lawsuit recently filed by a Mexican citizen, a busted tail light could earn you seven days in the county jail — even if you’re here legally and all your papers are in order. Martin V. Flores was stopped by a Phoenix police officer…
It’s finally in the homestretch at the closely watched first-degree murder trial of former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant, and the whole thing almost caved in Monday. Many of you reading this have been following this weird murder case, which we reported on in great detail before the trial started last November. Heads…
Last Thursday, in one blink of Amar’e Stoudemire’s bum eye, the Phoenix Suns’ playoff chances took a sucker punch to the gut. Most people’s first thought: “Oh. Crap.” Most people’s second thought: “Oh. Crap. We traded away Boris Diaw.” Our second thought: “Oh. Crap. Most people are gonna say we…
