Dear Mexican: I’ve heard that the Tijuana donkey show featuring a female whore is not real other than the fact that they do bring out a donkey and do some simulation for people who are drunk. Down-Low Loco Dear Gabacho: You’re right. And after months of research, the Mexican can…
Arizona’s Proposition 100, the 2006 law that denies bail to undocumented immigrants accused of many crimes in the state, will no longer be in effect in the near future. A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the voter-approved law unconstitutional, as a violation of…
John Hauskins, the award-winning transportation chief for Maricopa County, has been ousted from his job following a series of wide-ranging misconduct allegations. Hauskins, also the county engineer, submitted a letter of intent to retire from his position on October 9, two days after he was put on paid administrative leave…
A Fountain Hills teacher is fighting back after she claims she was wrongfully terminated for defending a student against racist bullying. Pamela Aister, a 70-year-old fourth-grade teacher, was fired this fall because of an incident that allegedly occurred at Four Peaks Elementary School in Fountain Hills in May. Aister had…
An ex-state trooper who was fired in 2009 after a rocky affair with the state Department of Public Safety director’s daughter is running for Maricopa County Justice of the Peace. Candidate Geoffrey Jacobs is seeking the position in the northwest Valley’s Hassayampa district court, one of 26 county Justice Courts…
In the fifth and final gubernatorial debate yesterday between Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat Fred DuVal, Ducey apparently walked back on his commitment to eliminating the state’s income tax. After DuVal attacked Ducey’s plan to get rid of the income tax, Ducey replied that, “No one’s talked about eliminating the…
The all-American image that Doug Ducey projects, one which helped him win the primary and may help him win the general election, belies a family tree that includes two generations of his mother’s family’s involvement in organized crime.
A proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 33,000 Arizona prisoners would bring about major healthcare reforms to the state prison system. The lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison Law Office over the conditions at Arizona’s prisons was set to go to…
A Tucson TV-news site reviewed its policies with staff members on Sunday after posting a Web article claiming falsely that Scottsdale family-killer Robert Fisher had been captured. The article was published briefly on Sunday on the website tucsonnewsnow.com, which is home to both CBS-affliliate KOLD-TV (Channel 13) and Fox-affiliate KMSB…
A Buckeye police officer threatened to shoot and kill a man during a traffic stop that was captured on video. The officer, who wasn’t identified by police, said during the stop that he’d shoot the driver, Teodulo Sanchez, if he did something, and later said he’d kill him if he…
Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, the runner-up in this year’s Republican primary for governor, announced his support of Democrat David Garcia for the state’s schools superintendent. “David Garcia isn’t only the most qualified candidate — he’s the only qualified candidate, and that’s why I’m supporting him,” Smith said at a…
Local law-enforcement agencies have had plenty of run-ins with Phoenix’s professional athletes over the years. Below, check out our picks for the 20 most memorable arrests of Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Coyotes, and Phoenix Suns athletes:…
Local marriage equality advocates are calling on Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to step aside and stop defending the state’s ban on gay marriage. Why Marriage Matters Arizona delivered more than 5,100 signed petitions to the Attorney General’s office yesterday. “The petition calls on him to stop standing on the…
While tragic and horrifying, the swarming-bee attack that killed a 32-year-old landscaper in Douglas on Wednesday was not a freak occurrence in Arizona. Stories about bee attacks and bee deaths appear regularly in the state — perhaps once a year or more. While not as common as lightning deaths, most…
Despite three previous polls showing a virtual tie between gubernatorial candidates Fred DuVal and Doug Ducey, the latest poll puts Ducey up 10 percentage points on DuVal. This latest poll from the New York Times, CBS News, and YouGov shows 47 percent of the voters picking the Republican Ducey, and…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, the 1990s called, and it…
See updates at bottom of this article Phoenix police have arrested two women in Wednesday’s shooting of an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer, but still seek three other people. Police put out a bulletin tonight with pictures of the three suspects who have “information pertinent to the investigation.” The…
Various Native American groups are banding together to protest games involving Washington’s NFL team, starting with this weekend’s game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale. The groups are imploring the team to adopt a new name “that does not disparage Native Americans.”…
Shayla Jeanne Brattin, nicknamed “Batgirl,” is the second person to be arrested in connection with the June 24 murder of a Glendale church janitor. Police listed the 23-year-old woman as homeless in court records, though most of her Facebook selfies appear to have been taken in a home. She’s accused…
Roughly simultaneous to his feud with the county, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had been fighting one of the biggest scandals of his time in office – the so-called SCA campaign-finance debacle. The scandal involved a secret organization, sometimes known as the Sheriff’s Command Association, and corresponding slush fund. Retired…
The victim in last month’s Camelback Mountain fatality was 22-year-old Brazilian engineering student Emanuel Rodrigo Biana Costa Bezerra. Local news outlets reported the September 19 incident, but not his name; South American news sites had the full story. New Times obtained the victim’s identity on Wednesday from Phoenix police, who…
With the widespread Ebola outbreak in West Africa and yesterday’s death of the first patient diagnosed on U.S. soil, Arizona medical authorities are preparing in case an outbreak occurs here. There have been no diagnoses of Ebola virus infection in the state, and the few scares have not been serious…
