In case you’ve forgotten over the last few months, Phoenix gets pretty damn hot.After temperatures hit as high as 110 degrees late last week, as recorded at Sky Harbor International Airport, we want to know how hot is “too damn hot.”See also:It’s Already Hit 100 Degrees in Phoenix…
Dennis Gilman’s latest: Beto Soto vs. the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors As we get closer to June 14 — simultaneously Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 81st birthday and the date that parties in the racial profiling lawsuit Melendres v. Arpaio are to appear before federal Judge G. Murray Snow — the…
Earlier today, I happened to run into into well-known Phoenix activists Amy McMullen and Layal Rabat, each helping stranded travelers at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and they informed me of a fundraiser going down at the Crescent Ballroom this Saturday evening, which sounds perfect for those who like their entertainment…
Cat calling and whistling at passing girls at a Glendale park turned into a fight that led Andrew Aschenbrenner throwing a knife into another man, killing him, police say. Glendale police arrested Aschenbrenner, 23, Thursday for second-degree murder, after Darrick Hendrix Jr., also 23, passed away at a Valley hospital…
If you’re sneaking out of work early this Friday afternoon and you take the Loop 202 to get home, that might suck, because there are a lot of mangoes on it…
Black progressive community leaders in Phoenix are speaking out against a recent editorial written by Cloves Campbell Jr. in which he referred to one of the City Council District 8 candidates as a “house negro.” Campbell published the opinion piece in his newspaper, the Arizona Informant, on May 22. He…
While gun-control advocates have been showing off a report that shows more Arizonans have died from bullets in the last few years than car accidents, that report neglects the number-one cause of injury deaths in Arizona — poison.A report on injuries released today by the Arizona Department of Health Services…
Aaron Smith, the former Tempe patrol officer who decided to steal from the most cop-filled building in the City of Tempe — the police department — was sentenced today to 90 days in jail.Smith lost his job, and now has a criminal record and has to serve jail time because…
Elderly Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims he’s a victim of discrimination.Because of Arpaio’s age, he’s being targeted by MCSO deputies who are pulling over elderly drivers en masse. He’s being grilled about his citizenship because of how his skin looks, and is being held by deputies longer than people…
Channing Trotter, a former running back at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was pulled over in Mesa yesterday after leaving what police describe as a “known drug house.”According to court documents obtained by New Times, Trotter was arrested for the second time this year after police found marijuana, heroin, “several…
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, you may notice something’s a little…
Right next to what you would expect to be a story about hell freezing over is a story with the headline “Arizona’s Jan Brewer becomes unlikely ally of Obamacare” in Politico.Seeing as Governor Jan Brewer has signed budgets that call for cuts in Medicaid coverage (remember the transplant debacle?), and…
The number of people killed by drunk drivers in Arizona went down slightly compared to last year — but only because fewer people overall died on state roadways. As a percentage of the total fatalities, more drunk drivers were responsible for killing people in 2012 than the year before, according…
A man who kept his wife in kids in the same house as his meth lab, in the retirement community of Sun City, was sentenced today to 7 1/2 years in prison.Lancelot Lipe, now 30, claimed the meth lab in his garage wasn’t even his, and sent an e-mail to…
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has given up trying to tell transgender people which toilets they can and cannot use, at least this session, according to multiple reports from the state capitol.Kavanagh tried to regulate transgender toilet usage twice this session, with one proposal making it a crime…
The first of three family members who pleaded guilty to horrific abuses of 10-year-old Ame Deal — who was murdered in 2011 — has learned his fate.Ame’s father, David Deal, was sentenced this morning to 14 years in prison as part of a plea agreement, and will spend time on…
Viri Hernandez, a DREAM Act student organizer who has spent the last few years mobilizing Latino voters in West Phoenix, is criticizing Pastor Warren Stewart for his stance on gay relationships. (The DREAM Act was intended to grant a pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals brought to this country as…
Today in Found at the Border: A 14-year-old boy trying to cross the border into the United States through Nogales was busted with six pounds of meth, and almost six grams of cocaine.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the boy was carrying a bag full of what appeared to…
If there hasn’t been a major boost in All-Star voting for Paul Goldschmidt after his epic hitting exploits this past week alone, it’s something of a minor tragedy. The first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks has been on an absolute tear during the last five games, including blasting a grand…
The first time I met Octavio Castaneda Flores, he was in county stripes, his hands cuffed to a desk where he sat in the visiting room of Durango Jail. See Also: Bill Montgomery Would Rather Talk About Jodi Arias Than Judge Snow’s Order, and Here’s Why After Nine Months in…
Despite a steep decline in border crossings and apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant deaths have increased. And over the past 22 years, at least 2,238 migrants died crossing Arizona’s southwestern desert, according to a new study. The study released Wednesday by Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner and…
The Scottsdale City Council agreed to pay $4.25 million to the family of John Loxas, who was unarmed when Scottsdale Police Officer James Peters shot him in the head in February 2012, killing him instantly.Loxas was the sixth man killed by Peters, who has since retired with an “accidental disability,”…
