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:Joe Arpaio’s Chain Gang Visits New Times Property, Gets Trespassed by Security Joe Arpaio, Andrew Thomas…
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard filed a special action in federal court today to block Gannett Inc. and Lee Enterprises from stopping publication of the Tucson Citizen.An Associated Press article on azcentral.com tonight says Goddard filed the motion for a restraining order just before the court closed. The two companies,…
The Arizona Republic’s JJ Hensley has just reported that the hunger strike in the MCSO’s oppressive gulags, which I blogged about on May 5, and later on May 6, is continuing and involves upwards of 1,500 inmates in four of Joe’s jails. Hensley’s piece states that, “The sporadic hunger strikes began…
After being embarrassed for not giving Barack Obama an honorary degree, Arizona State University expanded a financial aid program that gives qualifying students a full ride for four years. Now you don’t even have to be “poor” to qualify. As we’ve previously covered, it’s not like ASU is paying…
Some years ago, we were enjoying a glass of wine with a buddy outside at the Biltmore Fashion Park when Wayman Tisdale came walking our way…
A candidate for the job of San Francisco police chief has dropped out of the competition following reports by the news media that Mesa’s police chief applied for the job. The development has San Franciscio’s Police Commission president fretting that more leaks could hamper the city’s ability to find the…
BlackBerry CEO Jim Balsillie’s bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Canada is far from a done deal, but that hasn’t stopped Valley hockey fans from organizing a “Save the Coyotes” rally for tomorrow, or requesting that attendees bring their BlackBerry phones to be destroyed in protest…
Legendary supermodel Cindy Crawford will be at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa next week to help celebrate a $10 million donation to a children’s hospital. The donation was made by local real estate company CEO Wil Cardon, and will help support the Banner Children’s Hospital at the medical center, 1400…
The Tucson Citizen is reporting today that it will publish its last print edition tomorrow. The newspaper, nearly 139 years old, is being closed by its parent company, Gannett, which has suffered severe drops in stock prices. The paper had been scheduled to close in March, but Gannett left it…
State Representative Doug Quelland, accused of infusing his campaign with extra funds despite agreeing to Clean Elections limits, has been ordered to leave office.The Citizens Clean Elections Commission made the decision to remove Quelland at its meeting this morning, two weeks after tabling the issue.You can read more Quelland’s skullduggery…
Doug Grant, the onetime nutritionist for the Phoenix Suns convicted of manslaughter in the death of wife Faylene, was sentenced to five years in prison a few minutes ago, He will have serve a little more than four years before being eligible for parole. The 43-year-old Grant (pictured with Faylene) could have…
Employees of Phoenix New Times were greeted about 9:20 this morning by one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous female chain gangs working on the paper’s property. Specifically, the nine-inmate crew was hoeing a vacant lot on the southeast corner of 1201 E. Jefferson Street, where New Times’ offices are located. The visit comes a day after…
Maricopa County Superior Court Presiding Judge Barbara Mundell accuses Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office of spying on her, a claim the MCSO says is “ludicrous.” In an exclusive interview Mundell gave to Channel 12 (KPNX-TV), the judge says workers at her home have noticed marked sheriff’s vehicles driving by, and…
Julie Amparano knows something about creative writing. The former Arizona Republic writer was fired in 1999 after her bosses accused her of inventing people to quote in her columns. Now her byline’s back — this time on a play featured Sunday at the Arizona Women’s Theater’s Pandora Festival this Sunday…
Yo, Josh Byrnes. How’s that manager switch lookin’ a week in? Now, we’re no fan of Bob Melvin and his watching-paint-dry coaching style, but the biggest crime in the Arizona general manager’s installation of glorified farm hand A.J. Hinch wasn’t Hinch’s four-year, no-questions-asked contract or Byrnes’ transparent power grab in…
Employees at the Chase bank inside Fry’s near 30th street and Thomas were surprised when a “delivery man” carrying a box turned out to be a robber. The suspect talked his way into the secure office, then escaped with a large amount of cash…Chrysler is closing five Arizona dealerships 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: Up on the Sun: Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix…
Gilman’s most recent effort documents the arrests and ultimate triumph of ACORN activists… Here’s a cool new video by activist Dennis Gilman regarding news I recently blogged concerning a legal victory obtained by two ACORN members last Friday in Phoenix. That’s when bogus charges of trespassing against ACORN organizers Monica Sandschafer…
Earl Simmons, better known as Rapper DMX, left the Maricopa County Jail after serving 90 days on theft and animal cruelty charges. He could be back soon. While in jail, DMX allegedly assaulted a guard, resulting in another criminal charge. Though the sentence on those charges has been fulfilled,…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced a few minutes ago that investigators from his office have busted four people on murder charges in the 2005 “assisted suicide” death of a seriously mentally ill Phoenix woman. New Times broke the news of this unusual and tragic case in 2007 in an…
There’s a lot of baloney riding on their tires.Michelin North America is being forced to cough up $375,000 — of which Arizona gets $22,500 — because of ads that claimed its tires were fuel-efficient. The company was sued by 17 state attorney generals, including Terry Goddard…
Here’s something to keep your brain hopping for a few minutes:The Phoenix Zoo wants you to guess how many tadpoles will hatch out of an egg mass it received last week as part of a conservation effort. Winners get a cute plush toy and other prizes.Though perhaps not the intention,…
