Did you know that U.S. Senate candidate Jim Deakin’s house is in foreclosure? Well, it isn’t. But that didn’t stop one of his primary opponents’ campaign from spreading the false rumor.Over the weekend, news of the alleged foreclosure found its way to various news outlets, few of which bothered to ask Deakin if…
A Valley motorist is in critical condition at an area hospital after an argument at a traffic light got ugly and another driver shot him in the head.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the victim, his girlfriend, and the couple’s two children were driving near 83rd Avenue and Thomas Road…
After months of walking, country music star Jimmy Wayne (pictured) has finally made it to Phoenix.Wayne began his trek on January 1, when he pledged to walk from Nashville, Tennessee, to Phoenix to raise awareness of homeless kids and children he says “age out” of the foster-care system.Wayne, once a…
In the sports prediction biz, well, we basically suck. Thought the Arizona Diamondbacks would compete for the NL West title this season (WRONG!) and didn’t expect the Cardinals to make the NFL playoffs two seasons ago, much less come a few inches from winning the damned Super Bowl. But we…
The Arizona Republic conducted a poll last month asking respondents if the debate over immigration caused by the SB 1070 fiasco has increased racism in Arizona.The answer, according to the Repub’s poll: yes…
Is this America, or is this a Third World dictatorship? You decide.Puente has posted this new video of Phoenix civil rights leader Sal Reza’s arrest Friday. Literally, it looks like something out of a film by Costa-Gavras. The sort of thing that happens in Third World dictatorships. That is, a…
As civil rights leader Salvador Reza stood in stripes before a night court judge around 3:30 a.m. this morning at the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix, the county prosecutor made an eye-popping admission.”This is really my review,” he stated cautiously of a statement from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office before…
Governor Jan Brewer’s bad week just got worse. Today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Arizona’s appeal of District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton’s July 28 injunction of the most significant parts of SB 1070, the state’s “paper’s please” legislation. In their motion to the 9th Circuit, Brewer’s pricey…
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:…
Note: For the latest on Reza’s release, and the prosecutor’s admission of no probable cause, please click, here.Like you needed more evidence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s police state tactics, civil rights leader Salvador Reza of the group Puente was arrested this afternoon by a contingent of MCSO goons, apparently on Arpaio’s direct orders…
There’s no arguing that the Internet has made the world a much smaller place. For example, rather than relying on snail mail, you can now electronically send a letter to someone on the other side of the planet in the blink of an eye.In another example, you could be a…
Dan Saban, who ran twice against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has lost his appeal of a failed defamation lawsuit he filed three years ago against Arpaio and his office. The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the September 2007 trial-court ruling against Saban’s lawsuit. The Appeals Court ruling seems to…
Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin’ cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests by about 25.As we reported earlier, the Phoenix Police Department arrested 45…
One of the high points in an otherwise dismal season for the Arizona Diamondbacks came about ten days ago in downtown Phoenix, when the lowly reptilians swept the New York Mets in a three-game series. The vagaries of this year’s schedule make it possible for the NL East squad to…
Back in November, we heard that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had Governor Jan Brewer under investigation, and passed that rumor to you. It didn’t seem a stretch to believe our source on the shocking piece of gossip. After all, Arpaio’s office investigates its political enemies, perceived or real, at…
A pig named “Porkchop” (the name’s a bit on the presumptive side, if you ask us) was apparently pig-napped in downtown Phoenix on Monday. At least that’s what signs being distributed around 7th Street and McDowell would suggest.A colleague brought this to our attention yesterday and after several attempts to…
Hoopsters looking to chase their dreams have a unique opportunity to showcase their skills this weekend. Red Bull, the energy drink, is hosting King of the Rock, a one-on-one basketball tournament across the West Coast at six qualifying sites. Here’s the kicker, though: the finalists (eight from each qualifier) will…
We got word from Devin Fleenor, a vocal anti-Arpaio activist, on Wednesday night that he planned to chain himself to the Fourth Avenue Jail during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests with the hopes of being arrested.As you’ll see in some photos after the jump, Fleenor held true to his word. Sheriff’s…
We mourn the loss of Chandler police officer Carlos Ledesma, the murder victim during an undercover operation in south Phoenix early Wednesday evening–and we are going to look into the ill-fated circumstances at a later date. We first heard about the shootout inside a residence in the crime-ridden Lindo Park neighborhood shortly after it…
A cluster of supporters were there to meet Phoenix civil rights leader Salvador Reza when he stepped out of the Fourth Avenue Jail around 10:30 or so Thursday night.The 58 year-old veteran activist, who heads up the pro-immigration group Puente, was collared earlier that day by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys…
There were no water cannons or police dogs. No riots or cops beating people with batons — you could probably say as far as protests go, yesterday’s demonstration in downtown Phoenix over SB 1070 was a bit of a yawner.People did get arrested, though.The Phoenix Police Department is done crunching…
First it was Dan Haren to the Angels. Now Edwin Jackson has been traded by the Diamondbacks. Long been rumored to be on the trading block, Jackson was dealt to the Chicago White Sox this morning. The deal nets two more pitching arms for the Snakes in right-hander Dan Hudson…
