Email Author Ray Stern

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 8, 2010

  "Gold Rush"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 25, 2010

  "Chronic Future"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Concrete Bungle"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  SCA Scandal

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 19, 2007

  "Money for Nothing"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 8, 2007

  "Gotcha!"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "ICE Meltdown"

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2008 Stories by Ray Stern

• Federal Protective Service Inspector Hospitalized After Running Red Light, Police Say

  published Aug 28, 2008

  Authorities say they'll investigate why an inspector with the Federal Protective Service reportedly ran a red light last night at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and McDowell Road, causing a collisio... More >>

• Lush Cosmetics' Nude Promotion Draws Heat From Police In Boston Area, But (Fortunately) Not In Scottsdale

  published Aug 28, 2008

  By Ray Stern Local media shops jumped all over Lush Cosmetics' national campaign in which cute, young store employees strip naked except for an apron that leaves their butts bare. The Arizona Repub... More >>

• Mill Avenue Ambassadors To Help Visitors "Form Memories of Fun"

  published Aug 27, 2008

  The Downtown Tempe Community's not just about scraping bird poop off the sidewalk. The Mill Avenue promotion company plans to deploy an army of eager, red-shirted volunteers to help visitors "form ... More >>

• Sky Harbor Allows Special Clothing For Somali Muslim Janitorial Workers

  published Aug 27, 2008

  By Ray Stern Who wears the pants at Sky Harbor airportr Not 30 Somali women who fought for the right to wear skirts on the job, and won. The Muslim women balked at a planned policy change by their... More >>

• Bruce Jacobs' Rip Of Julie Erfle Spurs Police To Target KFYI Advertisers

  published Aug 26, 2008

  Julie Erfle By Ray Stern Bruce Jacobs is a mean-spirited, loud-mouthed right-wing talk-show host. He proved how mean last week with an intensely personal criticism of Julie Erfle, the widow of a Pho... More >>

• Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Offers Jobs for Disgraced Cops

  published Aug 26, 2008

  By Ray Stern When scandals chase veteran cops like Steve Boltz out of an upstanding institution like the Scottsdale Police Department, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is apparently always ther... More >>

• "Miss Sister 2008" Beauty Pageant For Nuns Has A Local Candidate

  published Aug 25, 2008

  By Ray Stern An Italian priest who wants to host a beauty pageant for nuns called "Miss Sister 2008" should consider coming to Phoenix to take a Holy See at Christa Parra. Phoenix publications inc... More >>

• Bruce Jacobs Accused of "Verbal Attack" on Widow of Slain Phoenix Officer Nick Erfle

  published Aug 25, 2008

  Bruce Jacobs By Ray Stern Right-wing ranter Bruce Jacobs from 550 am (KFYI) is in hot water with the Phoenix Police. The PD just put out a press release saying Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris wi... More >>

• Trent Franks Criticizes Sheriff Arpaio's Enforcement Priorities

  published Aug 22, 2008

  By Ray Stern Republican Congressman Trent Franks didn't mince words when Joe Dana from Channel 12 (KPNX) asked him about the immigration sweeps Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted last week in Surprise, w... More >>

• Illegal Immigrant Fugitives Fail to Turn Themselves In; Feds Ending Voluntary Program Today

  published Aug 22, 2008

  By Ray Stern About 1,700 fugitive illegal immigrants from the Phoenix area were eligible for a three-week voluntary deportation pilot program that's ending today. Only one turned himself in. A guy... More >>

• Arizona Republic blows off story on Eugene Scott, a reporter accused of leaving dog in hot car

  published Aug 21, 2008

  By Ray Stern Just about every news outlet in town has covered the pathetic case of Arizona Republic reporter Eugene Scott, who's accused of leaving his 1-year-old Puggle in his hot SUV at the Chand... More >>

• Ex-Con Status Won't Help Victims in ACLU Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

  published Aug 19, 2008

  Manuel Nieto Jr., Manuel Nieto Sr. and Velia Meraz By Ray Stern Two Phoenix siblings who claim in an ACLU lawsuit that they were racially profiled and harassed by Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies... More >>

• Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard Signs One-Sided, Watered-Down Agreement With Mexico

  published Aug 18, 2008

  By Ray Stern Pacts signed recently by top law enforcers in Arizona and Mexico seem to be a good step in boosting the crime-fighting cooperation efforts of both countries. After all, as the Tucson ... More >>

• Is the Bigfoot found in Georgia a sub-species of Arizona's sasquatchr

  published Aug 15, 2008

  By Ray Stern You probably know by now that a couple of good old boys from Georgia are claiming to have found Bigfoot. Besides making a huge media splash nationally, a quick Web search shows the sto... More >>

• Hottest Nun Gets the Most Press

  published Aug 15, 2008

  By Ray Stern A front page story in the Arizona Republic today told us all about Christa Parra, the 27-year-old Latina from Phoenix who's becoming a nun. Yet the paper didn't mention Sarah Cieplins... More >>

• Map Makes Downtown Phoenix Historic Properties Interesting

  published Aug 13, 2008

  By Ray Stern Want to know how to find the Ellis-Shackelford house (pictured above), the "only intact mansion along the downtown portion of Central Avenuer" This colorful map and accompanying key al... More >>

• Mesa Tragedy Seems To Support Need For Backup Safety Technology

  published Aug 13, 2008

  By Ray Stern Within a few short years, accidents like the one that happened to Ashley Mortensen last night will be less common. Just as breakaway steering columns, safety glass and even rear-view m... More >>

• When Good Urban Adventures Go Bad

  published Aug 12, 2008

  By Ray Stern This is a scene from an impressive mountain rescue on Camelback Mountain, shot by KTVK-Channel 3's news chopper. It was the most dramatic of three rescues on the mountain in just the la... More >>

• Sheriff's Office Confirms Profiling Investigation On Deputy

  published Aug 08, 2008

  A Sheriff's Office deputy gives a citation to a Hispanic man during an April "crime sweep" in Guadalupe By Ray Stern The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed Friday that an investigator from t... More >>

• Thomas and Police Have Tight Grip on Names of "Prominent" Johns in Prostitution Ring

  published Aug 07, 2008

  Dr. Ross Lavatter, accused of helping run the largest prostitution ring in state history By Ray Stern It's been two days since Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced that "big name client... More >>

• Court Gives Green Light to Bashas' Defamation Lawsuit Against UFCW Local 99

  published Aug 06, 2008

  By Ray Stern The Bashas' grocery store chain still hasn't presented any direct proof that union workers planted expired baby formula on store shelves, but a showdown over the issue now seems assured.... More >>

• Andrew Thomas Links New Times to Escort Bust, Overlooks Arizona Republic Ad

  published Aug 06, 2008

  By Ray Stern Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas went out of his way to try to connect New Times to the announcement of the local bust of a large prostitution ring. Chloe Magouliotis, Kursta Lu... More >>

• Police: More Than Reefer Madness Going On at Pot-Eating Tyke's Home

  published Aug 04, 2008

  Sylvia Stocking and Matthew Skaggs By Ray Stern The couple pictured above not only allowed their 2-year-old daughter to ingest marijuana, police say, but exposed the kid to "horrendously unhealthy"... More >>

• Signs of the Times: Home Echh

  published Aug 04, 2008

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• Residents in Maricopa and Other Counties Had Fewer Babies in 2007

  published Aug 01, 2008

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