Cancun

Fact 135 on Watching DJ Swamp Light Himself Aflame While Smashing Records

David Dimmick isn't much of a braggart -- at least as far as we can tell -- but he's got every effin' right to be. Since becoming a DJ in 1996, the dude's C.V. includes sharing stages with some pretty stellar icons from hip-hop history, like the Wu-Tang Clan, Pharohe Monarche, A Tribe Called Quest, ... More >>

Your Valley guide to Cinco de Mayo

Fear Is Killing Tourism in Rocky Point, Mexico, Though Tourists Are Relatively Safe There -- For Now

Cloaked Brutality: The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Day Drinker: Maverick Saloon

Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? ​After surviving another holiday visit with the family in Michigan, where a new rule was set each time the temperature dropped another five degrees (don't knock the nativity set over when you're fencing on the Wii, don't ... More >>

Scare City: What To Do and Where To Go on Halloween

Hot Links: Cardinals, Coyotes, and Cabaret Shootings

Following the NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals have released three players: running back Edgerrin James, cornerback Rod Hood, and linebacker Travis LaBoy...Arizona Representative Robert Meza has resigned from the board of Chicanos por la Causa to focus on creating a nonprofit organization for e ... More >>

Swine Flu Causes US Airways and American to Relax Ticket-Change Policies

US Airways announced today it will relax ticketing policies for passengers scheduled this week to fly to, from, or through a slew of cities in Mexico. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that American Airlines is making a similar move. The Phoenix-based airline's Web site says passengers s ... More >>

Mesa Woman and Three Kids Wait for Illegal Immigrant Dad's Release From Jail, But He Still Faces Deportation

  Bobbie MezaValley Fever spent part of Monday afternoon at the home of Bobbie Meza, a 1982 graduate of Tempe High School. Her family is kind of like the Brady Bunch, except Dad's an illegal immigrant in jail for identity theft. Meza is 44 years old, wearing a black tank top and jeans. A ... More >>

Get A Preview Of Treasure Mammal's New Split Seven-Inch Before Tomorrow Night's Release Party

By Benjamin Leatherman Treasure Mammal's Abe Gil in action. If we had to put together our top 10 favorite local bands to see live, Treasure Mammal would undoubtedly be somewhere on said list. It's because Abelardo Gil III, the hyperactive dynamo behind the one-man spazz-tronica outfit, always put ... More >>

Veggie Boy Goes To Mexico

By Benjamin Leatherman A spectacular view of the crystal blue Caribbean Sea from Tulum on the Yucatan Peninsula (photo by Jenna Leatherman). Despite having an ultra-hectic schedule these days, I was fortunate enough to be able to slip off to Cancun with friends and family a few weeks ago for a ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 14, 2006

Downtown Brown

Barrio businesses are flourishing, but not in downtown Phoenix

Brooks & Dunn

Red Dirt Road (Arista Nashville)

The Mile High Guys

With unlimited free flying and online access to singles worldwide, working for the Valley¹s hometown airline is the next best thing to being James Bond

Reality Bites

The Real Cancun's ASU stud Matt Slenske reflects on the film's thudding performance at the box office

The Gag Reflex

Coeds gone wild in Mexico

Family Tradition

With prospects drying up for Latin rock, a gifted guitarist returns to the acoustic sounds of his youth

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation.

A Life That Almost Happened

A Phoenix cop gunned down Alfonso Celaya four months ago. His family still waits for justice, or at least an explanation.

Best Waste of Breath

Teen Abstinence Ads
Arizona Department of Health Services

Tequila Sunrise

Cuervo Jones and the Temple of Womb

The Mex Files

Chain Action