A long-planned freeway for the fast-growing west Valley is ambling along in the slow lane as state officials, local communities and an influential developer try to figure out just where the road should run
Sarah Annette Martinez
A jury has found Desert Sky Esplanade L.L.C. partially responsible for the 2005 death of a 16-year-old Phoenix girl near Desert Sky Mall -- all because of a poorly placed speed hump.The family of Sarah Annette Martinez was awarded $5 million, with half to come from Desert Sky and the other half to be paid by Michael Manzutto, 24, the driver of the car Martinez had been riding in at the time of the fatal accident. Needless to say, Manzutto -- who received probation in 2006
Radio personality Carlos Galindo gets the MCSO treatment Thursday
Above is a video sent to me by activists out monitoring MCSO activity in Maryvale yesterday. According to the activists and others I spoke with, there were about 50 or so MCSO deputies gathered at the John F. Long Community Center at 3454 N. 51st Ave. This was about mid-day on Thursday, August 28.
Initially, both activists and media believed it to be the beginning of an MCSO anti-immigration sweep. It wasn't