Natural Disasters

Drive-Thru Tacos and Tapas Come to Peoria (By Way of Las Vegas)

Since drive-thru salads were introduced at Gilbert's health-minded Salad and Go in January, the Valley's pull-up-to-the-window offerings have stayed mostly on the conventional side. Until now. See also: - Chandler's Living Room Wine Café Expanding to Northwest Valley - New Korean Barbecue Spot O ... More >>

Make It Rain

The Final Countdown

Big Strange

Sweater Set

Summer Months Turn Flagstaff Into Homeless Haven Despite City's Harsh Laws

Jamie PeacheyTrash heaps left by homeless campers usually becomes a problem for residents and law enforcement​To escape the hellish Valley heat, thousands of homeless men and women make the uphill trek to sunny Flagstaff during the summer months. This week's New Times cover story looks at the rel ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Jumps on John McCain's "Illegals Started Wildfires" Train; Will Question Captured Immigrants About Fires

Joe Arpaio plans to question illegal immigrants about Arizona wildfires.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be more aggressive when it comes to questioning illegal immigrants about wildfires, echoing Senator John McCain's baseless claim that immigrants started fires currently burning in south ... More >>

John McCain Doubles Down on Racist Scapegoating of Latino Migrants

CNNMcCain, digging the hole deeper after his racist comments over the weekend When white nationalist websites and racist minutemen with erstwhile ties to child killers are championing your cause, you know you've made a serious error. Particularly when you're a failed presidential candidate still des ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is John McCain's Blaming Wildfires on Illegal Immigrants Racist?

John McCain is blaming wildfires on illegal immigrants --he's basing that on literally nothing.​Senator John McCain on Saturday blamed wildfires currently raging in Arizona on illegal immigrants -- without offering any proof to support his claim."There is substantial evidence that some of these fi ... More >>

Canada to Blame for Filling Valley With Smoke

​If you drove to work this morning thinking the Valley looks hazier than usual, you're right -- and Canada's to blame.Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, tells New Times the haze isn't the usual smog that often blocks the mountainous scenery during the ... More >>

Xavier Rudd on the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, Code Green Tasmania, Australian Flooding and More

​It's that time of year again: the McDowell Mountain Music Festival is here! Each year the festival brings in big names from all over the map, and this year is no exception, with Australian indie-folker Xavier Rudd playing. Rudd's multi-instrumentalist approach will surely add a special touch ... More >>

G. Love & Special Sauce

Christopher Gross Recalls Vacationing in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake

Courtesy of Christopher Gross​Christopher Gross of

Japanese Disaster Prompts Statement from Singer of Local Metal Band Hemoptysis

​We've written a lot about local metal band Hemoptysis. Mostly because they're really, really good. But their backstory makes for interesting copy, too.  The band is fronted by a guy named Masaki Murashita, a Japanese immigrant who once told us, candidly: "I would move back. That's my hone ... More >>

Songs in the Key of Life

Musical culture for a cause

Jack Johnson @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion

LeAnn Rimes

Andy Hill, "Face" of Phoenix Police Department, Set to Retire

Phoenix police Sergeant Andy Hill, a 26-year veteran of the agency whose last assignment was in the "media relations" unit, is about to retire.   ​Though Hill's last official day is May 27, he's already cleaned out his cubicle and is ready (with vacation time) to call it a day after what ... More >>

Sens Helps Haiti, Shapeshifting Hot Dogs and Empty Bowls for Horses in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ Today from 5 pm till close, Sens Asian Tapas and Sake Bar in downtown Phoenix will be hosting a fundraiser along with the American Red Cross to raise money for Haiti relief and development efforts. One hundred pe ... More >>

Sens Gives 100 Percent to Haiti Relief

​A lot of local restaurants have really stepped up to help out with the Haiti earthquake relief effort, but Sens Asian Tapas & Sake Bar is going all the way. Chef-owner Johnny Chu says that 100 percent of food proceeds from his charity event next Tuesday, February 23, will be ... More >>

IRS Picking Up Where George Clooney Left Off; Offering Immediate Tax Relief for Donations to Haiti

www.telegraph.co.uk George Clooney at Friday night's "Hope for Haiti" fundraiser ​If George Clooney and Bono didn't woo you into donating money to the Haiti relief effort on Friday night, Uncle Sam might. The Internal Revenue Service is offering immediate tax relief for any cash  ... More >>

The Eyes of Ground Zero

NYC street artist discusses 9/11 and other work

Keeper of the Flames

L.A. Times reporter discusses award-winning wildfire series

Dinomite

Indie rockers give the people what they want, then multiply it by two

Hot Links: Bald Eagles, Brush Fires, and Local Dog Stars

​The Arizona Diamondbacks fell 2-9 to the Washington Nationals yesterday. The game marked the Nationals' eighth consecutive victory and a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets tonight...Arizona's bald eagle population ... More >>

2003 Wildfire Near Sedona to Cost Three Phoenix Men Big Bucks in Settlement With Feds; No Liability Admitted

​ Three Phoenix men must pay $183,000 each in a settlement with the government stemming from a 2003 wildfire near Sedona that burned about 70 acres of forest. Gary Griffo (pictured), Matthew Warnke and Brad Cislini don't admit liability in the settlement, which was reached in order t ... More >>

Cry Wolf

Chill out, man. There’s never a bad time for rockabilly on steroids.

Anti-Heroic Measures

Artist and his alter ego stick it to the government

Soilent Green

Slap Happy

Kickass bassist can still kick your ass

Big Not So Easy

Dazzling film explores a bayou time

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 3, 2006

Goodbye, Phoenix

A reporter returns to New Orleans

Juvenile, Bubba Sparxxx

Covering all bases -- but not here

Goatwhore

We got 'em

Pop Culture

Super-talented "twisters" are blowing up all over the Valley

Inhuman Nature

Mother issues

Altared

Seeing can be grieving

End Times

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Best Western

Comedy tour is in-Vince-able

Drear Factor

Running on empty

Frank, Speaking

By the time he got to Phoenix . . .

Skinny Puppy

Industrial pioneers tour for the first time in 12 years

Drive-By Truckers

The Dirty South
(New West Records)

BEST CRAIC-HEADS

Fibber Magee's

Smoke Gets in Their Eyes

Dry ice missiles? Bomb the mountains? Phoenicians come up with some wacky plans for snuffing out the fires.

Enter the Wave Twisters

Hip-hop goes Hollywood, as DJ Q-Bert brings his scratch-music saga to the big screen

Preach of trust

Since 1968, the followers of the Reverend Roger Rudin had let him run their lives. But after his sudden death last month, the stunned congregation discovered they'd been pawns in a cruel game of deceit, hypocrisy and kinky sex.

GIVE 'EM HAIL, HURRY!

FOR THE ARIZONA THUNDERSTORM CHASERS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. AND THEREIN LIES THE RUB.

FLACO 'ROUND THE CLOCKONCE JUST A WARM CHUBASCO, TEX-MEX IS ACQUIRING TORNADO FORCE