San Carlos

Santa Cruz County Officials Refusing To Release $10K Impounded from Girlfriend During Investigation of Boyfriend's Suicide, But Did Give Her Gun He Used To Shoot Himself

Leslie Lysy tells New Times that the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office is refusing to return about $10,000 they impounded along with the Yukon she and her boyfriend were traveling in when he shot himself in the head with a 9mm Glock. That was on April 10, 2011 -- a traumatic incident made worse with how ... More >>

Christopher Quaratino, A.K.A. Amityville Kid, Will Tell Spooky Story for Halloween

Image: Jamie Peachey Christopher Quaratino, a member of the Lutz family that got chased out a creepy-looking house in Amityville, New York 25 years ago, will read a spooky story during a live Web cast at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 30.​Christopher Quaratino, who was 7 when he lived in th ... More >>

"Modern Mexican Painting" at Phoenix Art Museum Asks Frida to Move Over

Mob Mentality

Fry Girl vs. The Apache Burger

​Through the winding streets of the San Carlos community I came upon a school bus unloading its innocent cargo. I asked an awaiting mother, "Can you tell me where to find the Apache Burger?" Her reaction told me she knew of the beast. "It's that way," she pointed, "but the restaurant might ... More >>

Adult Swim's Labor Day Massive

Adult Swim

Adult Swim Gets a Permanent Home at Hotel San Carlos, Despite Getting Visited By the Cops

Benjamin LeathermanSome of the fashionable attendees at Adult Swim's kickoff party last month. Click here to revisit our slideshow. ​How did Adult Swim's Memorial Day edition at the Hotel San Carlos fare? To hear co-promoter Jen Deveroux describe things, it started sounding like déjà vu all ... More >>

Dive In Move

Adult Swim Finds A Temporary Home For Memorial Day Weekend

Adult Swim Finds A Temporary Home For Memorial Day Weekend

Benjamin Leatherman Adult Swim's launch party from earlier this month, which pretty much turned into a one-off.​After a few weeks of searching for a new home, the promoters of Adult Swim have finally found a new location to host their popular hipster pool party this weekend. And in a huge ... More >>

Ghost Lounge at Hotel San Carlos Opens on Friday

​Downtown Phoenix's music scene might (or might not) be "ovah," but at least its club scene is continuing to thrive. For instance, the Hotel San Carlos is opening its new Ghost Lounge tonight with a boffo benefit and party. The bar/club is located in the lobby of the vintage hotel, replacing ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Free Freakfests, Steamcroween, and REM

Ryan JosephBurlesque singer Melody Sweets will perform at the Venue of Scottsdale tonight as a part of Most Interesting Show in the World.​While next week gonna be packed wall-to-wall with Halloween events aplenty -- from vampire parties to dire deathraces -- this weekend ain't too shabby when it ... More >>

Heartbreak Hotel

Famed Phoenix haunt capitalizes on its phantoms

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Youth Brigade, Harry Potter, and Latin Beats

Harry Potter tribute band The Remus Lupins are scheduled to perform at the Scottsdale Public Library's Mustang Branch on Saturday. Who says there's nothing to do during the summertime besides planting yourself in front of either the television or the air conditioner? Certainly not us, since we've a ... More >>

Tune in Tokyo

The Happening @ Copper Square: Downtown Phoenix Pub Crawl

The Phoenix Fire Marshal Stops Pool Parties at the Hotel San Carlos

The Wizards of Time and Black Carl explore the life aquatic at Hotel San Carlos' Star Swim

Diver Down

Deep float

'06 Pandemic Poll - AZPX SkateRock installment

Molten Gold

Jett flakes, so Kreme flies solo and gets his art jones fixed at the Molten Brothers' "Deck" show

The Crying Game

Despite a celebrated history, Native American transgenders struggle in the modern world

Got Spirit?

Hotel is hardly haunted

Do Not Disturb

At the San Carlos, ghosts check in, but they don't check out

Bottom Feeding

Casting to find the best fish and chips

Cursed . . .

. . . and put a stake in it!

BEST MEXICAN SEAFOOD

San Carlos Bay Seafood Restaurant

Stiffed!

Privé's co-owner beats a hasty retreat out of town, and the San Carlos' proprietor is furious

History Lessons

Yavapai children used to call themselves "dumb Indians." Now they know better.

Retro Flavor

Eatin' It Up at the Hotel San Carlos

Taco Belle

Beleaguered San Carlos reformer could find salvation in salsa

Letters

From the week of January 18, 2001

Letters

From the week of December 28, 2000

Tribal Belt

Margarite Faras tried to fix what she thought was wrong with the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Instead, San Carlos fixed her.

Waiting for Gourmet

Valley diners search for variety

Revenge of the Verdes

Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide

Bordering on Exploitation

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

Bright Bites, Big City

Night & Day

Timely Tim

Despite an unremarkable demeanor, public-interest lawyer Tim Hogan has a nose for trouble and a knack with judges

King Snake

Boogie monarch John Lee Hooker is still in the mood for the blues

Food Fighter

Time and again, Valley restaurant legend Nick Ligidakis has cooked his own goose. Will Cafe Niko be another overtrimmed turkey?

Crime Spree on the Reservation

Teen-gangster Crips on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community got high on crystal meth and cheap beer and terrorized the reservation with drive-by shootings, murder, beatings, fire-bombings and robberies for two years--until the feds busted them fo

The Mexican Connection

How Governor Symington misused state resources to further the cross-border business interests of his friends and family.

Carlota Complaints

Tribes allege that archaeological and burial sites on mine grounds are being violated

Crime Me a River

A Salt River rafter rides a torrent of legal and financial troubles

DOES NOT WORK TO CAPACITY

PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

OH, GEORGE! ISN'T THAT A CHARMING MACHINE GUN?A TOURISM AGENCY PLANS TOURS TO STRIFE-TORN YAQUI SONORA

MONITOR LAGGARDS

WHEN IT COLLECTS AIRBORN SAMPLES OF RADIOACTIVE DUST, PALO VERDE THINKS SMALL

BALLAD OF THE SOD CAFE