Yet another alleged Arizona scumbag was arrested out of state — this time for molesting grown men. The Los Angeles Police Department says Jeffrey Graybill, 40, was arrested on September 30 for pretending to be a Los Angeles fertility doctor called “Dr. Richardson,” in order to sexually molest patients in…
This is not a good week for Arizona hospitals. New Times reported yesterday about a nurse allegedly defecating in a Glendale operating room, and of a dead baby found in the same hospital’s bathroom. Well, here’s more trouble to add to the list. A former Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn patient filed a lawsuit…
It’s a good thing, too, according to DHS spokesperson Laura Oxley, because Arizona H1N1 outbreaks are “widespread” — the most serious CDC classification. This means more than half the counties in the state have reported swine flu cases.Since April, 1,935 Arizonans have been infected by swine flu, and 27 have died,…
Migrant deaths in the Arizona desert have spiked 20 percent in fiscal year 2009, according to statistics from the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. Border Patrol agents found 191 bodies in the desert between October 1, 2008 and the end of August. During the same time period the year before, there were 159 deaths…
University of Arizona authorities are in the process of dropping charges against two students ticketed for drawing on the campus with chalk earlier this week. As part of a student rally, 24-year old Jacob Miller and 10 others drew pictures and messages to protest budget cuts on Thursday. Among their…
The first thing we noticed about Thai-E San, located at the northeast corner of 7th St. and Indian School Road in Phoenix, was the smell. The authentic aroma of coconut curry and Thai spices infused the place. After the waitress seated us at a large marble table, we had to…
Nogales native Caroline Valdez is in quite the pickle. On Friday, this former executive assistant to California Representative Loretta Sanchez was sentenced to three years on probation for stealing nearly $7,000 of office funds. The dumbest part? Looks like she used the bulk of the money to buy pizzas, groceries, and…
The fire that burned down the popular Phoenix restaurant Richardson’s Cuisine of New Mexico in July was definitely not arson, according to a Phoenix Fire Department report released last Friday. Though the investigators are still not certain what caused the blaze that destroyed the iconic Phoenix restaurant, they have determined…
Dumplings. Potstickers. Gyoza. Jiao-zi. Whatever you want to call ’em–there’s only one way to describe these plump, succulent, steamy little treats: absolutely delicious. So on a recent Sunday, armed with a traditional Chinese recipe for shrimp, pork and chive dumplings, we thought we’d try making a batch from scratch. One…
Remember when we were complaining that there weren’t enough Asian restaurants in downtown Phoenix? Well, now there’s one more. It’s called Thai E-San and–if the menu is anything to go by–it looks like it might just do the trick. Thai E-San (translating to “North of Thailand”) provides a sample of…
Are gerkins, kimchi, fancy Dutch gouda and Chinese shumai on your shopping list? Then the House of Rice is the store for you. This tiny Scottsdale grocery and kitchen supply store stocks Asian and Dutch food. The combination might sound odd at first brush, but actually makes perfect sense: The…
Have you ever stopped to think about how cool it would be if your gadgets fixed themselves? Of course you haven’t, because that would be CRAZY. Crazy or not, self-healing machines are exactly what several University of Arizona professors and graduate students have been researching for the past two years…
Arizona Republic clip of “Phoenix Lights” Remember when many Phoenicians saw UFOs? Even former Governor Fife Symington eventually fessed up to seeing the giant, V-shaped formation of lights cruising slowly through the sky The so-called “Phoenix lights, appeared suddenly on the night of March 3, 1997, and just as suddenly…
What’s crazier than a screaming woman in labor? A screaming robot woman in labor. It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. The University of Arizona Medical Center is the proud owner of their very own pregnant robot-mannequin lady. Named Noelle, she grunts, screams, yells at the doctors, pees, bleeds…
Editor’s note: All interviews with parents were conducted in Spanish and translated to English. When Alfonso Uribe was 2 years old, he started banging his head against a wall. Alarmed, his mother took him to a doctor. The doctor didn’t speak Spanish, and Eulalia Uribe didn’t speak English. There was no translator…
State Senate bill 1271 — which would have drastically changed Arizona’s foreclosure law — was reversed when Governor Jan Brewer signed the majority of the budget. The law would have made it more difficult to qualify for protections that often prevent homeowners from going bankrupt in the event of foreclosures…
Sedona man Jack Louis Sporich–also known as the “Pied Piper of Pedophiles”–was arrested yesterday after being extradited from Cambodia for molesting four children under the age of 14. He and two others– Erik Peeters, 41, Ronald “John” Boyajian, 59 –were caught as part of the international sex sting “Operation Twisted…
Parents will be delighted to learn that their college students now have a legal place to experiment with hard drugs. And it’s just across the border. No joke. Yesterday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon signed a controversial bill into law that will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs, including…
Good news for those who missed watching local playwright James Garcia’s newest play: Due to overwhelming popularity, Tears of Lives will have four more shows this weekend. Ripped from the headlines of stories about recent raids and deportations, the play adds a third dimension to the much-reported immigration story: Humanity. Tears…
In case you missed it, about a dozen men with guns showed up at an Obama healthcare rally in Phoenix this Monday, at least one of them carrying a semi-automatic rifle. The man packing the AR-15 (a really big gun)–identified only as “Chris B”–was interviewed by libertarian radio show host…
Looks like our nativist cover-girl Shawna Forde and two others could get the death penalty for their roles in the murder of a man and his 9-year old daughter during an Arivaca home invasion earlier this year. Deputy Pima County attorney Kellie Johnson announced yesterday that she’d filed a notice…
Pot is one hot commodity this year — at least, judging by the insanely large loads the U.S. Border Patrol have seized this summer. During the month of July alone, Tucson seized more than 100,000 pounds of pot — bringing the total poundage to 1,065,325 this year. That’s well above…
