There are few things more frantic than a mother with a sick kid, and finding a doctor who meets her standards is never easy. Fortunately, Mamapedia.com, an information Web site for all things mommy, has compiled a list of the most popular pediatricians in the Valley. …
Friday’s trading deadline came and went with neither Doug Davis nor Jon Garland being shipped by the Arizona Diamondbacks to teams in contention for a playoff spot. So the two veteran pitchers turned in solid performances this weekend as the D-Backs took the first two out of three in a…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will celebrate the 16th anniversary of Tent City today. The planned fete includes a hot dog barbecue and an ice cream social for inmates. Arpaio says the 1,000 hot dogs and the ice cream were donated…Police arrested 48 people at a house party near 32nd…
Supporters of Harold Fish, the man I wrote about in this week’s lead Bird item “Right to Kill,” have been calling me with their outrage. Most are gun nuts incensed at my opinion of Fish and firearms wackos like themselves. So far, they’ve been spewing some venom on my phone…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Mark Spencer, PLEA President, and the Dark Spots on His Career Record Up on the…
Saying that bankruptcy court might be the only place to stop a deal that forces taxpayers into subsidizing the Phoenix Coyotes, the Goldwater Institute filed a motion this afternoon asking to the judge to allow them to intervene in the case.The motion is filed on behalf of eight Glendale taxpayers…
Some things are best left to others — like trying to catch a criminal in the act. Police don’t know for sure what happened to Jose Favela-Lopez, a 52-year-old apartment manager found dead yesterday morning. However, police statements make it seem like Favela-Lopez fatally overestimated himself. The manager of the…
When are they going to get it?In what is becoming a sickening trend, Arizona teachers are now the latest group to use and abuse taxpayer money to pay for lavish vacations under the veil of “training seminars.”In July, hundreds of teachers from across Arizona, some of whom even brought their…
A second person has been arrested in a case in which $8,000 was embezzled from Phoenix Girl Scout troop 534. Scottsdale police spokesman Sergeant Mark Clark says cops began to investigate after troop members noticed missing funds in April. Former troop leader Trisha Proud, 29 — also a mother of…
The controversial foreclosure bill written by State Senator Steve Pierce and passed into law by Governor Jan Brewer earlier this month is set to be repealed — if the budget ever gets approved, that is. According to Arizona Association of Realtors spokesman Tom Farley, the repeal of Senate Bill 1271…
In response to my request for a comment from the Phoenix Police Department concerning Phoenix Law Enforcement Association President Mark Spencer’s challenge to the current Operations Order 1.4.3, PPD spokesman James Holmes got back to me yesterday. His comment follows below. But first a little background. As I discussed in this…
A lawsuit filed by the ex-employee of an Arizona funeral home claims one of the company’s owners habitually defecated at his desk, disposing of his waste in the office trash can. The employee claims she got sick from the man’s allegedly horrific hygiene, and she also claims another worker at…
Governor Jan Brewer woke up extra early Friday to try to save her potentially doomed budget plan.Brewer met with Senate Majority Whip Pamela Gorman about 7 a.m., in a last-ditch effort to persuade the Governor’s political foe to sign on to her budget deal, which includes a sales tax increase that…
We wrote a few weeks ago about the ongoing criminal case against Lessie Serrano, a food-service supervisor for Golfland Entertainment Inc., the company that owns two Valley water parks and used to own WaterWorld (now called Phoenix Wet `n’ Wild) in Glendale. Last December 18, a Maricopa County grand jury indicted Serrano on highly…
Miller may have been a fine law officer, but we’ll always remember him as the guy who tried to goad us into getting arrested during a little squabble over public records last summer at Phoenix City Hall. After being told by sheriff’s officials we could not touch papers in a…
N ativists wrote in after our July 16 “Border M.A.D.ness” cover story about Minuteman leader Shawna Forde (left), saying either Forde was a misunderstood patriot driven to participating in the killing of a reputed Mexican drug runner and his little girl because of a troubled past or that she was…
The 2009 New York Mets are more or less an afterthought. Despite their humongous payroll — second only to the ever-profligate crosstown Yanks — and the presence of contemporary rock-star athletes such as Johan Santana, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, and Gary Sheffield, the underachievers have been overshadowed all year by…
The Arizona state government budget is once again up in the air, as legislators failed to approve a spending plan for 2010 over a late-night session last night. The Senate is scheduled to reconvene today at 1 p.m., but another vote isn’t expected to be taken…The city of Gilbert’s request…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher’s Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green…
This is our through-the-windshield shot of a gigantic earthmover being escorted by DPS cruisers this morning going west on McDowell Road. The wheels of the vehicle probably needed a wide-load sign themselves. We caught up to the procession ahead of us to take this shot, observing as the tractor-trailer’s driver moved into oncoming lanes (cleared…
Not just Phoenix, not just in Maricopa County, but cities in the entire state of Arizona were snubbed this year by Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live” rankings. That’s right; not a single town, village, or city in the entire state made the highbrow gazette’s cut in this years rankings.This year’s Money poll…
Thirty-five years ago tomorrow, two sisters were seen walking down Baseline Road near Power Road in Mesa. The Leslie girls, Cynthia (who also went by Cindy), 15, and Jackie, 13, had told their mother they were off to a babysitting gig. But there was a bit of naughtiness: They actually planned to…
