With the current state of the United States economy being, well, horrifying, Mexican immigrants here are running for the border. A study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that the number of Mexican’s entering the United States illegally has dropped nearly 40 percent in 2009, and found that nearly…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is conducting some kind of operation in the east Valley today, though exactly what it is we’re not sure. A source we trust called us this morning to say Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s forces were engaged in another immigration/crime sweep in Chandler this morning…
We’re still waiting for info from the Peoria Police Department on this one, but the Arizona Republic has a story on it already: A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for killing her boyfriend’s 3-year-old niece. This is yet another truly heinous case of child abuse, whoever did it: The…
Image: www.americanpie.ugo.com While searching for real news this morning, it was impossible to miss the front-page story in the Arizona Republic about dating “cougars.” You know, older women, MILFs — Mrs. Robinson, Stifler’s Mom. The funny, feline-flavored fluff article by reporter Megan Finnerty is based on an upcoming “event’ at a Scottsdale resort called MEOW: Men…
Think your Diamondbacks stink? What to make, then, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who, before their 8-5 victory against the Brewers on July 20, had been Milwaukee’s bitch for more than a year? Before that W, the Pirates had choked away 17 straight to the Brewers (the Brewers!) over 14 months. It…
To try to fill vacant homes and revitalize neighborhoods, the city of Phoenix is offering residents a $15,000 loan toward a down-payment on a foreclosed home. The stipulations are that loan recipients must live in the house and arrange their own mortgages…More than 150 Arizona soldiers from the 366th Support…
The mainstream media is making big noise of Sonia Sotomayor’s likely being the first Latina Supreme Court justice, and that all Latinos should be proud. But Puerto Rican ain’t Mexican! The Supreme Court won’t have a shade of brown until a Mexican is among Roberts and Scalia. What does the…
JOE’S ALL WET Lots of us are praying: Another Arpaio/Thomas publicity stunt revealed in your “Down on Brown” story. When will it all stop? Maybe never. But I felt better recently when [U.S.] Homeland Security came up with a new 287(g) plan in which police agencies with the federal authority…
When Brandi Sveback and her husband, Chris, bought a house in Mesa six years ago, they had no idea how close the property would come to devastating their plans for the future. A couple with three small children, they just wanted a starter home. Eventually, they intended to save enough…
ANALYSIS (See list of related stories that led up to this piece) “This situation has absolutely nothing to do with the Sheriff’s Office.” That’s what sheriff’s spokeswoman Lisa Allen told New Times last week when questioned about the growing SCA campaign finance scandal — a claim that surely ranks right…
287(G) BOOS You’d have to mine Davy Jones’ locker to discover the true depth of our Democratic ex-governor’s duplicity over the federal government’s 287(g) program, the new rules for which were announced with great fanfare by Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security two weeks ago. The press was informed that…
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: Neo-Nazi Oi Fest II Scheduled for October 24 in Tonopah, Arizona George Gascon Was Threatened…
Scorpions: 2 Sky Harbor travelers: 0 Last week, a local guy got stung on a plane from Phoenix to Indianapolis. Yesterday, a New Jersey man was stung in the neck as he waited in line at Terminal 2’s security checkpoint. Just a coincidence, says Alisa Smith, spokeswoman for Phoenix Sky…
Just learned that scathing political humorist Bill Maher will have Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano on his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher, which airs this Friday, July 24 at 10 p.m. The confirmation of this is up on HBO’s page for Maher. And Kate Baker, my contact at HBO, tells…
Rudi Apelt, a German national whose brutal murder of a local woman led to a death sentence in 1989, got a reprieve from death row in May after his lawyers convinced a judge that he is mentally retarded.But Apelt won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon. Yesterday, Maricopa County…
Four boys ages 9, 10, 13 and 14 lured an 8-year-old neighbor into a shed at a Phoenix apartment complex, then sexually assaulted her, police say. The crime happened last Thursday evening, and police were called to the scene after reports of a young girl running out of the shed,…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ come-from-behind win Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies was great and all, but it don’t mean squat unless a team can build some momentum from it. Consider the momentum unbuilt Wednesday, because the D-Backs dropped a tough one, 4-3, to the surging Rockies and lost yet another series…
Image: Wikimedia Commons Computer hackers inadvertently came to the rescue of ESPN sportscasting hottie Erin Andrews, scaring off would-be voyeurs from downloading a peeping Tom’s video because of a threat of computer viruses. Confession: We found this out on the Internet while searching for the video. Not that we ever would have downloaded…
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is offering a free, two-hour workshop next week on how to “find, stalk, call, judge, and harvest” black bears in Arizona. The class is designed for hunters, but you can always just skip the “harvest” part if you spot one of these amazing mammals in…
Mesa Police Chief George Gascon’s adios as he packs it in for the City by the Bay is showing up local Mesa politicians for the hayseeds that they are. As reported in the East Valley Tribune by Sonu Munshi, Gascon admitted to her that unnamed Mesa officials wanted to sack him…
A former schoolteacher from Tolleson walked out of a Buckeye prison a free man on Tuesday following a successful appeal of his conviction in a shooting he says was in self defense. The West Valley View describes how Harold Fish, 62, (at right) plans to go camping and fishing, and that…
What could it be that draws neo-Nazis to western Maricopa County town of Tonopah? Desert vistas pregnant with ennui? The occasional corpse dumped next to the Interstate? Exhaust from the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant? Whatever it is, Tonopah will once more be the place for the booted and braced come…
