If you’re an Arizona Diamondbacks fan, you’re looking to the future already, drooling perhaps at the notion of Justin “The Franchise” Upton becoming a perennial All-Star, hitting 40 homers, stealing 30 bases, hitting .315. It can happen. Until that day arrives, you’ll have to reside in Fantasyland, because this year’s…
An SUV collided with a light rail train Wednesday night at 7th Avenue and Camelback. The crash sent another car careening over the barrier, but no one was hurt, and light rail continues to run as usual…Chandler fire crews battled a two-acre palm tree fire near Brooks Farms and Tower…
A year and a half ago, I told you about Michael “Boo” Booher. I told you that Boo, 62, was a convicted pedophile — a guy who’d pleaded guilty to molesting a 7-year-old girl. I told you he was hosting unlicensed raves in a warehouse next to the Fourth Avenue…
Is it true that most Mexicans are carriers of the swine flu because to the fact they eat a lot of chicharrones, or is it the fact that your women are so pig-like? I knew that Mexicans have muy shitty diets, but now we have to worry about them infecting…
PRIUS PROBLEMS Wanna reduce your footprint? Buy used: Look at me; I’m an attention whore! I wouldn’t say all Prius owners are like this, but a few of those interviewed for the article seemed like this was truthfully the main reason they bought the vehicle. Sure, they may go on…
NEO-NAZI JOE? Lie down with gutter mutts, and you get mange. This little nugget of wisdom certainly applies to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s recent photo-op with a local neo-Nazi, who goes by the handle “Vito Lombardi.” Currently, there’s a snapshot of Joe and Vito up on Stormfront.org, a white supremacist message…
Following up on yesterday’s blog item about the hunger strike in Joe’s jails, I spoke with Maricopa County Board of Supervisors spokesman Richard DeUriarte this afternoon, and he confirmed that a massive hunger strike did take place yesterday in MCSO’s Durango Jail. DeUriarte said that on Cinco de Mayo, 500…
Joe brags about the $1.6 million, and threatens BOS Chairman Max Wilson Here are two YouTube videos that’ve made their way to me, covering Joe Arpaio’s recent appearance before the College Republicans at ASU West. The first was shot by someone using their cell phone camera, so the quality is…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Hunger Strike in Joe Arpaio’s Jails: 500 Reportedly Refusing to Eat Because of…
A Mesa father and engineer has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI about his involvement in a charity organization tied to Hamas. Between 1994 and 1997, Akram Musa Abdallah, 54, raised funds for the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which the federal government accuses of…
The Department of Public Safety just announced why Brett Mecum, the 30-year-old executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, was arrested this morning at party headquarters: Mecum, the glum-faced guy in the picture, was caught by a freeway speed camera on April 10 doing 109 mph in his sports car,…
Something smells funny at Modified Arts, and it’s not just the sweaty bodies packed in to see the latest indie rock group. The beloved modest arts venue on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix has been suffering with the erratic aroma of sewage. If you’ve been in Modified during the past…
Arizona State University’s Barack Obama scholars program, which is named after the President because ASU had to do something after denying Obama an honorary degree, is one generous spending package.The university just ramped up the qualifying family income ceiling to $60,000 for students awarded the Obama ride. The ceiling had…
Talk about a party foul. The executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, Brett Mecum, was arrested today at party headquarters in Phoenix.Later info from an Arizona Republic blog is that Mecum was taken down for speeding, possibly because of a photo-enforcement violation. New Times’ rumor patrol has heard the…
The computing capabilities of law enforcement upgraded today with the “completion” of AZLink, an Internet-based system of sharing federal and local data about criminals and illegal immigrants. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix says the program: …allows connected partners to share investigative, booking, incarceration, weapon, drug, warrant, immigration status, and…
You probably noticed it was getting warm outside, and so have officials with the City of Phoenix. According to a lengthy news release and online guide to surviving the annual heat wave, municipal workers are training senior citizens and passing out water to the homeless. They also want you to…
The Business Journal of Phoenix shed a “handful” of employees this week after its parent company, American City Business Journals, announced a nationwide hiring freeze and salary cuts. That sounds gentler than the gouging that’s been going on at the East Valley Tribune and Arizona Republic, but the local Biz…
A topless photo of Miss California published yesterday (that’s part of it, at the right) on the locally run gossip blog, “The Dirty,” could be the tipping point for pageant officials who are considering taking away her crown. The officials are also ticked Carrie Prejean has been shilling for Jesus…
Last night’s Arizona Diamondbacks loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers was all about streaks. Following the 3-1 win, the NL West-leading Blue Bombers have amassed 12 straight victories at Chavez Ravine for the season. Conversely, the D-Backs have lost three in a row, equaling their worst losing streak this year…
Police in Mesa are investigating what the East Valley Tribune’s calling the city’s first homicide of the year. The victim, Rick Glum, was stabbed to death in a West Mesa neighborhood . A motorist found Glum’s body Sunday morning…Catholic priest Chris Carpenter has been excommunicated from the Phoenix Diocese. Carpenter,…
Phoenix civil rights activist Salvador Reza and Univision Channel 33 are reporting that there is a hunger strike on in Joe’s jails, with about 500 prisoners joining in the action to protest the atrocious food served in Arpaio’s incarceration complex. Reza, who led a march of thousands on Joe’s jails…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard:Joe Arpaio Has Pic Taken with Neo-Nazi, Gives Nazis Intelligence on Marchers Up on the Sun:Anarbor…
