Phoenix police announced the arrest Tuesday of a person suspected of shining a laser beam at airplanes flying into Sky Harbor International Airport, as well as a police helicopter.Common sense suggests this kind of crime could cause a full-blown catastrophe, though we’re not aware of any case in which an…
Does this count as bad PR, or good? John Paul Mitchell, a Republican candidate for governor, shares a Flickr photo account with his female roommate, and — according to him — she uploaded a picture of herself posing topless. A political consultant found the picture and published it along with…
A Maricopa County jury convicted Donnie Delahanty today of murdering veteran Phoenix police officer David Uribe in the first degree. Delahanty faces a minimum sentence of life without parole when the jury recovenes to consider his punishment. The 22-year-old California native also could be sentenced to death. Delahanty stared straight ahead…
Bling out your car with a Phoenix Sun license plate and you’ll be helping the basketball team’s charity organization.Arizona law requires that $17 of the $25 fee paid by people who buy specialty plates must go to charities. Other specialty plates in Arizona include: the Arizona Diamondbacks, child abuse prevention,…
The Arizona Theatre Company is asking potential customers to buy tickets online or from its Tucson box office after a fire at state Attorney General Terry Goddard’s house knocked out phone lines.Jennifer Spencer, spokeswoman for the company, writes in a comment on our post about the cause of the fire…
The early-morning fire at Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard’s downtown Phoenix home was caused by a refrigerator in his detached garage or an outlet the fridge was plugged into, fire officials tell New Times.Neighbors reportedly saw 40-foot flames at the structure. The garage is used as a workshop and “storage…
Sure, we realize you can catch a Mexican soap opera anytime just by turning on the TV. But if you want to watch something a bit more artful, check out the “Golden Mexican Film Review” this Saturday at the Burton Barr Library. The Phoenix library, in conjunction with the Consulate…
We just received word from the Saudi Arabian embassy following our inquiries about the all-male mayors junket of U.S. Mayors in which Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon taking part.Interestingly, we hadn’t e-mailed the embassy (though perhaps, in hindsight, we should have). Rather, our e-mail to the U.S. Conference of Mayors was referred…
A 39-year-old Douglas man was arrested after being stopped on Interstate 10 near Benson while hauling a half-ton of pot. The Department of Public Safety says “Manny,” a narcotics detection dog, found the bundles of buds in a false compartment in the trailer.Authorities have been seeing a general increase in…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and nine other mayors will travel to Saudi Arabia this month on a junket paid for by the Saudi government, Arizona Republic reporter Scott Wong reports this morning. When we looked at the list of mayors Wong published, though, something struck as odd: They were all…
An unsuccessful stadium concert hosted by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona will be costing students for years to come.The Last Smash Platinum Bash concert took place at the Arizona Stadium in Tucson and featured Jay-Z, Kelly Clarkson, Third Eye Blind, and other musical groups. According to the…
We’re sure even Harry Houdini had his off days. During the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night, Doug Davis, the D-Backs’ master escapist of disaster, did coax Dodger hitters into a double and a triple play, but other than that, his effort through 4…
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard’s home in downtown Phoenix caught fire about 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. No one was injured and the home was not damaged, but the garage burned. Investigators are trying to uncover the cause of the fire…Officials for the Phoenix Convention Center have asked the state to…
Later this morning, a Maricopa County jury will announce its verdicts in the first-degree murder case of Donnie Delahanty, who stands accused of killing veteran Phoenix police officer David Uribe (in the photo) in May 2005.Authorities accused Delahanty, now 22, of shooting Officer Uribe to death during a routine traffic…
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:Can Janet Napolitano Fail Upward to the Supreme Court? Valley Fever:Speed Camera Killing and…
As mentioned in a previous blog post, at Saturday’s Walk for Respect to Joe Arpaio’s Tent City, I spoke with neo-Nazis J.T. Ready and “Vito Lombardi,” both of whom were throwing up the sieg heil sign as they verbally attacked the marchers passing by on Durango Street. They told me…
True, we’re a bit cynical about the benefits of the green movement. One reason is people like Danny Seo, who use the concept of green to make a lot of green. Sure, Seo’s a nice guy who was born on Earth Day and wants to save the planet. But what’s…
Larry Giebelhausen (right) should go into politics. The Phoenix police lieutenant lobbied his friends, fellow church members, and about anyone would listen to vote for him online in a contest hosted by Golf Digest magazine and the U.S. Open. He even got the Arizona Republic to publish an article…
Here we go again. With the announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the buzz is that the White House wants to pick a non-judge female to become one of the nine. So of course this means some analysts with nothing but time on their mitts are suggesting that…
Nothing like Internet humor to brighten up your Monday morning, even if it’s only about 40 watts’ worth. With that, we bring you a list straight from the Downtown Voices Coalition’s Web site, which says the list originated as a chain e-mail: How to Drive in Phoenix 1. “Phoenix “…
The most pressing question about the H1N1 “swine flu” virus now seems to be: Will the thing return this fall and kill millions?Locally, the panic has ratcheted way down, with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health declaring on Saturday that new cases of swine flu would not result in…
We’d been wondering why Robert Anglen’s byline has been scarce. Turns out the award-winning Arizona Republic reporter has been toiling away — with editor David Fritze and “data reporter” Ryan Konig — on a one-year investigation of corrupt charities and how they hide money for the nefarious purposes of their…
