With every statement uttered from her perch as Homeland Security czar, in every action she takes each day her fanny remains in its cozy D.C. seat, ex-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano reaffirms that she’s Barack Obama’s token nativist. Best to think of her as a chunky, skunk-haired version of the Child…
Police today released a photograph of a car apparently speeding away from the armed kidnapping of a man from a Phoenix clothing store. The black, 1990s Lincoln Mercury was one of three getaway vehicles used by the suspects. While no evidence of the crime can be seen in the picture, police hope…
Famed gangsta rap producer “Suge” Knight (right) sure knows how to keep it real. The founder of Death Row Records, former home to legendary rappers Tupac and Snoop Dogg, used his face as a battering ram against another man’s fists early this morning during a fight at the W…
Well, it’s official. Phoenix Suns head coach Terry Porter was fired today and replaced (on an interim basis) with long-time Phoenix assistant and former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Alvin Gentry (pictured). “I hired Terry because I believed he would be able to provide the balance our team needed in order to…
What was most (maybe the only thing) memorable about last night’s Pac-10 slugfest between ASU and Southern Cal happened with about a minute left. USC head coach Tim Floyd (the oddly gesticulating gent in the photo) took such umbrage with a pivotal call against his squad that he felt compelled to whirl like…
The only thing the sports media love more than a good feud is a half-assed gesture to end it under meaningless circumstances. So it was that Kobe and Shaq were forced to awkwardly hoist a trophy together at the 2009 NBA All-Star game, just as they did back when they…
President Obama’s putting Mesa on the map — for a few days, anyway — with his planned Wednesday visit to a high school, and hundreds of people camp out for a chance to see him. We figured as much: Sources report that Terry Porter is history as the Phoenix Suns head coach. Shaq and…
This is the sort of thing ordinary folks get mad about us Media Elites saying, but covering any event — even a basketball game where the league’s biggest stars take turns not playing defense — is a lot like any other day on the job. There is one exception, and…
PCP. Peyote. Embalming fluid. Nicaraguan horse dung. See, I’m trying to figure out what the hell’s in the water cooler over at Nova M, as owners Anita Drobny and hubby Sheldon point the nose of the plane toward the ground and up the speed. Believe me, I say this as a…
We understand that 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:Valley Fever: Mesa Teacher Accused of Molesting Junior High School Student Researcher Says…
Porn star and possible politician with fringe benefits, Wicked Pictures contract girl Stormy Daniels, was in Phoenix last week, feature dancing at Le Girls Cabaret. Sadly, I missed her performance. In another life, I interviewed the voluptuous Louisiana native for a feature called “Cooking with the Porn Stars” for the now-defunct graffiti…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors today denied claims that the county has been “uncooperative” in a request for public records and employer sanctions investigation by Sheriff Joe Arpaio — the latest squabble in the county’s internecine warfare. We’d be able to tell you exactly what Arpaio was bitching…
Okay, it’s not the 2:30 or 3 a.m. some of you were hoping for, but the light-rail trains will run overtime out of downtown Phoenix this weekend due to the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. You can catch the trains from downtown as late as 1 a.m. tonight (yes, we know…
Research from Down Under published in a scientific journal recently claims the anti-meth advertising program in Montana, (the one on which the Arizona Meth Project is based), wastes millions of taxpayer dollars because it isn’t effective. David Erceg-Hurn, a doctoral student at the University of Western Australia, published the paper in…
In what may be a watershed moment in the battle to end Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-Hispanic pogroms and his abuse of his federal 287(g) authority, the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee is pressing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano to investigate Sheriff Joe and to make sure his use of his 287(g)…
Stories about teachers having sex with 17-year-old students are one thing. This is a whole different — and vastly more disturbing — kind of crime: Mesa Teacher Arrested for Molestation of Female Student A Mesa School District teacher was arrested yesterday evening after information surfaced about inappropriate contact with…
Phoenix Suns head coach Terry Porter was “visibly annoyed” today at questions related to a column in the New York Post this morning that speculated Porter was about to be replaced by Suns general manager Steve Kerr. According to the latest media reports, both Porter and Kerr deny they’ve…
ASU star James Harden was wheeling and dealing in the lane last night with just more than a minute to go against UCLA. The 11th-ranked Bruins were up by one point, and time was running out on the shot clock. This is the kind of game that UCLA usually wins. It…
It’s not a honeymoon: President Obama will stop in Phoenix and Denver next week as part of his whirlwind U.S. tour to promote his stimulus plan. Fire, but no reported brimstone at a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Mesa. Their albums have sold millions of copies, they’ve played before waves…
We understand that 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: Valley Fever: Arpaio “Surprised” by Official Protest by Mexico of Policy to…
Phoenix police released the long-awaited “client list” from the alleged “Desert Divas” prostitution ring — and it’s sort of a dud. When cops first announced the bust back in August, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas swore there were “big name clients” on lists kept by the suspected prostitutes. Today, Phoenix…
Looks like February will be going out like a lion, with a massive anti-Joe protest scheduled for the 28th demanding the termination of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) agreement. Some 70 activist groups will march by the Arizona ICE office, the Wells Fargo Tower, where the MCSO has its executive offices,…
