This tagger ain’t no Basquiat, but then again, it’s only a tag… As was recently mentioned in a report by my colleague Ray Stern, the Phoenix PD has released images of some of the first graffiti ever on the Phoenix Metro Light Rail. And for this historic occasion, wherein the PMLR gets…
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: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s Red-Light Violation Video Phoenix Light Rail…
A team of surgeons and nurses at Phoenix Children’s Hospital early this morning finished a 17-hour operation to separate conjoined twins. The hospital staff released these photos this afternoon to tout the achievement and the national media attention it brought. NBC’s Today Show is scheduled to report live tomorrow morning…
Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh At 1 Sunday afternoon in Glendale, the Arizona Cardinals play the biggest game in franchise history. At 10:30 that morning in chilly Canada, the Phoenix Suns, uh, don’t. The Suns’ opponent is the Toronto Raptors, who’re battling Mike D’Antoni’s Knicks for the basement in the…
Window-cleaning news blogger Pete Kosednar recently had his records request fulfilled for the video of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon running a red light in August, which we pass along to you for the educational value. Until Gordon’s ticket, we had no idea that red-light cameras could catch you simply for failing…
In the negative-growth, Blade-Runner-like depressed future that may befall Phoenix, the Valley’s light rail trains may one day look like the Rome subway car seen below. But for now — despite whatever budget woes are facing the city — authorities aren’t going to stand for so much as a smudge-mark…
City officials are weighing a plan to consolidate elections in the city of Phoenix — one that could give Mayor Phil Gordon and certain council members an extra two years in office without being forced to run for reelection, New Times has learned. On January 9, a group called “Phoenix…
1947. It was the year of flying saucers, breaking the sound barrier and the first televised state-of-the-union speech. And it was the last year the Cardinals won a championship game. As Cardinals fever blows out thermometers this week, news outlets are dredging up the octogenarians who made the team famous in…
If only all robberies were this easy. A guy walked into the Circle K at University and Dobson early this morning at about 3 a.m. and chatted up the clerk on the subject of Arizona’s 2 a.m. alcohol cut-off time. The clerk told the dude — a 6-foot-tall black man wearing…
Embedded video from CNN Video What’s the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy’s DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I’d say, not much. A lot’s being made in the…
Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt is Arizona’s ace in the hole. Color Terry Bradshaw red, for he has seen the light, brother. After ragging on the Cardinals all year, the shiny-domed former Super Bowl MVP announced his conversion on the FOX NFL Sunday postgame show following Arizona’s shocking dismantling of…
A mid-January game against the Minnesota Timberwolves is no big D, right? The playoffs-bound Phoenix Suns will ring up these bottom-feeding fools without stainin’ their sweats, yo? Wrong on both counts. And that “playoff-bound” part is dicey, in and of itself. Everyone but the Suns seems to realize that every…
Yeah, it was a terrible call. In the last seconds of regulation against Denver with the score tied 103-103, Grant Hill drove toward the basket and was tripped by Nuggets forward Dahntay Jones. Hill hit the hardwood. Tripped, and no call by head referee Dick Bavetta (pictured, the ref who…
Senatorial differences: John McCain opposes giving bailout funds to the guy who stomped him in the presidential election. But Jon Kyl, who holds no such bias, says it’s “too risky” to hold back on the funds. Another shocking case of child abuse: Police say a Valley couple forced their 9-year-old daughter to…
Seems like Michelle D. just can’t stay away from the fray.Could it be? Is she back? And if so, will she finally let me paint her toenails as we debate the finer points of U.S. immigration policy? I’m talking about the former head of the now defunct Mothers Against Illegal…
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: Greg Stanton to Leave Phoenix City Council; Headed to AG’s…
This just in: Greg Stanton, a Phoenix city councilman for eight years, will be resigning his seat to work for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. The news has generated significant buzz, not just because of the game of musical chairs it could trigger at City Hall. No, insiders believe Stanton is…
The latest Dennis Gilman video is a doozy. It covers the MCSO sweep in the west Valley, and shows some of the ski-masked deputies involved. Having MCSO deputies pulling over cars for traffic stops in black masks like this is reminiscent of some South American dictatorship. It’s meant to terrorize…
If there’s one team that’s benefited the most this season from a trade, it’s the Denver Nuggets. On November 3, 2008, nine-time NBA All-Star guard Allen Iverson was dealt to the Detroit Pistons for guard Chauncey Billups (pictured), forward Antonio McDyess, and center Cheikh Samb. (McDyess never suited up in…
Ask not what your state can do for you: Arizona just keep’s digging deeper into a financial black hole. Janet Napolitano’s headed for an “easy” confirmation, despite the fact that she’s been soft on illegal immigration, a problem she’ll be charged to take care of as Homeland Security secretary. Doctors…
What is it with César Chávez? Recently in Dallas, we’ve gone through three attempts to name streets after Mr. Chávez. In one instance, the plan was to remove the name of two brothers who were city founders from a street named after them and rename the street César Chávez Avenue…
KINGS OF CORRUPTION We really do live in a police state: Another great article by Sarah Fenske. Ah, the tangled webs we weave. The Don Stapley indictments are finally beginning to make sense, in a nonsensical kind of way. Funny (not really) how everything’s about political payback. If Stapley had…
