This Was the Hottest Summer Ever in Phoenix
There’s never been a summer in Phoenix hotter than this one.The average temperature of 95.1 degrees from July to August is the highest on record, according to the National Weather Service…
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Showing 9681 - 9702 of 32687Dog Park Opening in Downtown Phoenix, Nearly An Acre at Hance Park Devoted to Dogs
Phoenix officials are pretty amped about downtown’s first dog park, calling its opening a “great day” and the “most exciting thing” for dogs and their owners to happen in a decade. The off-leash area for dogs at the northwestern part of the park on Culver Street between 3rd and 5th…
Mud-slinging Continues in South Phoenix’s District 8 City Council Race
A couple of campaign fliers circulating around District 8 slam Kate Widland Gallego for her ties to Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political allies — and apparently for not being a minority. One of the bright yellow fliers, tucked on doors of homes throughout the district, call the council candidate a…
Chad Campbell Not Running for Governor
Chad Campbell, the state House Minority Leader, has decided that he’s not running for governor in 2014.Unless someone else with the ability to raise some money decides to get in the race, it looks like Fred DuVal is going to be the Democratic nominee in 2014…
Peoria Opening Pioneer Community Park, One of Valley’s Largest Municipal Play Grounds
Peoria officials are opening Pioneer Community Park, an 83-acre recreation campus, to the public at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The park, at the corner of 83rd and Olive avenues, features six ball fields with concessions stands and restrooms with a central plaza; four lighted multipurpose fields; a dog park, picnic ramadas…
Richard Chrisman Guilty of Aggravated Assault, but Jury Can’t Decide on Murder
A jury found former Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman guilty of aggravated assault, but the jurors couldn’t decide on two other charges, including second-degree murder.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says he has not ruled out a retrial on charges of murdering Phoenix resident Daniel Rodriguez in 2010, and killing his…
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Jan Brewer Broadens Hateful Driver’s License Ban Beyond DREAMers
Don’t know how many of you are familiar with British conspiracy theorist David Icke, the guy who believes a secret race of shape-shifting lizard people have populated the planet in the guise of our political and cultural leaders, but I’m beginning to believe Icke’s not spouting bunkum and has been…
Anthony Vigil Showed His Penis to a 10-Year-Old Kid Before Stealing His Bike, Cops Say
A 10-year-old Phoenix boy recently had what’s probably the crappiest day of his young life, after some creep exposed his penis to the boy, and proceeded to steal his bike.Police say 40-year-old Anthony Gerard Vigil is the alleged pervert/bike thief, who said he was too drunk to remember anything, according…
Absolute Worst Name for an Arizona Town?
Yesterday, we brought you our picks for the 10 worst-named towns in Arizona.In many cases, the story behind the name is even worse than the name itself, like the town of Bagdad…
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Bill Montgomery Scolded by Debra Milke Judge for Withholding Information
Former Phoenix homicide detective Armando Saldate might be the only reason Debra Milke was on death row for more than two decades for killing her son — a conviction that has since been overturned by a federal appeals court.Upon hearing that Saldate was planning to refuse testifying in Milke’s retrial,…
Ex-Prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon Can’t Have Law License Back, Arizona Supreme Court Says
Lisa Aubuchon, the ethics-bending ex-prosecutor who filed bogus criminal charges against a judge, has lost her appeal with the state Supreme Court to get her law license back. Aubuchon and her former boss, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, were disbarred last year for abusing law-enforcement procedures in their fight…
Christopher Jackson, Alleged Vagina-Brander, Had Sex With a Dog, Sheriff’s Office Says
The Chandler man accused of branding his initials into his girlfriend’s vagina has been arrested again, this time for allegedly having sex with a dog.The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says detectives served a warrant on 47-year-old Christopher Lynn Jackson’s house yesterday, and recovered videos that “clearly show” Jackson and two…
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Joe Arpaio and MCSO’s Weekend in Tempe Ends With 405 Arrests
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office certainly didn’t shut down the Arizona State University party scene in Tempe this weekend, but the alcohol task-force did come away with 405 arrests.That was the fourth weekend of Tempe PD’s “Safe and Sober” campaign, which notched 1,367 arrests over the three previous weekends…
Tea Party Activists Celebrating Book-Banning in Southern Arizona School District
Tea party activists are celebrating as one of their own successfully got a book banned from a southern Arizona school district.Debbie Stoner, a tea party organizer in the small community of Palominas, near Sierra Vista, alleged that her son, a sophomore at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, was told…
Chop-Shop Owner Busted After Gearhead Recognizes His Stolen Engine in Another Car
If your engine was ripped out of your car, would you be able to spot your engine if you ever saw it?For one Peoria man, the answer to that question is “yes,” and a chop-shop owner was busted after the victim recognized the engine from his stolen Ford Mustang had…
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Is Paul Goldschmidt the MVP Right Now?
If you stopped watching the Arizona Diamondbacks and their mediocre season, we can’t blame you.But allow us to point something out — this morning, Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .301, and is first in the National League in home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, and OPS, and is third in the NL…
Photos: ASU Fans Tailgating at Game Against Wisconsin
Arizona State University beat 20th-ranked Wisconsin in extraordinarily strange fashion on Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium.New Times was there to capture the festivities…
Arizona Highways Magazine Accidentally Identifies Psychedelic Mushroom as Edible
Arizona Highways magazine won’t be hitting the newsstands this month, after it wrongly identified a certain mushroom as being edible.Let’s just say that while most people wouldn’t consider the fly agaric mushroom to be edible, hippies at a Phish concert might…
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Arizona Wildfire Starter Bryan Teague Sentenced to One Week in Prison
Peoria resident Bryan Teague has been sentenced to a week in federal prison and two years’ supervised probation for starting the August 2012 Mistake Peak Fire in the Tonto National Forest. Still uncertain is whether he’ll have to pay nearly half a million dollars in firefighting costs…
Phoenix Man Threatens Girlfriend With Gun for Calling Him Gay, Police Say
Phoenix resident Hector Olalde does not like being called gay.He dislikes the accusation so much that police say Olalde, 28, pulled a gun on his girlfriend, and fired that gun all around his neighborhood after she called him gay, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
Top Five Arizona Cardinals Performances in Win Over Detroit Lions
The Arizona Cardinals earned their first win of the season yesterday, in a 25-21 win at home over the Detroit Lions.Larry Fitzgerald hardly played, while Calvin Johnson had 116 receiving yards and two touchdowns against the Cardinals defense, Carson Palmer threw a pick-six, and the Cardinals still managed to win…
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Richard Chrisman Jurors Deliberating, Two Dead Children Get Some Justice, and More
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, two now-deceased children get their justice, jurors continue deliberations in the murder trial of former Phoenix cop Richard Chrisman, and more:…