In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: CBS 5’s Joe Arpaio Follow-Up, and the Pressure on the ASU Profs to Perform Tonight…
County leaders want to know: What part of illegal doesn’t Sheriff Joe Arpaio understand? America’s self-described Toughest Sheriff won’t tolerate tamale-selling illegal immigrants, people who honk their horns or costume-wearing political pundits. But, according to Wesley Baysinger, (below) the county’s chief procurement officer, the Sheriff’s Office committed a felony when…
Authorities in seven Arizona cities have been looking for the people responsible for the theft of hundreds of iPhones and other expensive cell phones over the past few months. Today, the Glendale Police Department announced that it has arrested three people in connection with the thefts.Lucky for the three men…
An apology ordered by a judge in the case of a detention officer who took papers from a defense attorney’s file doesn’t appear to be coming in time for a December 1 deadline. Instead, the judge may receive only a few words tonight from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff’s Office…
People say the holiday season should be about giving, and local law enforcement seems to be taking that to heart by giving out DUIs like they’re going outta style.As part of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s Holiday DUI Task Force, with the clever catch phrase “drive hammered…get nailed,” law…
The state Board of Cosmetology threatened in April to pull the license of a Gilbert spa because of a treatment the owners were calling “doctor fish.””Doctor fish” is a pedicure treatment where people dip their feet in tanks of water that have hundreds of live imported Garra Rufa fish that want…
Here’s a new way to potentially beat the dreaded photo-radar cameras: Buy a novelty license plate.This method apparently worked for one Arizona speeder, whose large white Dodge pickup truck went speeding past a photo radar station and the camera snapped a shot of the license plate that says, “N Joy…
Construction on a second lane into Mexico at the U.S. Port of Entry in Lukeville, the gateway to Rocky Point beaches, will begin by the middle of next year, state officials say. The easier cross-border access will be among the topics discussed this weekend at the Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary Session…
A new “extreme Beer” that has been outlawed in 13 states is coming to Arizona, and in the words of Dave Chappelle, “It’ll get ya drunk.”…
If CBS 5’s follow-up to its October Joe Arpaio special didn’t pack the combination punch of the first episode, it did bring home the notion that anyone can get caught up in Arpaio’s web of cynical, trumped-up investigations. Indeed, ordinary clerks, secretaries, and functionaries have become the targets of Joe’s…
After the Cardinals 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Matt Leinart is officially worthless. Frankly, he’s worth even less than that — Matt Leinart is worth a negative $50 million dollars over six years. Leinart got a chance to step out from behind the clipboard Sunday, after Kurt Warner…
It simply stated, “see u above the rim buddy.” While the Suns superstar may not have made good on the friendly jibe by slam-dunking over the 6-foot-10 power forward during Phoenix’s battle against the Raptors on Sunday at the Air Canada Centre, Nash was plenty busy helping to lift his…
A possible extension of the Valley Metro light rail that would extend through Mesa probably will get federal funding, according to Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. Smith presented the project to officials in Washington D.C. last week and claims that federal officials are all but sold on helping fund the project…Motorcycles…
Like you needed further evidence of Joe Arpaio’s involvement with far right extremists, Arpaio recently stated on his Twitter account that his contributions to wing-nuttery will be acknowledged this December 3 in D.C. by the ultra-conservative Let Freedom Ring think-tank, one of the orgs behind the tax day tea party…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Tater Tots and a Video from the Nativists Featuring Yours Truly Joe Arpaio to be…
An Indian restaurant owner whose brother was slain in Mesa after the September 11, 2001 attacks attended Tuesday’s state dinner with President Obama and the Indian Prime Minister.The Arizona Republic reports that Rana Singh Sodhi and his wife, Sukhbir Kaur, dined at the White House with 338 people — and…
On the mean streets of El Salvador back in the ’90s, a young girl learned how to turn a knife in a victim in order to avoid being covered in a torrent of blood. Now 27, the self-described MS-13 gang member stands accused of putting that skill to use. Mesa…
On this day after Thanksgiving, I want to show my appreciation to the nativist knuckleheads who’ve helped me fill endless blog items with reports on their stupidities and racist deeds. Without you white pride doofuses to kick around, all I’d have left would be neo-Nazis, bigoted politicos, corruption, and Sheriff Joe. Of…
A week has passed since the son of a Scottsdale banker disappeared after a late-night party in Frankfurt, Germany, but no clues have turned up. “There have been a lot of resources called in to assist us, but to date there are no hints, no nothing,” Jeff Hollahan told Germany’s…
Valley Fever told you about one kids toy this year, and it turned out to be what the Associated Press now calls “this year’s bona fide must-have toy.”Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters, formerly called Go Go Pets hamsters, got their start with some test marketing in Phoenix this past spring. Valley…
Despite suffering a concussion against the Rams last week in St. Louis, Kurt Warner is slated to make his 42nd consecutive start Sunday against the Titans in Tennessee. …
The Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 in Phoenix Wednesday night. The win was the Suns 15th consecutive home victory and gave the team the best record in the NBA at 12-3…A West Valley Mayo Clinic has stopped accepting a certain types of Medicare patients. The Arrowhead Family Medicine practice is citing low reimbursements as the…
