In reporting this series, New Times staff writer Paul Rubin spent months at the Maricopa County Juvenile Court in downtown Phoenix. He focused on the work of two Superior Court judges, Michael Kemp and Ronald Reinstein, and on their delinquency and dependency calendars, respectively. Delinquency Court judges hear cases about…
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 Country Club Will Open Men’s Grill to All Members…
Does he always look like he needs a Pepcid?Talk about your coinkydinks.I just get finished writing a lil’ ditty about Barack Obama, FOIAs, and how MCSO flacks have a history of dragging their jackboots complying with Arizona Public Records Law, and suddenly, like magic in my in-box, I get a…
Jan Brewer took her oath of office as governor of Arizona today, completing the transfer of power required after Janet Napolitano left the state to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Here’s a shot of her accepting a Native American blessing on stage just prior to officially…
Is Glendale horrifically boring, its citizens so apathetic toward football they wouldn’t care if Larry Fitzgerald was nearly killed in a motorcyle accident?That’s what blogger Jason McIntyre of the Metro of Philadelphia writes in a recent blog post trashing the town entitled “Glendale Less Than Super.” In his light-hearted, trash-talking…
B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin’ Arpaio’s ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at…
Okay, so it’s not quite up there with desegregating the schools, or swearing in the nation’s first black president. But Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard can take credit today for an advance in civil rights: Under a settlement with his office, the Phoenix Country Club has finally agreed to open…
Yesterday we wrote about one local contender for…
With budget cuts of biblical proportions being proposed to deal with a multi-billion-dollar state revenue shortfall, Arizona State University is contemplating the end of its East Valley Polytechnic campus.But hold on — Mesa was banking on the vitality of the satellite campus to help prop up progressive development dreams that no…
We’re not going so far as to predict another Thrilla in Manila, but we will say this: the fight for the chairmanship of the state Republican party is getting good — in a juicy, knockdown, drag-out kind of way. Just how we like it! Here’s the background for all you non-political animals…
Ex-Sun and current Knick Quentin Richardson squaring up from three-point land. When the New York Knicks took on the Phoenix Suns on December 15, the storyline was the return of former Suns’/current Knicks’ head coach Mike D’Antoni. The evening was complete with man hugs between the ex-leader and the players…
No mo’ JaNo — Janet Napolitano literally stands behind Barack Obama now, and Jan Brewer is our new governor. Conservatism, here we come. More warnings on peanut butter snacks. The NFL might come after you for using unauthorized Super Bowl-related promotional material — does that include putting Cardinals signs on someone’s…
Fresh and forward looking Lisa James (top), or whithered old nativist prune-face Randy Pullen? AZ GOPers will soon get to decide… I’ll say one thing for Arizona Republicans, when they want someone gone, they get their long knives sharpened and start digging holes in the desert, Mafia style. Sheesh,…
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: Donovan McNabb’s Lawn Safe: Suspected Vandals Caught Janet Napolitano Confirmed…
A New Jersey company that processes payments for tens of thousands of American restaurants and other small businesses had its electronic pockets picked in a data breach that may be the country’s largest ever.And it waited until Inauguration Day to let us know about it.A Washington Post article by Brian Krebs about…
In a move reminscent of America’s Dumbest Criminals, two suspects who allegedly burned “Go Cards” into the lawn of Philadelphia Eagles player Donovan McNabb (right) were caught because one left his address at the scene of the crime. The Saturday lawn incident was actually part of a series of pranks at…
It will be interesting for Arizonans to see how the soon-to-be ex-governor handles this important position, especially the issue of illegal immigration. Barack Obama’s decision to pick her for the job has been criticized on a number of fronts. Napolitano’s confirmation came as part of a package deal with six other Cabinet members;…
We’ve never even tried to obtain metadata from a government agency, and now the Arizona Court of Appeals tells us we can’t have them. What the hell are metadata, anyway? (And isn’t it annoying they must used in plural form?) Well, it turns out that every keystroke you make in a word processing…
The nativists can howl at the moon in victory. As of today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, the mother torn from her children January 9 by a ski-masked MCSO deputy as part of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest anti-immigrant sweep. ICE spokesman Vinnie Picard confirmed this for me…
The owners of the Desert Canyon Treatment Center in Sedona may have helped people kick the habit, but they were hiding their own sins at the same time, according to a federal indictment released today. William and Diane Steiniger (pictured) cheated on their taxes for more than 10 years by hiding income in other…
[jump] Arizona’s nightmarish budget deficit is the furthest thing from her mind right now, that’s for sure…
Longtime radio jock Dave Pratt kicked off a book signing tour in mid-November to promote his not-for-profit, autobiography, Behind the Mic: 30 Years in Radio.A month later, he was let go from his job as morning show host at country music station KMLE (107.9 FM). You can read a twinge of bitterness in…
