With Valentine’s Day just past, it's worth noting that Pinal County's most eligible bachelor, Sheriff Paul Babeu, may finally have found love in a young man 25 years his junior. Babeu’s spokesman, Barrett Marson, who also flacks for the legalize pot initiative Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, confirmed to...
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Downtown Phoenix is experiencing an explosion of development, with thousands of housing units slated to open by next summer, and businesses are expecting — banking on, even — increased foot traffic in the surrounding area. But are there too many coffee shops? Braden Hammond, operations manager at the new Be: Coffee,...
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May 2 will mark the fourth anniversary of the Gilbert murder-suicide in which East Valley neo-Nazi J.T. Ready gunned down 15-month-old Lily Mederos, Lily's mother, Amber; her grandmother, Lisa; and Amber's boyfriend, Jim Hiott, before turning his 9 millimeter Beretta on himself. An FBI file on...
McDowell Mountain Music Festival returned to Margaret T. Hance Park for the third straight year, attracting tens of thousands of people downtown for weekend of dual-stage musical madness. There were changes galore at this year's incarnation, including the elimination of camping, waste (there were three-bin recycling stations throughout the festival), and...
The Arizona Diamondbacks shocked the baseball world on Friday by signing ace pitcher Zack Greinke to a massive contract worth more than $206 million over the next six years. It was the greatest moment in Arizona sports history when the D-backs beat the New York Yankees in the 2001 World...
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There’s no shortage of celebrities in metro Phoenix, whether they're the rich and famous who reside in our pricier locales (read: Scottsdale and Paradise Valley) or Hollywood stars paying visits to our parts as tourists. And every once in awhile, these swells run afoul of the law and find themselves...
Congratulations are in order. Phoenix New Times Food Editor Lauren Saria has won first place in the "newspaper food feature category" for "Flour Power," her 2014 cover story about efforts to grow heirloom wheat in Arizona. The AFJ announced 59 awards at its annual conference, held last week in Florida...
Arizona has reached a marijuana-legalization milestone, with more than 80,000 people now qualified to legally possess, grow, or sell it for medicinal purposes. State voters passed the 2010 Medical Marijuana Act by a slim margin, resulting in about 90 dispensaries statewide and an ever-increasing number of patients, caregivers, and registered...
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When it comes to the left's nearsighted infatuation with Vermont U.S. Senato Bernie Sanders and his pie-in-the-sky socialism, color me un-amused. Sorry all you BernBots and hashtag progressives who want me to "Feel the Bern," because the only burn I'm feelin' at the prospect of Bernie becoming the Democratic nominee...
When the duo that made up beloved Phoenix band The Format broke up in 2008, its two members went in very opposite directions. Nate Ruess famously dove headfirst into fun. and won Grammys, and instrumentalist Sam Means started a merch company and had a child. He did a little songwriting...
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The year 2015 A.D. is pretty much in the books, so its time to turn the page and start looking ahead at what’s on tap for the new year, starting with the first “can’t miss” concerts that will kick things off. And during the first weekend of 2016, that includes...
A new independent study from the economic consulting firm, BBC Research and Consulting, finds that if Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva’s Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument bill passes, it will bring in $51 million annually to the economy of Northern Arizona. The figure comes from the combined economic value of...
Elizabeth Ferszt, an Arizona State University English instructor, writes in a recent blog post how a small dose of THC edibles reduced to her to babbling, convulsing mess one afternoon a few weeks ago in Los Angeles. The short, dramatic narrative is peppered with information she researched afterward and concoudes...
On September 30, Phoenix took a walk with the latest edition of New Times' reading series, Bar Flies. Now, the conversation will continue on Tuesday, October, 6, at the opening reception of "Talking Walking," an exhibition from the Museum of Walking. Museum of Walking founder Angela Ellsworth explains: "At the...
Simon Kunesh arrives at his physical therapy appointment hanging from his mother's neck, arms locked, swinging back and forth like a pendulum. She's prying at his fingers, trying to put him down, but he stubbornly has retracted his long, spindly legs and flexed his feet to avoid touching the floor...
Thousands of streets crisscross metro Phoenix, and every one has a name. Some are self-explanatory or location-oriented (Central Avenue, Baseline Road), while others honor historical figures both locally and nationally (Washington Street, Winfield Scott Plaza, Thomas Road) or are tied to various landmarks (Camelback Road, Bethany Home Road, Indian School...
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A new survey of Arizona Republicans shows that Ben Carson is now more popular than Donald Trump. Conducted by MBQF Consulting, the poll found that 25.5 percent of registered Republicans would cast a ballot for Carson if the election were held today, while only 24.8 percent want Trump in the...
ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang played hammer to Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan's nail in federal court Thursday, as Sheridan was the first to take the stand in the contempt trial of Sheridan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and three current and former MCSO bigwigs. The multi-day hearing, with dates scheduled in September, October...
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