The city of Phoenix is filing a lawsuit today against the Federal Aviation Administration for unilaterally imposing flight path changes at Sky Harbor International Airport last September without due process. The changes have affected thousands of Valley residents and were made without consulting the city or its aviation department. The...
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In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Arizona’s independent election redistricting commission does not violate the “election clause,” and is therefore constitutional. After a voter initiative to create an independent redistricting commission in Arizona passed in 2000, there has been an ongoing debate about whether the commission...
"Did you park on the street?" Destruction Unit guitarist Jes "J.S." Aurelius has a frantic look as he makes his way through the small clusters of punks gathered at Apartment 512 Gallery. High walls block the venue from Van Buren Street, keeping in most of the throbbing sounds emanating from...
Phoenix Parks and Recreation officials are helping out hikers who seek peace and quiet at Camelback Mountain with a new sign asking people to limit their amplified music. Other new signs warns of an impending crackdown on after-dark hiking. A city ordinance has long banned the use of amplified music...
As if on cue, after my column last week detailing how Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s confidential informant Dennis Montgomery was given a “free talk” in late 2013 by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office under Tom Horne, attorney Larry Klayman entered stage right, seeking to have federal Judge G. Murray Snow recuse...
Roger Garfield, who shot a homeless man to death in his antiques store in 2006, has completed his prison sentence following two convictions and a labyrinthine legal case. Garfield called us Tuesday to let us know our article last year about his plea deal erroneously stated he'd be in prison...
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What happens in the studio, shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit Q+A is a weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This week: Phoenix artist and member of Palabra Hair...
All charges have been dropped in the child-abuse case against a Liberian couple who blamed their 8-year-old daughter for being gang-raped. The 2009 Phoenix incident made international headlines and sparked fresh commentary about Liberia's alleged sub-culture of rape, which evolved during the West African nation's civil war from 1989 to...
Author J.K. Rowling's rags-to-riches biography is arguably better known than her most famous creation, Harry Potter. As the oft-repeated origin story goes, Rowling was a single mother making ends meet, aided by government assistance while she was scribbling the first installment of her phenomenally successful fantasy series in a café...
Anu Yadav wants to start a conversation about economic inequality in America. Her one-woman show, ‘Capers, will be coming to the Phoenix Center for the Arts later this month as part of ASU’s Performance in the Borderlands series. ‘Capers focuses on the experience of residents at the Arthur Capper and...
While Sheriff Joe Arpaio was testifying in federal court last week in his civil contempt trial, there's been movement in another lawsuit that could cause more trouble for Arpaio and taxpayers. Last January, as part of Arpaio's crusade to arrest unauthorized immigrants in workplace raids, the Sheriff's Office actually went...
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Seed Spot has earned some bragging rights. The Phoenix-based nonprofit specializes in providing budding entrepreneurs with the tools and mentorship they need to succeed. It's now helped 143 Arizonans be the change they want to see in our state through two-day workshops, five-day “bootcamps,” and 12- and 14-week intensive programs. Seed...
Chances are good you’re still celebrating today’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling and yesterday’s Obamacare victory, but the U.S. Supreme Court still has a few major cases to resolve, including a really important one about redistricting powers that will directly affect Arizona residents by impactin g all of our future elections...
There are few words to describe the first impression of walking into Misty Guerriero's home. It's eclectic, for sure, but it's not the kind of eclectic that results in pursed lips and slow head nodding. The vintage maven's Phoenix home is eclectic in the way that an art museum is...
How far was Sheriff Joe Arpaio willing to go in ginning up a false conspiracy theory he hoped would disqualify federal Judge G. Murray Snow from the ACLU's big civil rights case, Melendres v. Arpaio? As far west as Seattle and as far east as Washington, D.C. I'll get to...
Jen Lancaster hasn't always gotten it right. The New York Times bestselling author's love of Kraft American singles prevailed when she tried to "culture up" (and bring fancy but stinky cheeses to her life), and she wrote an entire book about weight loss without reaching her goal. But Lancaster isn't one...
In the 2002 song "Without Me," Eminem told Moby: "You're too old, let go, it's over/Nobody listens to techno!" He was wrong, of course. And in a cruel twist of fate, techno ended up outlasting Slim Shady himself. The Detroit native wasn't oblivious to techno (a genre his hometown played...
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An investigation into a sophisticated baby-formula theft ring in the Phoenix area has resulted in the arrests of 17 Arizonans. Alleged ringleader Deborah Lynn Russell shipped thousands of baby-food cans to mom-and-pop retail shops on the East Coast, Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, said at a news conference today. Local...
What happens in the studio, shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit Q+A is a weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This week: Phoenix artist and director of ARTELSHOW Tara...
This piece is the start of a new series called Roast Profiles, in which we meet the local behind-the-scenes folks who make Phoenix coffee taste so amazing. For this week’s installment, we chatted with Matador Coffee’s founder and roaster Mario Martusciello about his approach to the art and craft of...
After years of oscillating between Jekyll and Hyde, the Arizona Coyotes have finally established an identity. The bad news is that the Yotes have settled on Hyde. Pretty much every player has struggled (with the exception of All-Star defender Oliver Eckman-Larsson) and the end result is one of the worst...