Folks have been asking why I haven't blogged yet on state Senate President Russell Pearce's removal from the body politic last night when he was defeated in the Legislative District 18 recall race, 53-45 percent. A massive win for challenger Jerry Lewis, Citizens for a Better Arizona and for anyone...
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Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next week, we'll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! Okay. I'm done. Spent. No more lists. The reissues list was hard. The show list was hard. The songs and...
Way to go, Urban Outfitters. Last week, the clothing store caused a nationwide stir in Native American communities with its collection of "Navajo-inspired" items. Community members signed petitions, open letters were sent, and the Arizona-based Navajo Nation ordered a cease and desist on the word "Navajo" (to which it owns the...
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to disclose their years-long relationship, the former boyfriend and his lawyer tell New Times...
A 2-year-old boy is currently brain dead and will likely die following a beating by 20-year-old Gregory Amador.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Amador called police about 10:30 yesterday morning to report that "his son's" eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he was unresponsive.The...
Money Power Respect's list of clientele continues to grow in relevance and notoriety. Off of the heels of Hannibal Leq's Hype Music deal, MPR stablemate's Mob Fam recently locked up a deal of their own, signing with local independent music label Nastyboy Records, the label founded by Phoenix's MC Magic...
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When The Dollyrots left Joan Jett's Blackheart label earlier this year, they went to their fans to help raise money for the band's fourth record of buzzy, catchy punk. The fans came through. The band set its Kickstarter goal at $7,500, but fans wound up pledging $33,124. "It blew us...
With the holiday season on the horizon (yes, the holiday decorations have arrived at Costco ... and Ikea), it might be time to bring out your crafty side with the help of some local talent. Here are five local classes that will teach you how to use those pinking shears, felt...
Big Earl's BBQ got some mad TV love this weekend when Adam Richman and his 16-person crew of Travel Channel's Man v. Food Nation, (the evolution of Man v. Food, in which Richman recruits locals to take on food challenges instead of doing them himself) paid a visit to the...
This week we headed to Ticoz Resto-Bar to see what yummy Latin fusion desserts they have to offer. Their Tortilla Pudding - a gooey, cinnamony cake - definitely did not disappoint our taste buds.
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State Senator Scott Bundgaard pleaded no contest this morning to a misdemeanor endangerment charge stemming from a February scuffle on the side of a Valley freeway with his now ex-girlfriend Aubry BallardInitially, Bundgaard was charged with one count each of reckless assault and endangerment for the freeway fracas that resulted...
This is one of the upsides to mobile phones:An astute witness' prompt call to 911 early yesterday morning after seeing some punks breaking into a car resulted in the arrest of three teenagers.The caller told police that the men had broken out the window of a parked car in the...
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It ain't over till it's over, and the lawsuit challenging the sham recall candidacy of Olivia Cortes ain't over, yet.Though Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Edward Burke yesterday refused to remove Cortes from the ballot, on Friday at 3:30, he will allow the plaintiff's lawyers, Tom Ryan and H. Michael...
Jahessye Shockley, a Glendale 5-year-old, has been missing for what is now over two days.Frankly, as MSNBC holds hourly updates on the search for missing Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin, we figured the disappearance of a 5-year-old Arizona girl might warrant some national ink. But it hasn't. Locally, however --...
Beer: Pumpkin AleBrewery: BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse - ChandlerStyle: Pumpkin beerABV: 4.7 percent This week's player in the Month of Pumpkin Beers is a real winner. Pumpkin Ale (no doubt buoyed by its super-creative name) took home hardware at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival, held just a few weeks...
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Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let's face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Huitlacoche crepes served up by Los Sombreros...
Hat tip to ABC 15 for picking up on the story I filed Saturday about deceptive robocalls targeting Democratic and Latino voters in Legislative District 18 from the right-wing Safeguard Arizona's Workers PAC, chaired by local Tea Partier Ron Ludders.Ludders, who is pro-Pearce, claims the robocalls are "educational." Actually, they...
An act of criminal chivalry on Saturday resulted in a deputy getting accidentally tased and in a riverboat chase that sounds more like a human safari.The mayhem began at about 3:40 p.m. near the mud cliffs on the lower Salt River, when Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy C. Bradshaw attempted to...