YUMA DIVIDE Cool great-grandma, Max: Wow! I just read, for the fifth time, your "A Sense of Yuma" (Amy Silverman and Claire Lawton, March 24) trashing [my] city. I tried to find some un-truths — or at least some exaggerations — but found none. I had hoped to write a...
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Andrew Myers of the Marijuana Policy Project has been on edge since Election Day. Then came the 5:35 p.m. update of vote results. Observing the results from a small office in downtown Phoenix with his girlfriend and a couple of others, his demeanor suddenly changes. Instead of looking worried, he...
Steve Nash and the rest of the Phoenix Suns lacked both heart and hustle this past weekend as they allowed a fired-up Portland Trailblazers team to completely dominate Friday night's game at US Airways Center. As a result, the road team left the arena with a 101-9 win and dealt...
One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours? In 2007, Oliver Percovich arrived in Afghanistan with a few belongings, including his skateboards. The 34-year-old from Australia rode through streets and was quickly...
If it were up to us, every day would be Third Friday with tons of new work from local artists who are just debuting and have been around for a while. Here are six shows you won't want to miss: 1. What Goes On and What Takes Place @ Modified...
Diplo says noise pop duo Sleigh Bells have been hitting the studio with Beyonce, according to NME.The producer recently blogged about being in the studio together with the three musicians. Sleigh Bells' album Treats was played for the good people who work for Beyonce, and now they're working on some...
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The Maricopa County Attorney's Office agreed this morning to a new trial for a man convicted in 1998 murder of his then-girlfriend's child. Superior Court Judge Glenn Davis vacated Armando Castillo's conviction per the agreement and ordered a new trial as well as a status hearing to be held on...
In Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi's directorial debut (an extremely loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1954 short story "Adjustment Team"), Matt Damon plays David Norris, a Brooklyn-born, bar-fight-prone congressman rocketing to the front of a Senate race apparently on the strength of his charisma and the idealism of his...
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio finally is cooperating with the U.S. Justice Department in its civil-rights probe, thanks to an "unprecedented" lawsuit filed against the county. This isn't the abuse-of-power investigation by the feds, which we keep hearing will result in several indictments. (We've heard such rumors for months -- now we hear...
George "No Show" Jones is coming to town, so you're probably expecting all the cliché jokes ("Well, he's scheduled to play on Thursday . . ."). But that would be lazy, and, honestly, you can make only so many jokes about a concert not happening. Since the rest of the...
As initial poll results start to come in, Proposition 203 -- the Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative -- is losing by a small margin. The mood at Alice Cooper'stown-- where supporters of Prop 203 have gathered to await election results -- is one of reserved excitement and hope...
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Joe Strummer Benefit George & Dragon Pub & Restaurant January 15th, 2011Phoenix's punk community might not be the biggest or brightest music scene in the Valley, but, damn, it most definitely knows how to throw one hell of a wild wingding. For instance, the annual Joe Strummer Benefit that took...
Kate Benjamin is a model of the adage, "Do what you love and everything else will follow." After meeting her cat-loving boyfriend, Benjamin developed a love for felines, and now owns nine of her own. She soon realized that there were a lot of resources for stylish dog owners online,...
"Rice pudding should be incredibly easy to make," I said, unpacking the boil-in-bag rice. "You just boil it in the water for a few minutes and dump in the ingredients, right? Eye roll. Ok, so my experiment with rice pudding wasn't quite that bad. But it's true that until this week, I'd never...
Soon after becoming head of the Maricopa Anti-Corruption Enforcement team under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Bill Knight became aware of severe ethical problems with the unit. A career cop who'd been in narcotics, homicide, and other divisions at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Chief Knight suddenly found himself in the...
It's a real shame that Mother Nature didn't see if fit to cooperate with Stateside Presents' plans for South By Stateside: Day 2, the annual Phoenix run off of indie-bands on their way to the West Coast from Austin's South by Southwest Festival. The nine band bill was divided pretty...
A Loop 101 collision in December that killed a Glendale mom and her 6-year-old son "appeared to be a suicide," according to one witness. The witness statement and other clues that support the idea of a suicide appear in a state Department of Public Safety report reviewed today by New Times. The report details...
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Kathryn Elizabeth Hetrick, the teenage driver allegedly responsible for the accident that killed Phoenix hip-hop artist Carnegie last fall was indicted this past week.According to Jerry Cobb, spokesperson for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, a grand jury handed down three indictments on February 1 against Hetrick, including one count of...
Has tobacco titan Dimitri Rozenman, convicted earlier this year of plotting to kill his wife and her family, scored a new trial? That might be the result of Judge Kristin Hoffman's decision to vacate judgment in the Rozenman case. Rozenman, the owner of a lucrative web of online and retail cigar outlets, was...
Yesterday in Sweet Talk, Executive Pastry Chef Travis Watson described his philosophy on the discipline and art of pastry creation and the important elements of any carefully crafted dessert. Chef Watson favors desserts that are refined and include only deliberate elements (flavor, texture, and presentation). Chef Watson reminded us there...
Would you like to see fewer (possible no) concerts played in the state of Arizona until SB 1070 has been repealed by a state legislature more interested in getting a gun into the hands of every man woman and child and making Obama hop through hoops to get his name...