Gilbert AZ

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A 38-year-old woman is accused of a violent crime spree that began with a daytime carjacking at a Chandler high school. Raven White faces felony charges, including armed robbery and aggravated assault, after police tracked her down in the desert within 24 hours of the initial crime.

That dreaded red light at Beale Street, where Las Vegas-to-Phoenix traffic grinds to a halt west of Kingman, is finally getting a serious work-around. The Arizona Department of Transportation is in the middle of building a new freeway-to-freeway interchange that will let drivers bypass the stoplight entirely....

GILBERT, Ariz. — A South Gilbert neighborhood has been swarming with insects for as long as they can remember. Midge flies, or gnats, swarm homes in the cooler months, and mosquitoes come out in droves in the warmer months. “This year it’s been really, really bad," Danielle Crawford, a...

Five East Valley restaurants landed on this week’s Dirty Dining list after county health inspectors reported problem meat handling and sloppy chemical storage that officials say could raise the risk of contamination. The violations, spread across Gilbert, Chandler and Mesa, triggered extra scrutiny and follow-up...

PHOENIX — Mesa Police on Monday arrested a man who is accused of fraudulent schemes, theft, forgery and unlicensed contracting work, authorities said. Edward Carr, 45, allegedly defrauded victims out of more than $100,000, according to the Mesa Police Department. Carr was also booked for two probation violations,...

PHOENIX — Workers at a Panda Express in Downtown Phoenix have walked off the job, alleging unsafe heat conditions inside the restaurant and calling on state regulators to investigate. The Panda Express is staffed by Aramark and is part of the Arizona State University Dining Hall. “It is suffocating”,...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Two juveniles were arrested for their alleged involvement in an attempted robbery and home invasion in the Valley. Scottsdale police said officers responded to a report of an "unknown problem" at a home in Scottsdale. When officers got to the home, they found a home invasion in progress.

On Thursday, the Salt River Project's board of directors approved a tempororary 3% price decrease through a reduction in its Fuel and Purchased Power Adjustment Mechanism.

PHOENIX, Arizona — A man being investigated for allegedly abusing a minor died by suicide on Wednesday as Phoenix police attempted to take him into custody, officials said. The Phoenix Police Department responded to a call on March 23 for a report of sexual abuse of a juvenile. When they arrived, they made contact...

There’s a stretch of the Phoenix metro area that people in real estate circles have quietly started calling the “golden zip code” zone. You won’t see it splashed across a luxury magazine spread. It doesn’t have the glitzy reputation of Scottsdale or the historic identity of central Phoenix. Yet somehow, it keeps...