Phoenix eyes limits to food and medical aid to homeless in parks
The Phoenix City Council is poised to crack down on organizations that provide food and medical aid to unhoused people in parks. Why it matters: Homeless people often suffer from lack of medical care and food, and the proposed ordinance would make it more difficult to provide them. Supporters of...
Tempe’s Housing Crusader, Corey Woods Bets Big On Mill Avenue Revival
Corey Woods has run Tempe’s City Hall since 2020, when he became the first Black mayor in the city’s 150-year history. Voters handed him a second term in 2024 after no one stepped up to challenge him, so he is now locked in through July 2028, with two main priorities that define his tenure so far: affordable housing and a full-throttle reboot...
WATCH: $4K bottle of liquor stolen from upscale Tempe restaurant
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — An upscale Tempe restaurant is asking the public for help identifying a pair of crooks who reportedly swiped a pricey bottle of liquor. The theft was reported at the popular Three Thirty Three restaurant, located off of the Loop 202 Red Mountain and Scottsdale Road, late Monday night.
The Best Bakeries in Phoenix for Bread, Cakes, and Pastries
Like much of the Phoenix food scene, the city’s baking community has transformed over the last decade. For years you’d either have to go out of your way to get high-end pastries, or settle for your local grocer’s options. Now, the valley is bursting with both savory and sweet bakeries so popular, often the goods […] The post The Best Bakeries in Phoenix for...
Arizona Treasure Hunters Say This Giant Antique Mall Needs A Full Day To Explore
You walk in thinking you will be out in an hour. Three hours later you are still finding things in booths you have not reached yet. That is this Arizona antique and consignment mall, and it is exactly as big as treasure hunters say it is. Vinyl records people have...
Queen Creek’s Shadow-Anchored Pecan Plaza Retail Center Trades for $13.35M
Queen Creek, Ariz., (May 5, 2026) – Phoenix Commercial Advisors facilitated the off-market sale of Pecan Plaza Shops, an entertainment and fitness shadow-anchored multi-tenant retail center. The property, located on the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs roads in Queen Creek, Ariz., sold for $13,350,000, or $656.83 per square foot.
Arizona man sentenced for trafficking 30+ pounds of methamphetamine
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona man will spend five years in prison for trafficking over two dozen pounds of methamphetamine, officials say. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that Miguel Leon was sentenced to five years after being convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges. Mayes’ office says on...
Scottsdale faces four lawsuits over Learjet crash involving Vince Neil’s plane
The Scottsdale City Council is scheduled to vote this week on whether to fight a lawsuit filed by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil's company over a plane crash last year.
Teen assaulted with gun near Phoenix park, police say
PHOENIX — Phoenix police officers responded to the area of Cave Creek Park-Cholla early Tuesday morning after a teen boy was injured during an altercation. At about 4 a.m. on May 5, police responded to 25th Avenue and Cholla Street for reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found the scene, but the subjects involved had already left the area.
US Marshals operation finds 31 missing Arizona children
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Several children who were reported missing in Arizona were located in recent weeks during a federal operation. The U.S. Marshals Service carried out Operation Desert Dawn from April 13 to May 1, focusing on areas in the Valley with high concentrations of missing children and endangered runaways.

















