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Desert Botanical Garden celebrates the return of outdoor season with its Great Fall Kickoff Festival, running October 9–18. The 10-day celebration brings seasonal activities, hands-on crafts, live music and fall-inspired food to the Phoenix destination, with experiences for visitors of all ages. The festival coincides with the opening of...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man from Mexico ran a stash house with inhumane conditions, including exterior door locks that prevented anyone from leaving, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. Hector Ambrosio Ruiz, 30, of Mexico, was arrested Thursday after Homeland Security agents served...

Showers and thunderstorms could reach metro Phoenix as early as Saturday afternoon, with intermittent rain continuing through Sunday and strong winds expected even outside thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. The best chance of rain in the Phoenix area is Sunday morning, NWS meteorologist Katherine Berislavich told KTAR News...

The nominee for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket is brushing aside the multiple speeding tickets he got while mayor of Mesa. "I've lived in Arizona my entire life, and we've all seen that camera flash and realized we were going a little too fast," John Giles said in prepared comments Thursday.

The Dump Luxe Furniture Outlets are closing all eight of their stores in five states: Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Texas and Virginia. The company said on October 8 that the stores will close permanently, and a going-out-of-business sale started that morning at all eight. No last day for the stores has been announced. The sale is […]

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 06: Ben Crump speaks onstage during WayMaker Men's Summit Presented By BET Experience – Day 2 at The Beehive on June 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) Months after Eryn Bonner was arrested by Tempe police for allegedly interfering with officers, bodycam footage of her arrest surfaced in the media and has since gone viral. As attorney Ben Crump came across the footage, he spoke out against it on Facebook. The civil ri

She saved for years. She picked out every material. She was packed up and ready to move out during the renovation. Then the contractor went quiet — and $52,500 of Johnnie Coletto’s money went with him. The Tempe, Arizona homeowner’s story, featured in an azfamily “On Your Side” report this week, has become the human face of a contractor collapse now rippling across the Phoenix metro — one that ended with four companies filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Alice Cooper will bring his annual ‘Christmas Pudding’ benefit concert back to Phoenix on Dec. 12, with Dee Snider, Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger, and John 5 and the Creatures joining the rock legend for the 24th edition of the event. The concert will be held at Celebrity Theatre, with proceeds benefiting Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers in Phoenix, Mesa and Goodyear.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A big change in the weather is expected this weekend, with showers and thunderstorms possible in the Phoenix area, stronger winds Sunday and a sharp drop in temperatures. Friday will stay hot and dry, with a high near 103 degrees. Temperatures are forecast to fall into...

Ryan Brown seemed to have everything going for him – he survived two open-heart surgeries, worked as a senior systems engineer and was a new dad for a second time. His wife, Helena, was in the hospital after having given birth to their daughter on Christmas Eve 2024 when 33-year-old Brown died. The couple’s first child is a son.