Mesa AZ

A Hawaiian restaurant in Mesa is serving up traditional cuisine in the Aloha Spirit. Blaise Aki opened Pacific Rim and Sushi at 1720 W Southern Ave. with his wife Kanani last year. It was the latest chapter in his 35 years as a chef, though he also is a former...

The Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the honorees for the 2026 AZ MLK Awards for Excellence in Service. The awards recognize individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated significant commitment to advancing Dr. King’s vision of civic engagement through...

A Queen Creek contractor building homes without a license has pled guilty to forgery for using another builder’s license to operate, according to the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Yul Ryan Nelson, 51, owner of Nelson Contracting, was sentenced to one year in jail, four years probation and restitution in Pinal...

Mesa police are investigating a deadly crash that happened just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday near Southern Avenue and Dobson Road.

Charles “Chuck” Reeves was a bit lost after serving in the Navy for several years. The transition into becoming a civilian again proved more daunting than he expected, and floating from job to job, Reeves struggled to find employment. He became homeless, living out of his car. “I’d planned to stay in San Diego,”...

MESA, Ariz. — Two masked men are accused of stealing nearly $9,000 in trading cards from a Mesa game store in just 30 seconds, but one suspect's attempt to sell the stolen merchandise led to his arrest. Jason Tatman, 40, was arrested by Mesa Police Dec. 5 in connection...

TEMPE, AZ — One person is dead after a crash along Loop 202 Red Mountain in Tempe early Thursday morning. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say a motorcyclist was involved in the collision in the westbound lanes of Loop 202 near Priest Drive. DPS initially reported an "injury"...

For Michael J. Mills, the road to opening Board & Batten didn’t begin in a kitchen—it began with a calculator, a six-acre citrus property, and an entrepreneurial instinct that rarely steered him wrong. Nearly three decades ago, Mills was a CPA and business consultant when he purchased a 16,000-square-foot abandoned...

The Chandler, Arizona, city council unanimously voted against clearing the way to allow for construction of an artificial intelligence data center

The Phoenix Zoo has teamed up with a group to provide a second chance at life for animals that were housed or brought to the United States illegally. The Wildlife Confiscation Network has teamed up with the zoo and has seen growing demand since its launch two years ago. Certain species are appearing more frequently...