Mesa AZ

A short drive from downtown Phoenix sits a working dairy where the milk goes straight from the source into glass bottles, and those same bottles come back for a two dollar deposit. Regulars carry their empties in crates like it is the most natural thing in the world, then walk out with fresh milk, flavored jugs, and th

We’re kicking off the second week of August with shocking news from a major fast-food chain, back-to-school deals and barbecues, and a Midwestern favorite making its Arizona debut. Have a tip? Send us a note via Instagram or by emailing [email protected]. The 411. Go, Going, Gone. Fast food chain...

As a new school year begins, public schools around the Valley continue to be “dinged” by private and charter schools. While population within the Deer Valley Unified School District boundaries keeps rising – enrollment keeps falling. On May 3, Anthem’s Boulder Creek High School and other DVUSD...

Remember the last time you tried to book an Italian restaurant and got offered a table at nine forty five on a Thursday? Arizona has places that solved this problem by simply refusing to participate. No reservations, no waitlist apps, no polite phone calls three weeks out. Just a door,...

Thomas Zordani flew from his home in Denver to Phoenix for a consultation with a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, hoping to find out what could be done to treat his debilitating headaches after worrisome brain scan findings. When making the appointment, Zordani said, he’d been told the clinic was in his...

The Planning and Zoning Board will hold a second public hearing Aug. 12 on a proposal to convert 73 acres zoned for business use to housing instead at the Hawes Crossing master-planned community in southeast Mesa. No one from the public at the hearing July 29 spoke on the application...

Some grocery stores are built for speed. These Arizona markets seem determined to make you forget what decade you are in. Think creaky floors, handwritten signs, old-fashioned counters, shelves packed close together, and storefronts that have watched generations of shoppers come and go. Some started as neighborhood gro

Two teens were arrested over the weekend while participating in a “Senior Assassins” game after they caused a disturbance at a drive-thru in Queen Creek, authorities said. On Saturday, officers were called to the area of Ellsworth Loop and Rittenhouse roads around 9:55 p.m. for reports of people at a drive-thru restaur

On November 24, 2025, a customer walked into the Circle K store at 56th Street and Bell Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. The customer asked for about $85 worth of tickets for the state’s “The Pick” lottery, and the clerk printed them. However, the customer only had $60 in cash, so they left the store ...

Phoenix is starting Wednesday, August 12, under mostly clear skies and temperatures around 88 degrees, but the calm will not last. The Valley is headed for a high near 100 degrees before showers and thunderstorms become more likely late this afternoon and evening. Storm chances continue overnight, with some activity li