Sun State Pools license revoked by Arizona ROC following 85 consumer complaints
Multiple Sun State Pools customers say the company took thousands of dollars for pool projects and left them with unfinished backyards. The Arizona Registrar of Contractors website lists the company's LLC license as revoked following 85 complaints received since September. Impacted homeowners have formed a Facebook gro
Arizona’s “Magic Zip Code” explained: Scottsdale address, Paradise Valley schools, Phoenix taxes
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — There’s a zip code in the Phoenix metro that savvy homebuyers have quietly coveted for years: a Scottsdale mailing address, access to Paradise Valley schools, and the lower tax burden of City of Phoenix taxes. On this week’s episode of On Your Side: The Home...
Kierland Commons Earns National Recognition as New Retailers Join the Lineup
Kierland Commons is celebrating national recognition and continued growth after being named one of the top shopping centers in the country by USA Today. The Scottsdale lifestyle destination was ranked No. 9 in the Best Shopping Center category of the USA Today 10BEST 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards, moving up one spot from
ALDI Expanding in Phoenix and Mesa With Two New Store Locations
ALDI, a discount grocery retailer known for its private-label products and value-driven pricing model, is getting ready to open new locations in Phoenix at 7830 N. 12th Street and in Mesa at 4433 E. Main Street. The company’s two new locations are set to move into the former locations of...
Long-running Phoenix brunch spot is on the move. What to know
After 12 years as a brunch and coffee destination in uptown, Fà-me Cafe will settle into a new home this fall. The long-running cafe will take over a former Scramble in the Biltmore neighborhood on 24th Street and Camelback Road. Ivan and Maria O’Farrill launched Fà-me as an all-day...
The 6 Best Breakfast Spots in Arizona, According to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy Fieri knows where to find the good stuff. These 6 Arizona breakfast spots all earned a feature on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — and they’re still open, still slinging it, and still highly rated. From Flagstaff, Phoenix, Scottsdale and beyond, here are the ones worth the drive, ranked by the reviews.
Fugitive taken into custody after crash on Phoenix freeway
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A fugitive is in federal custody after a crash on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon. It happened just after 3 p.m. on the westbound side near 24th Street. Details are limited, but the Mesa Police Department said it was helping...
Scottsdale Slams The Door On Party-House Rentals Posing As Event Venues
In a move aimed squarely at Scottsdale's party-house problem, the City Council on June 23, 2026, voted to adopt Ordinance No. 4719, shutting down a legal gray area that had let some short-term rental homes operate like commercial event venues. The change draws a sharper line between ordinary residential short stays and
Man who tried to kidnap woman at knifepoint before U.S. 60 police shooting sentenced...
MESA, Ariz. - A man shot by police on U.S. 60 last summer after attempting a knife-point kidnapping was sentenced Thursday to seven and a half years in prison. Joseph Ortiz, 38, received the prison term on June 25 after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping. The sentencing re
Drug dealer who left buyer on ‘bad trip’ to die at Tempe car wash...
Freddie Anthony Avila, 29, was sentenced to eight years in state prison for supplying the lethal fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose of a Tempe man. Avila pleaded guilty to reckless manslaughter and drug charges after initially being indicted as the second person in county history under Arizona's strict lethal fent

















