Beloved Phoenix restaurant delays closure: ‘Your voices have been heard!’
On April 15, fans of CRUjiente Tacos learned that the restaurant would close for good on April 26 due to increased costs . On April 24, the restaurant announced a brief reprieve — it will remain open until May 31. Since CRUjiente announced its closing, fans have been showing up in droves to visit the restaurant one...
Sprouts Farmers Market to build new HQ campus in north Phoenix
A huge new corporate campus is sprouting up in north Phoenix. Sprouts Farmers Market, the Phoenix-based specialty grocer, closed Thursday on a deal to build a brand-new corporate headquarters campus. Sprouts will be developing a 180,000-square-foot mixed-use project on seven acres in the CityNorth development near...
1 seriously hurt in motorcycle crash in Mesa
MESA, Ariz. — One person was rushed to a hospital after their motorcycle collided with a car in Mesa, according to the city's police department. >> For real-time traffic conditions, click here. The crash happened near University Drive and Higley Road. Northbound traffic on Higley Road is restricted. No...
Man stabbed to death during fight in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is dead after being stabbed during a fight in Phoenix Friday evening. Police responded to the area of 16th and Roosevelt streets around 6 p.m. for reports of a fight between two men. When they arrived, they found one man who had been stabbed.
Scottsdale Police Release Videos of Officers Fatally Shooting Joseph Santos
The Scottsdale Police Department has released dramatic video showing an officer shooting suspected gunman Joseph Santos in a hotel parking lot. Unfortunately, a police K-9 “Rocco” who was deployed by his handler was accidentally shot by gunfire from the officer. Scottsdale Police Critical Incident Briefing March 7,...
Marisco Boys: team behind Taco Boy’s opens a new seafood restaurant in Phoenix
“We're just basically trying to give you guys great quality sustainable seafood, but with that authentic Mexican taste that we grew up [with],” said Juan F Cornejo, business partner of the concept.
Emily Pike’s parents sue Mesa group home she ran away from
MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — The family of a 14-year-old Emily Pike, who was found murdered and dismembered off a forest road east of the Valley, is suing the Mesa group home she ran away from. Her family says the home didn’t follow proper protocols in reporting Emily missing to...
PD: 6 roosters found dead after busting Phoenix man’s cockfighting ring
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police said he was dealing drugs and in charge of a cockfighting ring at his various properties in the same neighborhood. Glendale police said an armed robbery investigation led them to the home of 60-year-old Victor...
Glue gun-wielding suspect robbed Mesa credit union, fled on scooter, feds say
MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A man is in custody after federal investigators say he robbed a credit union in Mesa, then tried to flee on an electric scooter before being arrested a short time later. Just after 12 p.m. last Friday, April 18, 47-year-old Terrell Maurice Mars of Mesa...
Deadly shooting near west Phoenix gas station
A man died at the hospital after police say he was shot late Thursday night near Interstate 10 and 51st Avenue in west Phoenix. The victim was not identified.