Phoenix AZ

Imagine parking your car and having a peacock strut past your bumper like it owns the lot. That is exactly what happens at a free garden tucked around a public library in Arizona, where roughly 400 desert plants share space with dozens of feathered residents. Locals treat it as a...

Rosemary is one of the few herbs you can plant in a Phoenix or Tucson yard and actually expect to see thriving years later. It handles blistering summers, alkaline soil, and minimal rainfall better than most plants you could choose. That track record comes with real conditions attached, though, and...

Scottsdale Unified School District is considering closing multiple schools due declining enrollment and parents shared their opinions on the issue with the governing board during a hearing Tuesday night. The board is considering three closure options involving seven district schools after reporting the total capacity f

The team behind Bourbon & Bones, a Valley-based restaurant chain, is bringing a new Italian chophouse to Phoenix next year, it announced Tuesday. Bistecca & Bones is set to open at High Street at City North, near 56th Street and Deer Valley Drive, in spring 2027. The restaurant will use the same practices as a Florenti

The most common causes of car accidents in Scottsdale include distracted driving, speeding, impaired driving, failure to yield, unsafe lane changes, and running traffic signals. Scottsdale has a mix of busy urban roads, major intersections, residential streets, and high-traffic areas that require drivers to remain aler

Some meals are worth a long drive, and this one has people mapping routes from Tucson, California, and every corner of the Valley just to stand in line. Word travels fast when a barbecue counter turns out beef so tender that folks order twice as much as they planned. The...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale police have confirmed the agency is investigating a gun incident reported at a local high school earlier this month. The allegations involve a firearm being brought to Cactus Shadows High School, located near 60th Street and Dove Valley Road, on Sept. 11. No injuries were...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A pedestrian is in the hospital after being hit by a minivan in central Phoenix early Wednesday morning. Around 5:30 a.m., officers were called to reports of a crash involving a pedestrian near 27th and Campbell avenues, just west of Interstate 17 and south of Camelback Road. Police found the victi

Arizona’s “six‑women law” has been repeated for decades, but the truth reveals a fascinating case of folklore.

PHOENIX — Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in West Phoenix overnight. Video from the scene near 103rd Avenue and Broadway Road showed a large police presence blocking the roadway early Wednesday morning. Phoenix police say they were first dispatched to the area just after midnight...