Phoenix AZ

This spring, as the Phoenix City Council debated whether to pass a controversial parks ordinance that would ban distributing food and providing medical care to homeless people in city parks, the city commissioned a survey to gauge public sentiment on the issue. But despite survey questions seemingly slanted to drum...

June was a tasty one for the Phoenix New Times food team. In our travels around the Valley, we stumbled on some stellar pizza, snacked on spicy wontons and marveled at a high-quality, low-cost lunch. As you’re out and about on your own travels across town, these spots are worth...

Authorities executed a search warrant at the Peoria School District headquarters on July 6 over allegations that two former Centennial High School teachers sexually abused a student. FOX 10's Taylor Wirtz reports.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Two people are recovering in the hospital after a shooting in Mesa early Tuesday morning. The shooting was reported in a neighborhood near Ray and Ellsworth roads around 4:30 a.m. Police say two people were shot and rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police have identified the man who was found on fire near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport late last month. Phoenix police shared that the victim was identified as Calvin Burns, 71. Just after midnight on June 26, officers received reports of a body on fire near a...

A Walmart Supercenter is set to anchor a massive new retail and auto complex near the State Route 24 interchange in southeast Mesa, with the store expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. The master plan pairs a roughly 100-acre auto mall with a 65-acre retail power center just off Signal Butte Road. Developers

Fireworks spark Northeast Valley house fire, leaving six homeless and family cat dead.

With financial stress costing the U.S. employers $250 billion per year, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2026‘s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America to show where people are struggling and may need assistance. Happily for Valley residents, several Metro Phoenix cities are ranked am

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol took a pickup driver to task after discovering several serious violations during a traffic stop in Tempe. On June 26, 2026, the AZDPS Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit stopped a pickup truck with an attached trailer on AZ-202 near the Arizona State Univer

Action News 5 spoke with someone close to Johnson who wanted to stay anonymous for their safety. That person said Johnson fired two shots in the air for his safety that morning.