10 Arizona Mexican Bakeries That Feel Like Neighborhood Institutions
Arizona’s Mexican bakeries often feel like expansive living rooms equipped with industrial-strength ovens, where long-time regulars trade knowing smiles over trays of warm conchas and coffee that carries the comforting scent of home. These local landmarks anchor their respective city blocks with a steady, rhythmic...
Wind advisory issued south of Phoenix for Sunday
Breezes will start to pick up Sunday morning into the afternoon. Gusts of 25-30 mph are possible in the Phoenix metro area.
Phoenix Police report some staffing headway
After years of staffing challenges, the Phoenix Police Department is showing measurable improvement in recruitment and hiring, even as attrition – particularly among new recruits and retirement-eligible veterans – continues to complicate efforts to rebuild the force. But despite the optimistic report submitted last...
Driver who fled police in Mesa chase hospitalized after crash
PHOENIX — A driver who fled Mesa police and crashed early Saturday morning was hospitalized, and he faces arrest once released, authorities said. Police attempted to stop the man shortly after 2 a.m. near Stewart Road and Southern Avenue. Instead of yielding to police lights and sirens, he fled at high speeds,...
Injured hiker airlifted off Camelback Mountain in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An injured hiker was hospitalized after being airlifted from Camelback Mountain on Saturday morning. Just before 11 a.m., Phoenix fire crews were dispatched to the Echo Canyon trail on reports of a woman with a lower-body injury about a mile past the trailhead. Crews did not...
How Animal Behavior Research Shapes Shelter Design
On a busy summer afternoon, a shelter director in Phoenix walks past a row of kennels and watches the decibel reader spike like a siren. This is the old problem: animals arrive scared and stressed, and the building itself can make things worse. The new solution, emerging from behavior science, is surprisingly...
Chandler Unified ponders over 120 staffing cuts
Chandler Unified School District is considering eliminating nearly 122 staff positions because of cuts in its funding. How many of those positions would be involuntary is not known. Traditionally, CUSD handles staffing cuts through attrition: When someone retires at the end of a school year, the position isn’t filled.
“That Was Close”: Passenger Flee for Safety as Waymo Robotaxi Drives onto Train Tracks
A fully autonomous Waymo robotaxi was caught on camera driving onto light rail tracks in south Phoenix this week, forcing its lone male passenger to exit the vehicle and sprint to safety before the vehicle continued along the rails toward an oncoming train. The bizarre episode unfolded shortly after 9...
Neighbor From Hell Keeps Tormenting Arizona Man by Banging on His Floor Every Day...
In what many would consider an unhospitable environment, a man in Phoenix, Arizona, showed that he is being tormented nonstop by his downstairs neighbor. It appears that the person continuously bangs on the man’s floor, and management won’t do anything about it. @fartttt._. mind y’all; we have been...
Family dog rescued from house fire in Arizona
The family of four and their pup are displaced following the fire in South Phoenix.

















