Tempe AZ

PHOENIX — Authorities canceled a SAFE Alert on Sunday for a missing 65-year-old man last seen in Tempe. When the alert was first issued, William Bertke apparently left his Chandler home in a wheelchair around 9 a.m. on Saturday, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety said he was last seen getting into a Lyft...

PHOENIX — Phoenix artist Zarco Guerrero was inspired by Cesar Chavez - in his life and in his art. “He was not only my role model, but for my whole generation,” Guerrero said on this weekend’s “Sunday Square Off." Guerrero sculpted a bronze statue of Chavez...

A massive fire involving two homes near 35th Avenue and McDowell Road has left seven people displaced.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department is looking for a suspect or suspects involved in a shooting on Saturday night. Around 9 p.m., police were called to a shooting near 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road. Upon arrival, police found a man with at least one gunshot wound. The Phoenix...

Scottsdale-based HonorHealth is the first healthcare system in the nation to perform joint replacement surgery using a new handheld robotics device for joint replacements.. Stryker’s new Mako RPS handheld robotics technology brings “a new level of precision and personalization to orthopedic care in Arizona,” it said...

Tempe city administration will be meeting with employees to rename a day off they’re getting March 31. That’s because the holiday is named after now-disgraced Cesar Chavez, the late farm workers leader who raped and molested an unspecified number of women and underage girls when he was alive, according to a five-year...

PHOENIX — At least two people were critically injured in a multi-vehicle crash in north Phoenix on Sunday, according to the city's fire department. The Phoenix Fire Department said its units were called to a multi-vehicle crash near Happy Valley and Scottsdale roads. Upon arrival, they found two cars...

A new episode of ABC15's "Arizona Crime Uncovered" is reopening public scrutiny of the 2023 abduction and brutal death of 22-year-old Mercedes Vega, pulling together court records, surveillance footage and family interviews to walk viewers through how investigators say they built their case. The program lands in the...

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A Chandler community event originally planned to honor César Chávez was renamed following rape allegations against the civil rights leader. The event, originally called Noche Illuminada: A Tribute to César Chávez, moved forward with a new purpose to honor the community coming together in...

Phoenix police set up a staging area near 38th Street and Earll Drive on Sunday as officers converged on what the department called a “critical incident” in the nearby area of 38th Street and Thomas Road. The situation first surfaced on the department’s official X account, and officials did not immediately release...