Longtime Arizona hibachi restaurant abruptly closes after 22 years, shocking loyal customers
For more than two decades, it was the backdrop for birthday celebrations, graduation dinners and family nights out. Now, another longtime Arizona restaurant has quietly served its final meal. Kobe…
There’s only one theater in AZ to see ‘The Odyssey’ as the director intended
"The Odyssey" topped the box office for the second week in a row, and for moviegoers in Arizona hoping to see it the way director Christopher Nolan intended, there is only one place to go.
19 years later: Remembering 4 Phoenix journalists killed in mid-air helicopter crash
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Nineteen years ago, what started as a dramatic police chase ended in a tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of four Valley journalists, including two Arizona’s Family colleagues. On July 27, 2007, 3TV and ABC 15’s helicopter crews were covering a police chase that...
Arizona dad turns heartbreak into national movement with Million Mile Challenge
A Gilbert father completed a cross-country walk to Montana carrying his late son Kevin's ashes following his death from alcohol poisoning. Adkins spent 20 years sharing his son's story at schools, churches, and treatment facilities to inspire others and raise awareness about substance abuse. Adkins launched the Million
From paperboy to James Beard winner, Christopher Gross’ journey to his own restaurant in...
PHOENIX - Walking into Christopher's at Wrigley feels like you're entering a glass observatory. The greenhouse-glass-inspired restaurant overlooks the East Valley from a hilltop directly
Demolition of Food City in Tempe makes way for affordable housing, grocery development
The Dorsey Station affordable housing development in Tempe saw a major early milestone after the Food City building it will replace was demolished, according to a Thursday news release. The development, located near Apache Boulevard and Dorsey Lane, spans nearly 8 acres across two properties, including a ground-floor g
Man doing ‘donuts’ in Tempe hits hydrant, causes thousands in damages
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — A tower of water shot into the air in Tempe Sunday morning after a man doing donuts hit a fire hydrant, according to officials with the city’s police department. Gabriel Haynes, 21, was arrested and faces charges of criminal damage for “recklessly damaging utility...
Construction begins on 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in Phoenix
Construction is underway on a massive new speculative industrial megawarehouse in the West Valley aimed at filling a critical shortage of large-scale logistics space in the Phoenix metro area. Willmeng Construction recently broke ground on GO|99 North, a 1.1 million-square-foot, Class A warehouse and distribution facil
ER doctor: Extreme Arizona heat creating public health crisis
An intense heat wave in the desert Southwest is sending an increasing number of people to Phoenix-area emergency rooms. Patients can simply be dehydrated but for people without shelter, temperatures nearing 115 degrees present much more dangerous consequences. While Phoenix officials said the number of heat-related dea
Family of Mesa woman killed warns others of signs of domestic violence
MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — The family of a Mesa woman who was killed allegedly by her boyfriend is urging others to know the signs of domestic violence. Cierra Tellez, 36, was found dead in the Mesa apartment she shared with Kyle Collins, 37, who has been charged with her murder.
