UPDATE 9:15 p.m.: “I’m going to be the shooter of Westgate 2020.” Those are the words of a young man who apparently uploaded a video to Snapchat before the shooting, according to a Snapchat video posted on Twitter at 9:01 p.m. The video appears to be real. The man, behind […]
It’s going to be a hellishly hot, long summer for a lot of Arizonans, with problems flaring up from a combination of the heat and coronavirus. Social-distancing restrictions mean fewer cooling stations, volunteers, and air-conditioned buildings. More people are likely to choose to live in sweltering apartments because they can’t fix […]
The Kryp+0 K!ng’s associates have manicured beards and neatly groomed fades, sculpted arms beneath sleeve tattoos, designer-ripped jeans atop Yeezys. On Instagram, their photos suggest ownership of cars retailing for several hundred thousand dollars: a Ferrari, a Bentley, a Lamborghini with the wing doors up. Their posts preach an entrepreneurial […]
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a member of the extended Phoenix New Times and Denver Westword family. Ward Harkavy was the associate editor of New Times from 1987 to 1992. He held the same position at Westword from 1992 to 1999, schooling young journalists in the time-honored tradition of being […]
CVS announced today that it has opened 10 new coronavirus testing sites at its pharmacy locations in Arizona, several of them in the metro Phoenix area. They’re drive-thru, they’re free, and they’re open to the public starting Friday, May 15. The locations: 1750 E. Broadway Road, Tempe5975 W. Chandler Boulevard, […]
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Tuesday gave the state a “green light” to reopen businesses, albeit carefully, saying that statistics show “we are clearly on the other side of this pandemic.” Flanked by state health director Dr. Cara Christ and the state’s emergency manager, Major General Michael McGuire, Ducey said he […]
Last week, Andrew Gray spotted a posting on the jobs website Indeed for a server/cashier position at a Phoenix sushi restaurant. Gray, a currently unemployed Phoenix resident, applied and heard back by text on Monday from a hiring manager named Hailey. She had a few screening questions for Gray before […]
The southern end of the 800-mile Arizona Trail is a wonder of open space running across the international line from the Coronado National Memorial to a vast, desert area of Mexico far from any paved roads. It could also soon be the site of two miles of Trump’s border wall, […]
A man staying at Arizona’s largest homeless shelter has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first known case of the virus at the downtown Phoenix facility, Central Arizona Shelter Services confirmed on Friday. The shelter learned of the positive test result on Thursday, according to Dayna Gabler, chief development officer […]
