The parties are over, the bands are long gone, but passengers were still flocking to the Valley's new Metro light rail Monday to catch a free ride.
The lone Mesa park-and-ride lot on Main Street between Dobson and Alma School roads was nearly full with about 700 cars at midday Monday.
A lot in Tempe at McClintock Road and Apache Boulevard was more than half full at noon, said Nikki Ripley, a city spokeswoman. Two other park-and-ride lots were nearly full or filling up.
But it was a mixed bag in Phoenix, which has four park-and-ride lots. Many of those lots were far from full early in the day, said Marie Chapple Camacho, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix Transit Department
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Ninth border tunnel in 3 months found
NOGALES - A clandestine tunnel along the Arizona-Mexican border has been found near downtown Nogales.
That makes nine tunnels found in the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector since October.
Agents found the newest tunnel Monday night during routine patrol. It was hidden with clumps of grass about 50 yards north of the border and 100 yards northwest of the port of entry
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That makes nine tunnels found in the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector since October.
Agents found the newest tunnel Monday night during routine patrol. It was hidden with clumps of grass about 50 yards north of the border and 100 yards northwest of the port of entry
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Bush pardons 19, including Sun City woman
WASHINGTON - Before leaving for the holidays, President Bush on Tuesday commuted one prison sentence and granted 19 pardons, including one to a man who helped the Jewish resistance in the 1940s and an Arizona woman, Lydia Lee Ferguson.
With this latest batch, which includes forgiveness for convictions ranging from gun and drug violations to bank and mail fraud, Bush has granted a total of 191 pardons and nine commutations. That's fewer than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Reagan issued during their two terms.
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With this latest batch, which includes forgiveness for convictions ranging from gun and drug violations to bank and mail fraud, Bush has granted a total of 191 pardons and nine commutations. That's fewer than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Reagan issued during their two terms.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
DUI task force arrests more than 150 statewide
Members of a holiday task force targeting drunken driving on Saturday arrested more than 150 drivers across the state.
Of the 162 people busted on suspicion of driving under the influence, 13 were classified as aggravated-DUI drivers, 149 were misdemeanor DUIs and 40 were extreme DUIs.
Drivers with a blood-alcohol content level of 0.15 percent or higher are considered extreme-DUI offenders. The average BAC for Saturday was 0.144, reported the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, which coordinates the statewide task force that began Thanksgiving Day and runs through New Year's Eve
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Of the 162 people busted on suspicion of driving under the influence, 13 were classified as aggravated-DUI drivers, 149 were misdemeanor DUIs and 40 were extreme DUIs.
Drivers with a blood-alcohol content level of 0.15 percent or higher are considered extreme-DUI offenders. The average BAC for Saturday was 0.144, reported the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, which coordinates the statewide task force that began Thanksgiving Day and runs through New Year's Eve
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sheriff, treasurer fail to offer budget-cut ideas
o elected Maricopa County officials are dragging their feet in helping the county deal with a budget shortfall.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins refused to answer a request from the Board of Supervisors for belt-tightening.
Already, the county had to slash building projects, freeze raises and halt hiring to try to balance the budget this year. But it is still $47 million in the hole next year.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins refused to answer a request from the Board of Supervisors for belt-tightening.
Already, the county had to slash building projects, freeze raises and halt hiring to try to balance the budget this year. But it is still $47 million in the hole next year.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
13,500 tickets issued by W. Valley speed cameras
More than 13,000 motorists driving in the West Valley have been sent speeding tickets since cameras on Loop 101 and I-10 were activated in October.
More than 40,000 tickets were issued statewide in the first two months of the Arizona Department of Public Safety's speed-enforcement camera program, which started in September. West Valley cameras were turned on at the end of October, and drivers received about 13,500 tickets in six weeks, according to the DPS.
The fastest speed clocked so far by a DPS camera was 130 mph on 1-10 in the West Valley and again on Arizona 51.
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More than 40,000 tickets were issued statewide in the first two months of the Arizona Department of Public Safety's speed-enforcement camera program, which started in September. West Valley cameras were turned on at the end of October, and drivers received about 13,500 tickets in six weeks, according to the DPS.
The fastest speed clocked so far by a DPS camera was 130 mph on 1-10 in the West Valley and again on Arizona 51.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Plea deal offered to Arizona boy in murder case
The 8-year-old's attorney says he's considering the deal, which would resolve all charges without it being transferred to adult court.
Reporting from Phoenix -- Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man, court records show.
Complete details of the offer weren't spelled out in a court filing posted Saturday on the Apache County Superior Court's website.
But Apache County Atty. Criss Candelaria wrote that he has "tendered a plea offer to the juvenile's attorneys that would resolve all the charges in the juvenile court contingent on the results of the mental health evaluations."
Candelaria was responding to a defense motion seeking to block him from dropping one of two first-degree murder charges the boy is facing for the shooting deaths of his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Romero's roommate, Timothy Romans, 39, earlier this month.
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Reporting from Phoenix -- Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man, court records show.
Complete details of the offer weren't spelled out in a court filing posted Saturday on the Apache County Superior Court's website.
But Apache County Atty. Criss Candelaria wrote that he has "tendered a plea offer to the juvenile's attorneys that would resolve all the charges in the juvenile court contingent on the results of the mental health evaluations."
Candelaria was responding to a defense motion seeking to block him from dropping one of two first-degree murder charges the boy is facing for the shooting deaths of his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Romero's roommate, Timothy Romans, 39, earlier this month.
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