Mesa officials say a water main break Wednesday has forced a lane restriction on McLellan Road from Upland Circle to Beverly Street.

Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins is no stranger to having his name grace all kinds of things - but something at an airport?

A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved the sale of the Tribune — as well as Freedom Communications’ other Valley publications — to 1013 Communications LLC.

MORE: Judge approves Freedom bankruptcy plan

Mesa will share preliminary design concepts for a revamp of the Fiesta District at a meeting on Thursday. The city is looking for feedback on ideas identified by a team of Arizona State University students who have looked for ways to reactivate the area with a new look that includes shaded pedestrian walkways, better landscaping, new zoning and a more urban feeling.

Mesa police arrested Eduarrdo Gutierrez-Alonzo in the bathtub of his girlfriend's apartment, where they said they found him hiding after he kicked in her door and destroyed about $10,000 in property early Sunday.

Lenny’s Burger, a Valley-based chain, has opened its first East Valley location on the southeast corner of Stapley Drive and Southern Avenue in Mesa.

Mesa began taking fire crews out of service Sunday — only to halt the cost-cutting move on Monday after upset elected officials discovered what happened and objected. Some City Council members heard of the brownouts as they were put into place Sunday morning and quickly asked that every crew return to the street.

A 25-foot tall downtown sculpture based on the iconic American Gothic painting is proving Mesa is a place that celebrates art - or, depending on your view, that it's Hicksville, USA.

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A Mesa man was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder Thursday after he smashed a hot coffee pot into his girlfriend’s face and slashed her several times with a box cutter, according to police.

'Experience Hendrix' tribute show

Mesa's Buckhorn Baths Motel is no stranger to historic and endangered lists. But this time, it's topped a new one - as the No. 1 pick on the Ten Most Endangered Roadside Places list released this week by the Society for Commercial Archeology, a national preservation organization based in Wisconsin.

Mesa-based Pollack Investments has sold its majority interest in an 82,373-square-foot shopping center in north Mesa for $5 million, according to Orion Investment Real Estate Solutions, who represented the seller.

Apache Junction resident Greg Western has filed an application to recall state Rep. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa. The filing, made March 3 with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, says Crandall has missed a number of floor votes at the Capitol. Western’s group would need to collect nearly 14,358 signatures by July 1 to put the issue on the ballot.

A Mesa man who the FBI believed was a threat to national security was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for lying to the FBI during an international terrorist investigation into an organization that funded Hamas.

The suspect in a domestic violence incident surrendered to Mesa police Thursday after an approximately 90-minute standoff.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's police commission has rejected a plan backed by the police chief to arm officers with stun guns.

Desert Ridge’s baseball team lost one of its biggest supporters Monday when the father of outfielder Kyle Raidy, Pat Raidy, passed away from cancer.

Several apartments burned Sunday night in east Mesa near University Drive and Val Vista Road.

A man out walking on a Mesa golf course with his wife and friends has died after falling into a pond.

Analysis: Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

The state's jobless fund is broke. Figures as of Monday show less than $25.2 million left in the account the state uses to pay the benefits of those during the first 26 weeks of their unemployment. That's a direct result of the recession being longer and deeper than anyone anticipated: Before the downturn, there was $1 billion in the account.

A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved the sale of the Tribune — as well as Freedom Communications’ other Valley publications — to 1013 Communications LLC.

MORE: Judge approves Freedom bankruptcy plan

LifeLock, a Tempe-based identity theft protection firm, has agreed to pay $12 million to states and customers to settle claims that it engaged in deceptive advertising.

WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge Tuesday approved Freedom Communication Inc.’s reorganization plan, giving a green light for the company to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of this month.

Tempe-based First Solar has announced another power-purchase agreement with a California utility to use electricity generated at a solar plant it plans to build in Southern California.

A Subway sandwich franchise in west Phoenix that officials say violated Arizona's employer sanctions law has settled the civil case against them.

NEW YORK — Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

MIAMI — Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts.

Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop

COVINGTON, Ky. — Northern Kentucky-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare is selling its ambulance service, pending state approval.

Lenny’s Burger, a Valley-based chain, has opened its first East Valley location on the southeast corner of Stapley Drive and Southern Avenue in Mesa.

Bankruptcy filings continue to climb this year across Arizona and the Valley while most consumers filed for Chapter 7, which doesn't require any repayment of debt.

After nearly a year and half of double-digit declines in occupancy rates at Phoenix-area hotels and resorts, freebies and good deals appear to be drawing more visitors.

Ken Colburn: Facebook constantly updates its system and the upside is they continue to add tools that help us manage the traffic and our privacy on our own pages.

Orbital Sciences said it has agreed to buy General Dynamics' satellite manufacturing and testing plant at Elliot and McQueen roads in Gilbert for $55 million in cash.

  NEW YORK — The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned.

Chandler has pledged $400,000 to Gangplank, a technology-oriented nonprofit, to help redevelop a historic downtown building, the first such project to fall under new guidelines aimed at transforming the downtown into a thriving community core.

One of the most substantial housing projects in years is under way in Gilbert.

Mesa-based Pollack Investments has sold its majority interest in an 82,373-square-foot shopping center in north Mesa for $5 million, according to Orion Investment Real Estate Solutions, who represented the seller.

East Valley and statewide gasoline price averages continued to climb this week, according to AAA Arizona.