Amanda LaCasse

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Focus. Flash. Phoenix: Downtown tackles Super Bowl Central with an immediate takedown

The takedown of the vibrant and crowded Verizon Super Bowl Central began before the football game it was celebrating even kicked off.

Protesters temporarily stall light rail during downtown rally against police brutality

More than 50 protesters and political activists rallying against police brutality temporarily stalled an eastbound light rail south of McDowell Road and Central Avenue on Saturday evening.

METROnome: Bike Thief skillfully crosses, mixes, mashes and defies genre definitions

Portland group Bike Thief's set Monday night at Last Exit Live mashed a combination of different styles, delivering an ecstatic mix of indie-rock sounds.

Devil’s Advocate: 2 days on a food-stamp budget teaches a lesson hard learned

The SNAP Challenge tests people's ability to eat on a food stamp budget for a week: $27 all week, or about $3.86 per day. Downtown Devil Assistant Photo Editor Amanda LaCasse took on an abridged version of the challenge.

Focus. Flash. Phoenix: A soft sleep self-portrait

I am not unfamiliar with the concept of a self-portrait. I’m guilty of the selfie -- on my cellphone, my film camera, my DSLR -- but for this photo column assignment, I wanted to try something different.

Devil’s Advocate: The place where I belong, or downtown Phoenix through my eyes

Assistant Photo Editor Amanda LaCasse has been admiring downtown Phoenix since she was a young girl staring out the window of the soaring Chase Tower. Her love for the city center has only grown as she's explored the streets in college.