After four years, it's finally time to grow up a little bit and move on with my life -- and time to say goodbye to Phoenix for good. Despite my misgivings when I moved here, this place grew on me. So thanks, Phoenix, for helping those of us who graduated this year explore and discover who we are and who we want to become.
Television journalist Tom Brokaw will deliver the commencement speech at Arizona State University’s undergraduate graduation ceremony on May 3, an ASU spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday evening.
The Cafe Roma in the Arizona Center is undergoing light renovations this winter to shift from a traditional pizza eatery to featuring elements of a sports bar with expanded food and drink offerings.
Six Occupy Phoenix protesters were arrested late Thursday night for urban camping in Cesar Chavez Plaza, violations that prompted Phoenix Police to tear down much of the movement’s camp, authorities said.
A little over a year ago, CityScape, a new, $900 million mixed-use development project, arrived in downtown Phoenix. Today, CityScape is nearing full occupancy, as a bevy of new restaurants gear up to open before the end of the year.
Despite record ridership in recent months that has exceeded most official expectations, Metro Light Rail may see a fare increase this summer to coincide with proposed increases for the rest of Valley Metro’s public-transit services.
