The Phoenix City Council selected Carlos Galindo-Elvira to fill the vacancy created when Councilwoman Yassamin Ansari resigned last month to run for Congress.Galindo-Elvira beat out three other candidates: former Phoenix Councilman Michael Nowakowski; Phoenix Planning Commission member Lisa Perez; and Valley of the Sun United Way executive Gilbert Arvizu.
Maryvale once epitomized the American dream of suburban family life. During the post-war building boom, a local boy back from the Army transformed acres of farmland west of Phoenix into Arizona’s first planned community.
Food banks in the Phoenix area are seeing a sharp increase in demand this spring.St. Mary’s, the state’s largest food bank, told KJZZ News they’re seeing a couple hundred more families a day coming to the food bank for help.Inflation and higher costs for everything from milk to vegetables, on top of higher gas and rent prices, comes at the same time that pandemic assistance is