As the new year begins, bringing new colors into our homes can help refresh and recalibrate our spirits. This spring, blues may be just the tonic we need.

Chandler is seeking proposals from businesses to locate in the historic downtown square. The city is hoping to attract a business that complements current downtown businesses, ideally retail or entertainment. The city’s building is known as the Blue Peacock, at 51 E. Boston St. Proposals are due May 9. To download the application, visit chandleraz.gov/ed and click on “Downtown Redevelopment.”

The City of Chandler is opening a Request for Interest (RFI) to attract a new and interesting business to Downtown. The city is looking for a retail, restaurant or entertainment concept that will complement the current businesses in downtown, drawing new visitors to the area.

New to the Valley and to the state, Penzey’s Spices is spicing things up at 3310 N. Hayden Road, in the OfficeMax Plaza, southwest corner of Hayden and Osborn roads in Scottsdale.

Up in the high country, nestled among the windswept pastures and granite peaks of Chino Valley, is a wine lover’s paradise.

My father’s eardrums took a pounding after he gave buying advise to my grandfather. It was a life lesson I was about to put to good use.

Cassy Saba’s sassy necklaces have graced the necks of Beyonce, Alicia Keyes, Brandy and Channel 12’s Lin Sue Cooney.

No matter how cozy your home, it can be transformed into a magical place during the holiday season. All it takes is a little dressing.

The silky petals of a fragrant pink shrub rose; the crunchy texture of a gravel path; a nook where grass rustles and a stream runs. What we smell, see, hear, touch and taste can make a garden walk a wonderful sensory experience.

FOUKE, Ark. - Six minors have been temporarily placed in state custody as part of a child porn investigation after a raid on a ministry run by a man who says "consent is puberty" when it comes to sex, officials said Sunday.

LOS ANGELES — In real life, hangovers make us promise to be good and never do it again, until the next time. In Hollywood, fans have been anxious to do it again ever since they walked out of the surprise comedy blockbuster "The Hangover" two years ago.

NEW YORK - The first thing women might want to put on their shopping list for fall is a pair of long leather gloves. They've emerged at New York Fashion Week as a surefire trend. And they're practical, too, considering many of the coats and sweaters on the runway have only 3/4-length sleeves.

Complete list of nominees in 107 categories announced Tuesday for the 47th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 13 in Los Angeles: