Mesa Councilman Chris Glover will host a “Conversations with Chris” event at the Mesa Arts Center on May 19 to discuss light rail construction and other topics. Glover will present an update on transportation projects, share information about the MAC and cultural events and attendees will hear jazz musician Pete Pancrazi perform. The free event includes coffee and donuts, and a tour of the arts center. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. May 19 at the MAC, 1 E. Main St.

Mesa Councilman Chris Glover will host a pancake breakfast for residents of District 4 on Sept. 24. Glover and representatives from several city departments will be available to assist residents with various municipal services during the event. The free breakfast is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Fire Station 201, 360 E. First St. For more information, call (480) 644-5296.

District 4 Councilmember Chris Glover has been re-appointed to the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) steering committee. This will be Councilmember Glover’s second term on the FAIR steering committee, which is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general financial assistance programs, liability insurance, intergovernmental relations, Census, municipal bonds and capital finance, municipal management, antitrust issues, citizen participation and civil rights, labor relations, Native American sovereignty and municipal authority.

Tempe police and firefighters pulled a naked man out of Tempe Town Lake Wednesday after he eluded his rescuers for more than an hour. Police took an uncooperative Chris Brown, 38, to a hospital for an examination but there were no initial signs of serious injury, police spokesman Jeffrey Glover said.

The mayor and three council members of Arizona’s third-largest city will run unopposed in their fall re-election bids, as no challengers met Mesa’s Wednesday deadline to qualify for the ballot.

With its flagship piece — the Mesa Arts Center — in place the arts and performance scenes in Arizona’s third-largest city have been on the receiving end of some international acclaim of late.

A look at key Mesa facts and figures

It’s being billed as a legacy for one of Mesa’s favorite museum showpieces — and for the city itself.

The Metro light rail extension into downtown Mesa has helped spur several proposals for new urban housing developments on or near Main Street, involving several hundred apartments.

Aaron Baddeley, the 2007 FBR Open champion, is among the latest golfers to commit to this year's field.

SAN DIEGO - Another day in the NL West, another top pitching pairing.

Unless there’s a collapse of, well, Valverde-an proportions, Jose Valverde figures to be the club’s closer next season.

The $450,000 Gila River Classic will be played as scheduled next month, even though the Nationwide Tour has yet to replace the tournament’s sponsor and host charity, a spokesman for the PGA Tour said Wednesday.

Randy Johnson emerged from treatment with ice wrapped around his bruised left hand on Wednesday, but said it wouldn’t force him to miss his next scheduled start on Sunday against the Tigers.

Bands, floats and children will line the downtown streets of Mesa on Monday, Jan. 21, as part of the city’s weekend-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

Had Tom Lehman not lost a playoff to Dean Wilson at last week’s International, we might be looking at the first U.S. Ryder Cup team since 1963 to boast a playing captain.

Sifting through the biggest moments of Arizona golf for 2005, it was a season that was dominated by an outstanding foursome of junior golfers from the Valley and a couple of well-known pros who also once called it home:

As quiet as a mouse, the Gila River Classic disappeared from the 2006 Nationwide Tour schedule this week. The PGA Tour did not allude to the tournament’s demise when it released the places and dates for the Nationwide’s 31 tournaments, but the absence of the event that had been played near Chandler for the past five years was noticeably silent.

If this is to be the swan song for the Gila River Classic, and there is a distinct possibility that the tournament could go dark due to lack of a title sponsor for next year, then it would be nice if a local pro could win the finale.

DENVER - As a kid, Scott Hairston was in the left-field bleachers on opening day. This opening day, he will be in left field. “It’s something I’ve been dreaming about since I was a kid,” Hairston said.

Chaparral starter Ike Davis (7-0) pitched a three-hitter Friday to lead the Firebirds past visiting Coronado 7-0 in a 4A East Sky Region baseball game.

After two weeks without a decent meal, Van Tran looked tired and agitated as he walked into a courtroom for a hearing in May.