The Chandler Police Department is hosting an open house at its headquarters on Saturday, and officers are requesting residents bring canned goods or non-perishable items to help those in need.

The Visitors Center in Sun City is more than a place for future homeowners and those unfamiliar with the community to pick up information.

The express lane is the linea rapida. Coke comes in glass bottles. Jalapeños are 99 cents a can and green chilies are on special up front for 79 cents a pound.

LOS ANGELES — A toy poodle that was rushed to the vet after swallowing a tube sock. A Great Dane that had to be operated on three times for eating his owner's shoulder pads.

The East Valley Military Support Group mailed 49 boxes of goodies and 300 Easter baskets this month to U.S. troops in Iraq.

The East Valley Military Support Group mailed 49 boxes of goodies and 300 Easter baskets this month to U.S. troops in Iraq.

A 29-year-old Mesa man is in jail Thursday after police said he tried to return $100 in stolen clothing to a store for cash.

Toilet paper and baby wipes would hardly seem like the makings of a holiday package from home. But to military personnel serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, they are a godsend.

Boy Scout Troop 14 and Cub Scout Pack 278, as well as. other Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops throughout the valley, are once again participating in the annual Scouting for Food event on Saturday, Feb. 5. You may see flyers hanging on doors throughout your neighborhood the week prior asking for contributions. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, simply place the items out for collection on the morning of Feb. 5th and the boys will collect the items which will then be donated to local food banks.

Boy Scout Troop 14 and Cub Scout Pack 278, as well as. other Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops throughout the valley, are once again participating in the annual Scouting for Food event on Saturday, Feb. 5. You may see flyers hanging on doors throughout your neighborhood the week prior asking for contributions. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, simply place the items out for collection on the morning of Feb. 5th and the boys will collect the items which will then be donated to local food banks.

NEW YORK - The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, “Please buy anything you can to help out.”

Food prices in Arizona are going up.

For the past couple of years, Valley food banks have reported seeing an increase in people needing food. And due to the recession, they’re seeing individuals and families come in who have never sought such help before. To help meet the demand, United Food Bank of Mesa is seeking volunteer groups to sort donated non-perishable food.

Deflation has finally come to the Arizona shopping cart. New figures from the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation find that, on average, the cost of food from grocery stores in the state is about 20 percent less than it was a year ago.

Got a freezer?

Cotton candy, corn dogs and funnel cake may be fair staples, but a long list of new foods debuts each year at the Arizona State Fair. This time around, three particular items are generating enough buzz and demand to rise to the top of the culinary crowd, says spokeswoman Kristi Walsh.

Cotton candy, corn dogs and funnel cake may be fair staples, but a long list of new foods debuts each year at the Arizona State Fair. This time around, three particular items are generating enough buzz and demand to rise to the top of the culinary crowd, says spokeswoman Kristi Walsh.

Cotton candy, corn dogs and funnel cake may be fair staples, but a long list of new foods debuts each year at the Arizona State Fair. This time around, three particular items are generating enough buzz and demand to rise to the top of the culinary crowd, says spokeswoman Kristi Walsh.

I solved the Gilbert county island fire issue Wednesday morning.

Dawn Hedrick remembers her first time as a cow."You get out of the car, walk up to the restaurant ... and everyone is staring at you," the Mesa resident recalls. "Last year, my girls were almost fetal, they were so embarrassed. You basically walk into the place dying of embarrassment.

A new kind of food store is scheduled to open Jan. 17 at the Promenade shopping center in Scottsdale, Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Scottsdale Road.

Queen Creek’s Apple Dumpling Café is continuing to collect canned food items for local food assistance programs that are in need.

On Nov. 6, St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance distributed some of the more than 2,200 holiday food boxes earmarked for needy families of Arizona's wounded, deployed and active soldiers to make sure our nation's heroes will have all the trimmings for a traditional holiday meal, as well as extra food to fill their pantries.

On Nov. 6, St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance distributed some of the more than 2,200 holiday food boxes earmarked for needy families of Arizona's wounded, deployed and active soldiers to make sure our nation's heroes will have all the trimmings for a traditional holiday meal, as well as extra food to fill their pantries.