It all began when a pair of friends shared drinks together in Greece.

The Valley’s American Healing Arts Foundation serves U.S. veterans by providing them with free art classes, including all supplies, along with art therapy classes taught by certified and licensed art therapists.

In just over two years since it’s been open Secreto has changed management three times. Now, bringing the experience of Caffe Boa to Chandler Boulevard, newly appointed general manager Jamie Santoro hopes the third time is a charm.

Chobani is making Greek yogurt as fast as Americans are eating it.

Chobani is making Greek yogurt as fast as Americans are eating it.

Trash talk has helped Matthew Levesque fashion an inventive career in garden design.

Dogs and cats in Apache Junction are getting some new digs - a newly remodeled animal control facility. You can take a tour during an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8. at the shelter, 725 E. Baseline Road. And, all adoption fees will be 50 percent off that day.

At a time when families are watching dollars, unexpected treasures are an increasingly important strategy for stores.

Ah, parking. How many four-letter words have been uttered, how many blood pressures have spiked upward, how many hairs have turned gray in searching for you, paying for you?

They're often left unattended behind supermarkets and convenience stores.

United Food Bank in Mesa recently received 1,384 pounds of food from the FC Barcelona Soccer Club, which is made up of soccer players from around the East Valley.

I want to know. You want to know. The whole world wants to know. What's the deal with the surprising retiring Republicans? Not age-related retiring, as in shawl on the lap watching the third DVD of the fifth season of "Matlock" with a glass of tepid tea on the side table. Retiring as in coy, reticent, withdrawn. Obviously, we are not speaking of those pesky majority members of the House - demure as an over-caffeinated grizzly on roller skates gallivanting down a fashion runway and, yes, that means you, Kate Moss.

Workers who quit over safety violations need to show they attempted to rectify the situation if they hope to get jobless benefits, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.

It is the final days for Mesa’s Ultimate Electronics. According to a press release, all 30 of the remaining stores — including the one at 1655 S Stapley Drive — will complete their going-out-of-business sales by April 10, or earlier if all the merchandise is sold.

After Phoenix Public Market receives a shipment of produce, the wood and plastic pallets that carried the fruits and vegetables are carefully locked in a fenced enclosure behind the store. The market loses a $75 deposit for each pallet that isn't returned, and there is a black market for pallets these days.

After Phoenix Public Market receives a shipment of produce, the wood and plastic pallets that carried the fruits and vegetables are carefully locked in a fenced enclosure behind the store. The market loses a $75 deposit for each pallet that isn’t returned, and there is a black market for pallets these days.