The number of hybrid cars in the U.S. will triple by 2015, according to J.D. Power and Associates. This change in demand and technology requires a new skill set from today’s mechanics. The premise is that drivers around the world will continue trading gas guzzling, big-body cars for lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles that are easier on the pockets and the environment.

Mesa police say one person has died after a cab hit a pole Monday morning.

LOS ANGELES — To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of "Gangster Squad" employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars.

A taxi driver was beaten up and robbed in Mesa about 5 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

I wish to bring this situation to the attention of the public. I am disabled and my transportation is a wheelchair with the help of East Valley Dial-A-Ride. The Dial-A-Ride has an excellent service.

Discount Cab is marking Earth Day by attempting to break its record for most taxi trips dispatched in one day, with Valley charity Homeward Bound benefitting from the record-breaking attempt.

A little known program in Phoenix is giving more mobility to seniors at a low cost.

Karen Ragan and her friends have had a Super Bowl party in Sun City for the past 11 years. They even plan to watch the game this year.

Ragan and her fellow Wisconsin natives have a good reason to watch this year’s Super Bowl because their beloved Green Bay Packers will be playing in the title game for the first time in 13 years. The Packers will square off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Channel 10).

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“My wife and I just found out we owe a large amount of taxes. At first we weren’t going to pay them because I’ve been thinking about running for Congress. But I’ve been honest all my life and why turn crooked now? So we paid our taxes.”

 New technology and old-world living have a common goal: conservation

So, you think you have rough roads and traffic snarls? Welcome to downtown Bombay, India, circa 1980.

How a career path hanging in the balance was saved by gray pants hanging on a rack.

Faced with skyrocketing gasoline prices, a Valley taxicab company is looking to hybrid vehicles to ease the squeeze.

A taxicab driver who was assaulted last year by an off-duty Scottsdale police officer is now suing the city and officer in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Labor Day presents an opportunity for workers everywhere to reflect on what’s good and bad about how they earn a living.

A woman was shot in the leg after an argument erupted into gunfire Wednesday morning in the parking lot of a Scottsdale Denny’s restaurant.

Law enforcement agencies are stepping up patrols to battle drunken driving this July Fourth holiday, hoping to prevent a repeat of the death toll that came the previous two years in Arizona.

Scottsdale’s expansion of its taxicab voucher program that provided extra benefits for residents with a certain medical condition was done without the proper City Council review, an internal audit shows.

Once again, we wait for election results. It’s a reason to be at least a bit baffled about socalled early voting — because it isn’t as early as it used to be. Today it’s more like, “late-finding-out voting.”

It kills me when a restaurant like Corelli’s puts enough love into its food to make it stand out among the hordes, but then ignores its customers.

For a young actress at a critical junction in her career, Lindsay Lohan could hardly do worse than “Just My Luck,” a breathtakingly inane romantic comedy about being really happy and lucky and losing it all. If she keeps this up, life may yet imitate art.

NEW YORK - Thrust unexpectedly into the role of prison guards for Saddam Hussein, a group of young American soldiers found the deposed Iraqi leader to be a friendly, talkative "clean freak" who loved Raisin Bran for breakfast, did his own laundry and insisted he was still president of Iraq, says a report published on Monday.