Spain once again is home to the world's top restaurant.

Trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen can still hit the notes, and it's not something he ever takes for granted. He always warms up.

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.

The sound of "Taps" echoes nightly over a Mesa golf course in one man's effort to show respect for the military.

Downtown Chandler’s nice most anytime, but it’ll be a particularly good spot to while away a few hours April 5-6.

An up-and-coming jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, whose broad musical influences have garnered wide acclaim in the jazz world, performs in the intimate Tempe Center for the Arts Studio.

There’s no question the Pinnacle boys basketball team is hotter than anybody in Division I as the state tournament beckons.

WASHINGTON — Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally.

It wasn’t Black Friday, but the recent announcement of a sale at the City of Mesa Warehouse Surplus Store sparked a crowd this week.

Seeking gift ideas for that music lover this holiday season, check out the following box set reviews from The Associated Press:

“Just the facts, ma’am” may be the philosophy of the newsroom, but colorful stories of intrigue and passion are the lifeblood of music. Cal Stewart Kellogg, conductor of the Youth Symphony of the Southwest, likes to emphasize that to his students and audience members.

I was awakened at 12:30 a.m. a few weeks ago by the sound of chirping. The smoke detector in our bedroom was sending out a low battery warning. We didn’t have any 9-volt batteries in the house because my son had changed a different room’s detector a few days earlier, and that had been the last one. My husband pulled out the battery and we went back to sleep ... until 2:30 a.m., when the smoke detector in our daughter’s bedroom began chirping.

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, a tepid figure that points to the economy's persistent weakness and slowing prospects for the unemployed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats open their national convention Tuesday in defense of a president who carries both the power and the burden of incumbency, offering President Barack Obama as the best choice to revive the ragged U.S. economy and asking Americans to be patient with incomplete results so far.

From the newspaper dated Tuesday, June 12, 2012, regarding the article written by Richard Cohen titled “Efforts to Trumpet Obama hit Sour Note,” I think that if there are going to be leaks, then they had better not serve as lies.

The final notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” hang in the air, fading away slowly. But by then members of the group have begun to trade playful quips about who missed a note or who was in the wrong key. Within Ahwatukee Brass, the camaraderie is palpable.

NEW YORK — As a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check.

WASHINGTON – It was a sweltering-hot day in the nation’s capital, but the only thing the members of the Gilbert High School marching band could talk about was how cool it was.

Some noteworthy instruments from jazz history have found their way to the desert.

Pizza and organ music first came together in Mesa 40 years ago.

OK, so not all mothers are perfect. But, the persistent folklore that mothers-in-law are to be shunned is a tragic waste of usable nurturing. In truth, it’s one of society’s most foolish myths.

OK, so not all mothers are perfect. But, the persistent folklore that mothers-in-law are to be shunned is a tragic waste of usable nurturing. In truth, it’s one of society’s most foolish myths.