Automated vehicles raise many legal questions

By Michael Medina Guest Writer   Automated driving systems and crash avoidance technology are in the fast lane to becoming our daily driving reality.  While the aim of these technologies is to make travel from point A to...

AFMA Fire Corps seeks volunteers in Sun Lakes

By Brian Curry Guest Writer   The Community Assistance Program of the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes Fire Corps is looking for more volunteers. There are multiple programs that are part of the nationally...

Alternative Chandler school finds a new home

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer   El Dorado High School staff members say its new campus looks and feels much different than their former facility.  It has wide corridors of freshly-painted walls, classrooms with rows of...

Eggstasy brings breakfast magic to S. Chandler

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer   Peter Verros says he’s a simple, bacon-and-eggs-type of guy. But the menu at his new brunch spot in Chandler begs to differ.  It has jelly-donut-flavored pancakes, bacon covered in chocolate...

Hockey gear goes on wild ride out of Chandler

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF   A trailer containing a youth league’s hockey gear was stolen in Chandler, replaced and found — all within 48 hours.  It started Aug. 11 outside the Ice Den in Chandler, where a white trailer was...

Hamilton High football sex assault trial delayed

By Jim Walsh Staff Writer   The criminal trial of a former Hamilton High School football player accused of assaulting younger players in the locker room has been delayed until at least January — two months shy of two years...

How Chandler is trying to become a ‘smart city’

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer   It’s Friday night in downtown Chandler and residents are flocking to visit the area’s bars and restaurants.  Parking starts to get scarce as cars file into lots around Chandler Park. A...

Chandler gears up for crucial 2020 census

By Gary Nelson Contributor   It’s going to be easy to overlook a little postcard that will arrive in your mail next March. Between the kids, the rent, the job and the busted washing machine, it won’t seem like a big...

100+ Women salute group that inspires hope

By Leann Landberg  and Susan Barlow Staff Writers   One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18.   Mental health, described by Crisis Response Network, is an “equal opportunity...

‘Blinded by the Light’ encourages change

By Octavio Serrano Staff Writer   Journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s articles have been published internationally in The Guardian, The Times, Sunday Times Magazine and The New York Times. But his column about his love of Bruce...