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Also on today's calendar: Behavioral Health Professionals Networking Event Hosted by Cornerstone Healing Center and 9 more events.
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Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Scottsdale to review Flock license plate cameras (abc15.com) — Scottsdale's City Council has agreed to publicly review the city's 85 Flock license plate reader cameras at an Oct. 6 meeting, after months of resident pressure over privacy and oversight. Police credit the cameras with hundreds of felony arrests, while city leaders now promise audits, stricter misuse penalties, more transparency, and possibly shorter data retention and alternative vendors.
2. 8 Arizona dive bars to add to your bucket list (coppercourier.com) — If you're looking for a laid-back night out close to home, this roundup spotlights classic Scottsdale dives like Coach House, Pattie's, and TT Roadhouse with cheap drinks, casual crowds, and plenty of games. It also suggests other character-filled Arizona bars in Phoenix and Tucson, making it a handy list for planning low-key evenings or showing visitors Scottsdale's more down-to-earth side.
3. Phoenix adds water storage, Scottsdale weighs new rules as Colorado River supplies shrink (abc15.com) — Scottsdale is weighing new rules that would force large new developments using over 100,000 gallons of water a day to undergo extra city scrutiny, as Colorado River supplies shrink. While Phoenix invests $88 million in added water storage, Scottsdale residents and builders should watch for upcoming decisions that could affect future projects and long-term water security.
4. Arizona has resurfaced its highways with rubberized asphalt made from scrap tires since 1988 — and the noise readings on one Scottsdale freeway section dropped by approximately 11 decibels after the o (scienceblog.com) — Drivers in Scottsdale may notice quieter rides along State Route 101, where a rubberized asphalt overlay cut measured freeway noise by about 11 decibels in federal testing. The piece explains how Arizona's decades-long program of mixing recycled tire rubber into highway surfaces began, why it spread from Phoenix to statewide use, and how it improves both durability and neighborhood noise levels.
5. Attorney General Kris Mayes, Warren Petersen clash in combative debate (abc15.com) — A heated attorney general debate in Scottsdale pitted incumbent Kris Mayes against challenger Warren Petersen in sharp personal and policy clashes over crime, lawsuits against the Trump administration, and federal funding for Arizona programs. For Scottsdale voters, the event underscored contrasting visions of how aggressively the AG should challenge Washington while tackling fentanyl, drones, and consumer protection statewide.
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