AZ Briefing: Inside the drama at Scottsdale City Council

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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Thu Mar 13 2025

Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day.

Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky and one of her campaign donors are threatening legal actionagainst current and former City Council membersand three residents whom they contend probably started false rumors about ethical violations.

Here’s what you need to know about the drama in Scottsdale.

Japanese grill to open first US location in metro Phoenix

Sushi and a teriyaki bowl from Edo Japanese Grill.

Provided by Edo Japanese Grill

A Canada-based chain of teppanyaki restaurants made its US debut in metro Phoenix. Here’s where and what’s on the menu at the Japanese grill.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1942: Amid World War II, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps began training dogs for the new Army K-9 Corps and extended the training later that year for the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. A list of 30 breeds was quickly limited to seven: German shepherds, Belgian sheep dogs, Doberman pinschers, collies, Siberian huskies, Alaskan malamutes and American Eskimo dogs.
•	In 1943: German Nazi Schutzstaffel, also known as SS, began liquidating the Jewish population in the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Over four days, forces killed about 2,000 people. Police transported another 2,000 Jewish people to the Plaszow forced-labor camp and 3,000 others to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. At Auschwitz, about 550 Jewish people were chosen for labor, while the remaining 2,450 died in gas chambers.
•	In 1961: The Temptations auditioned for Motown Records founder Barry Gordy, who initially signed the group to the label’s short-lived imprint Miracle Records. In 2023, the Temptations were rated No. 1 on Billboard’s Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop Artists list, and founder Otis Williams continued to perform with others under the name.
•	In 1993: The Storm of the Century, which made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast late the night before, proceeded to sweep through portions of 22 eastern states with damaging winds. Causing blizzard conditions as it moved north, the superstorm directly killed 318 people, knocked out power from Alabama to Maine and caused $2 billion in property damage.
•	In 2020: President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that Trump said would provide $50 billion more in disaster relief funding and would also allow the Department of Health and Human Services to waive regulations and laws to more rapidly deliver coronavirus tests. Amid a whirlwind of uncertainty, the day ended with the Dow Jones industrial average bouncing back to finish the day up 1,985 points, just a day after it fell a whopping 2,352 points.
•	In 2020: Louisville Metro Police fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a no-knock search warrant to her door while she and her boyfriend were inside her apartment. Months later, mass protests over her death broke out in Louisville. A lengthy federal Justice Department investigation into the police department followed, and a legally binding consent decree aimed at reforming the department was agreed upon in late 2024. Taylor’s boyfriend, a legal gun owner, fired as the door was breached and struck one officer, later saying he believed the officers were intruders. Police returned fire with a combined 32 rounds. Initial charges against the unharmed man were dropped.

— Charlie White, USA TODAY Network

Former Suns center Oliver Miller dead at 54

Phoenix Suns analyst Eddie Johnson posted on social media that former Suns big man Oliver Miller, nicknamed “The Big O,” died Wednesday at 54.

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Election officials draft short-term pact ahead of voting

The interim arrangement sets up a short-term division of duties that will allow small, local elections in Goodyear and Glendale to continue unimpeded.

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