Tempe

A new boat cruising experience will soon come to Tempe Town Lake thanks to a partnership involving the city of Tempe. The venture, known as Tempe Boat Cruisin’, provides trips that give up to 26 guests the chance to ride on a cycle boat on the reservoir.

A man was arrested this week after police say he walked into a Tempe community center and physically assaulted several older adults there. Police say the attacks were racially motivated.

Tempe is looking for community input on an affordable housing proposal that offers incentives for developers in exchange for decades of lower rents.

The city of Tempe has been working with churches and other community groups to establish Resilience Hubs that are prepared to help during disasters.

It’s hard to imagine a time when the intersection of Mill Avenue and 13th street — just across from Gammage Auditorium in Tempe — was considered “too far out of town.” That was a complaint when the Tempe Woman’s Club was first built there nearly 90 years ago.

A monthslong investigation of sushi restaurants in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Mesa resulted in arrests for harboring undocumented people in stash houses.

At a time when many Arizona school districts are closing schools due to low enrollment, the Tempe Union High School District is seeing a slight uptick in students.

Thousands of dollars in donations are on track to be distributed by the Tempe Community Action Agency. The city — along with donors — raised around $23,000 in what officials call “flexible” storm relief.

Between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., community members will see an increase in emergency personnel including police units, fire trucks and ambulances on ASU’s Tempe campus.

The owners of a Tempe bar where police found underage people in two dragnet operations this year say they want to help with a deadly hit-and-run investigation that led to the most recent raid.