southbound near greenway. investigators say a 39-year-old phoenix man died. they don't know what caused him to crash the motorcycle but they don't believe at this point that speed or alcohol was a factor. more breaking news right now out of mesa, police investigating a possible robbery near baseline and also ma school. maryellen resendez is joining us live from the scene this morning. we are hearing this homeowner may have confronted the suspect? >> reporter: that's exactly what mesa police are saying. this is the house you can see where that white suv is. the owner we are told came home and found at least two men inside her house. there was some type of scuffle and then at least one of those men were able to get away. one was arrested by mesa police almost on the spot.

police cars racing off to a different location. i followed them. and in a neighborhood just southwest of here, they have another man detained right now. they haven't said whether they have made the second arrest. they are questioning two other men in this house. it appears they have been able to trace this home burglary to another house just southwest of this neighborhood, just like right over baseline, not that far from here. th earlier when they had this neighborhood blocked off. this all happened before our eyes. when we arrived, most of the neighborhood was blocked off and they were looking for a second suspect. it may be they have found that suspect because at least 8 cars raced into this neighborhood just southwest of where this home was burglarized, and they have a man they have handcuffs

sitting on a sidewalk while they're questioning him. they also have two others they brought out of this house that they are questioning. so they have been able to take down the roadblocks in this neighborhood, so it's a good possibility that whoever they have detained southwest of here is their man. maryellen resendez, abc 15 news. another bad crash early this morning on the loop 101 near 27th avenue. a tow truck that was working to remove a vehicle for impound. we are working to find out if anyone was hurt. police looking for the driver who took off after crashing into another car on the ramp from the i-17 southbound to the i-10 westbound. we are told there was also a lot of toilet paper in the

police brutality or necessary roughness? we have the video here from inside the williams police department. you can decide. shannon admitted that he was drunk and swearing at police, but he was put in a choke hold until he blacked out for several seconds, according to him. >> put his hand on i said, hey, what are you doing? violation of my civil rights. i don't think he should have been touching me at all. >> the 12-year national guard veteran admitted he's been arrested several times but says he was never offered medical attention after regaining

last night two hikers got lost on the trail in echo canyon and now have a ticket to pay. rangers say the 34-year-old man and 15-year-old girl were almost to the top when they got lost and it was too dark to get down by themselves. crews had to hike up with lights and walk the hikers down. they now face a fine of $107 for leaving their car in the lot after sunset. >> the fire department is here. as soon as it's sunset, we can legally ticket. we usually wait 10 or 20 minutes after wards. we give them time to get down here. >> friday a 26-year-old man from switzerland died at the hospital after collapsing coming off the trail. a double dose of good news

in april. jaime santana is reuniting with the person who helped him after he was struck near his home. he's been getting treatment ever since. police following up right now, looking for three men responsible for shooting and killing a woman on the 51 wednesday night. and a restaurant is stepping up. the owner of pig and pickle is daughter. this weekend they are offering a 15% discount to anyone who donates $10 or more to the family's gofundme page. >> when something like that happens, try to step up and help. that's all. >> their goal is to raise a few thousand dollars and they ho to match that amount. 60 days in jail for the

dog kennel. melissa hughes will serve her sentence in january. her husband jesse was sent to jail right away. they will both do their time in tent city, and melissa apologized before her sentence. >> i'm so sorry. >> more than 20 dogs died in june of 2014 when the air conditioner in the dogs' room shut off in the middle of the night. will both be on probation for six years. children left stranded at the bus stop. we went to the roosevelt elementary school district to get answers. >> i have some questions on how many bus drivers. >> i don't know. >> i know, but she does. so can i talk to her? >> turns out 15 bus drivers called out in protest.

stretch resources to try and pick up students. bus drivers say they are upset because of how little they are getting paid, but the district says the rates are competitive. they called 911 for what? from loose frogs to broken cell phones, apache junction police say frivolous 911 calls are putting people at risk. police are warning no 911 until it's an emergency. to prove their point, listen to calls from friday alone. >> apache junction says only about one in four calls are an actual emergency.

you can be arrested and fined. the race for arizona fifth congressional district far from over this morning as 18 additional ballots didn't help christine jones. she was trailing by 9 and now she trails by 16. a recount is still planned for next week. the lawyer for jones wants to count more than 100 additional ballots filed in the wrong polling location. aps fighting back this morning after going to court to push back against an order to show its records on political spending. this stems after the 2014 corporation election commission asked a judge to say the subpoenas are invalid. from new york to d.c. to tempe, people around the country will be honoring and

15 years ago. >> tomorrow marks the somber anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we caught up with a man going to the healing fields for the first time. >> it was something i've always wanted to do. and i arranged it with my work so i could be here today and just to remember all of our fallen family members brothers, sisters, everybody. >> that will be on display all weekend at tempe beach park. quite a sight to see all those flags. i can't believe it, 15 years already. >> if you have never been there, it's a very moving, very sobering moment. on a lighter note, let's talk about your accurate forecast this morning here. lots to do this weekend. people want to be outdoors,

>> and later on mother nature is cranking up the heat. the sun devils taking on texas tech today, 7:00 p.m. kickoff with 98 degrees in tempe. and it's not going to cool off a lot during the game, so stay hydrated. we have rain chances to talk about, coming up in a few minutes. and cars bursting into flames. it could happen to you if you own this car. we have the latest recall from a popular automaker. and our own miss arizona and our own miss arizona heading to the phoenix is gorgeous! warm weather, blue skies, the sonoran desert.

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our state has to offer on the platform close to her heart: bullying stops here. >> it's a program i created that shows the victimization that comes out when someone is a victim of child abuse or domestic violence, how susceptible they are to being a victim of bullying. >> reporter: even if her dream doesn't come true, she says there's plenty of work to be done right here at home. >> i'll be wo police departments, working with nonprofit organizations to better serve people in arizona. nissan is warning some car and suv owners to stop driving their vehicles because they could go up in flames. the automaker is recalling 134,000 134,000 muranos

light is on more than 10 seconds, you're urged to park outside and do not drive that vehicle. a lot of people probably want to road trip this weekend, nick. what can we expect out there? >> this is a live look at the queen creek camera, 84 degrees. temperatures are starting to elevate a little bit since about a half humidity 41% and we'll dry out a little. winds have picked up out of the east at 9 miles an hour. with the rest of the valley this morning, 83 in deer valley, 80 in surprise and 79 in chandler, 82 this morning in gilbert. live look at the satellite and radar with those five scans of radar not really picking up on anything behind me here.

either. that dry air is in place and it will be with us for the next 36 hours or so. first, let's talk about the futurecast. later on we could see moisture kind of fire off in eastern arizona, right on the new mexico border. also in the high country, maybe a chance for a stray shower, thunderstorm activity. after this afternoon, things dry out nicely. we start to see cloud cover into tomorrow moisture building from the east and southeast. pretty typical during the monsoon season. tomorrow we'll work some rain chances back in the forecast. those will stay with us for a few days. air quality today, we're at the moderate level. shouldn't be too bad for anybody in the sensitive groups. we have a uv alert today, 11:00 to 2:00. that's our window for the strongest rays from the sun.

minutes. pollen levels at medium throughout the day. ragweed and sage brush is what you have to worryabout. a nice mild night in the 80s, maybe have dinner outside or go for a walk. let's check the seven-day forecast. 103 tomorrow, 10% chance of showers. we work in better rain chances monday and tuesday. download our abc 15 mobile app to track the by wednesday we have nice clearing and then thursday into friday, after that we start to see nice sunshine. those temperatures are about average this time of year. i think next weekend we'll get a little bit of a preview for fall. the nfl regular season is already in full swing as the panthers and broncos kicked

tomorrow as the arizona cardinals take on the patriots here in glendale. we have a preview of the matchup . >> we are all curious, what exactly is the between bruce arians and bill belichick? >> once i got traded out here, i had dinner with him and speaking with him was different. coach belichick doesn't talk as much. he's very quiet. coach arians is really cool. i feel like he's a players' coach for sure.

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all the time. people love taco if you're a fan, get ready to celebrate them all day long here in the valley. >> the rocking taco streetfest is a week from today. anthony got up early to cook up some great stuff for us. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> how long have you been taking part in this? >> we started years ago in our parking lot. it was a small festival and just grew because it was so much fun and people loved it so much. this year it's going to be huge and tons of fun. >> great location. >> yeah, we have 20 different restaurants. they are all participating. we'll have tons of different

for the kids, extremely family friendly. >> something for adults and kids? >> mexican wrestling, tons of beer, tons of tacos, a taco eating contest, salsa making contest. >> i'm down for the taco eating contest. >> lucha libre wrestling. tickets are $10 at and if you come to the restaurant this entire week, you get two free tickets if you

cm_?3w? >> one, ?r? >> [??cardinals. %q?o( >> this is cardinals season in focus. your host, paul calvisi. >> welcome in everyone. and welcome back. football is back. i'm paul calvisi and this is