Phoenix, AZ News Roundup (8/3/25)

Inside Trophy Room’s secret lounge: Last weekend’s Summer Cocktail Camp offered an intimate, no-phones dive into Lex Patino’s technique-driven libations—from fat-washed creations to a perfectly balanced Old Fashioned — learn what goes on behind Trophy Room’s bar.

Back-to-school health checklist: Ensure your child is prepared with a well-child and sports physical, required vaccines, hydration and backpack safety, helmet use and behavioral health support at Phoenix Children’s Pediatrics — find out what you need.

Garfield alleyway dangers: Phoenix neighbors are dealing with drug paraphernalia, break-ins and squatting in their back alleys as a $3 million gated-alley program awaits enough signatures — find out how neighbors can qualify.

Phoenix holds industrial crown: Phoenix remains the country’s top industrial development hub with 17.4 million square feet underway, even as its pipeline shrinks to less than half last year’s volume — find out how.

Phoenix graffiti spree ends: A 34-year-old was sentenced to 4½ years in prison and ordered to pay over $62,000 after pleading guilty to more than 750 graffiti incidents along the 19th Avenue corridor — find out how the community helped bring him to justice.

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