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Another Woman Burned in Horrific Acid Attack

(Sept. 4) -- An Arizona woman suffered second-degree burns on her face and chest after she was attacked with acid outside her home, the second such high-profile assault in a matter of days. Police say that the latest attacker, a woman, was hiding in a carport behind Derri Velarde's parking space in Mesa, Ariz. When...

Sister Accidentally Runs Over, Kills Brother

MESA, Ariz. (Jan. 3) - Police say a teenage girl accidentally ran over and killed her 17-year-old brother as the two played around in an Arizona shopping mall parking lot. Mesa Police spokesman Ed Wessing on Sunday identified the brother as Dwight J. Brock Jr. and his sister as 16-year-old Nicole M. Brock, both residents...

mesa News From the Web

06/02/12 MURRIETA: Mesa High celebrates first graduating class Source: The Press-Enterprise - Riverside CA For students in Murrieta Mesa High School's class of 2012, the school represented an opportunity to take a risk, be a leader or to get a fresh start in high school.
06/01/12 Head east, up and over scenic Four Peaks Source: East Valley Tribune Headed east on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, you can't miss Four Peaks, the tallest, craggiest mountains on the northeastern horizon.
06/01/12 Mesa election: Mayor, 3 councilmen unopposed Source: azcentral.com Four years ago tonight, a tsunami of new blood flooded Mesa's City Council chambers, with a rookie mayor and four fresh council members representing the greatest turnover in Mesa government since 1948.
06/01/12 Cash clash in Arizona may impact A's spring training... Source: San Francisco Business Times - San Francisco CA Now it seems the team is also waiting to see if it can move to Mesa, Ariz., from Phoenix for its spring training games.
06/01/12 Valley Metro Commemorates the Start of Construction... Source: MassTransit Metro light rail is on the move in Central Mesa.

Background on mesa

A mesa (Spanish and Portuguese for "table") is the American English term for tableland, an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs.

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