🌱 District Debates Police At Schools + Morning Crash Leaves One Dead

Hi all. It's me, Helen Eckhard, your host of the Scottsdale Daily — back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days.

But first, today's weather:

A couple of showers. High: 56 Low: 40.

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Here are the top four stories in Scottsdale today:

1. Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega was recently interviewed by CBS regarding the mega drought's impact on the city. The mayor elaborated on his insight into the drought. (citysuntimes)
2. Early Sunday morning saw an early morning crash that left one man dead, a woman in jail, and another man in jail. The head-on crash took place in northwest Phoenix. (Arizona's Family)
3. Phoenix Union High School District listened to 75 attendees at a recent listening session to discuss whether or not to put police back onto school campuses. The school board was interested in the opinions of community members about safety concerns at schools. (ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix)
4. A large fire at a storage facility down the road in Mesa burned for hours on Saturday. Dozens of firefighters from nearby Mesa, Gilbert and Tempe responded to the incident. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is unknown. (FOX 10 News Phoenix)

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Today in Scottsdale:

• Photos With Santa At Kierland Commons (11:00 AM)
• An Evening With Jane Goodall At Arizona Financial Theater (7:00 PM)
• Silver Bells Meditation At Sutra Studios (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Calling all holiday house hunters! Here are five local houses for sale in the Scottsdale area, including a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house and a four-bedroom, four-bathroom home. (Scottsdale Patch)
• If you're looking for a great place to eat this week, consider one of the four Valley restaurants to make it onto OpenTable's list of top 100 restaurants of 2022. Scottsdale's very own Ocean 44 and Dominick's Steakhouse were two to make it onto the list. (KTAR.com)
• A new location for the restaurant Buck & Rider is planned to open in the middle of the month. The second location for the seafood restaurant will open on the border of Phoenix and Scottsdale. (KTAR.com)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing associate at Lightning Media Partners. Outside of work, she enjoys constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.