Adam Klepp

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PHOENIX — Reverse lanes on the "Sevens", that's 7th Avenue and 7th Street, have been a controversial City of Phoenix initiative for years. Now, a petition to get rid of them Operation Safe Roads reported on previously has reached over 4,000 signatures online, and has been presented to the City Council. "They function basically like a highway, and we don't need highways running through our neighborhoods," Stacey Champion, who led the petition said.

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By Adam KleppClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX ( KNXV) - On March 25th, 2020, Justina Valdez and her kids were walking to a neighborhood park in north Phoenix. They never made it. Crossing Morten Avenue at 16th Street, a truck turning left didn't see them in the crosswalk. When she saw the truck wasn't going to stop, she pushed the stroller away saving her son and daughter, but got hit by the truck herself.

3 days ago | abc15.com | Adam Klepp

PHOENIX — On March 25th, 2020, Justina Valdez and her kids were walking to a neighborhood park in north Phoenix. They never made it. Crossing Morten Avenue at 16th Street, a truck turning left didn't see them in the crosswalk. When she saw the truck wasn't going to stop, she pushed the stroller away saving her son and daughter, but got hit by the truck herself. "My head hit the curb, my elbow was on the street, that was the impact that broke my shoulder," Valdez said.

4 days ago | abc15.com | Adam Klepp

PHOENIX — The Roosevelt School District Governing Board voted late last year to close five schools as the district tries to get a handle on a $5 million budget deficit. Following the end of the school year, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, C.J. Jorgensen Academy, John R. Davis Elementary, V.H. Lassen Academy, and Maxine O. Bush Elementary will all close. The district has been around for over a century, and is celebrating their histories with each school having a send off events.

5 days ago | abc15.com | Adam Klepp

PARADISE VALLEY, AZ — The CREST building at Paradise Valley High School is a school within a school. “When I came here, I found a passion for all of the building, design process, and everything that goes along with engineering," Alex Podborny, a senior in the CREST program said. CREST stands for the Center for Research in Engineering, Science, and Technology. It's a four-year honors STEM program where students focus on bioscience, computer science, or engineering.