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Here is an update on the Pocket Fire and how you and your family can be prepared for any emergency.
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For the Pocket Fire:
Oak Creek Canyon has been evacuated and a Red Cross Shelter is available for evacuees at Sedona Red Rock High School, 955 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. For more information call 1-800-RED-CROSS. High Country Humane can temporarily take small pets while their families are staying at the shelter.
Highway 89A is currently closed. Road closure information is available at AZ 511.
The American Red Cross will open a shelter for Pocket Fire evacuees at 10 p.m. tonight at Sedona Red Rock High School, 955 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd.
The shelter will support residents and visitors displaced by the fire impacting Oak Creek Canyon. Red Cross shelter services include meals, snacks, water, health support and information about additional resources for individuals and families who have been evacuated from their homes or campsites and need a safe place to stay.
Coconino County Health and Human Services has arranged for High Country Humane to temporarily take small pets while their families are staying at the shelter.
State Route 89A is closed in both directions between Sedona and I-17 (MP 374-397) due to a brush fire. There's no estimated reopening time.
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“URGENT from the Coconino County Sheriff's Office: GO ORDER for ALL visitors and residents in Oak Creek Canyon between Sedona and Forest Highlands.
This includes dispersed camping around West Fork and nearby areas above the Rim. EVACUATE NOW due to wildfire in the area.”
BREAKING: A judge barred Phoenix from enforcing its parks ordinance against a church group.
She said the ordinance, which bans giving food to homeless people in parks without a permit, likely violates the group's right to free exercise of religion.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass , setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly 4 million.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the coroner’s office in downtown Phoenix and sexually abusing corpses in body bags https://t.co/qqcaSFDdeh
INTERNAL EMAIL: Fired Phoenix PD Sgt. Dusten Mullen was accused of trying to intimidate Chandler officers in 2025 during car crash investigation involving his son. CPD says Mullen identified himself as PHX officer who “knows the law” & claimed Chandler officers slept with his ex.
Due to expiring federal funding, a crucial domestic hotline that has served the Valley for 15 years will go dark next month.
Victims relied heavily on it to connect to services, including shelters.
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