Today's headlines

• Mesa plaza hails end of road construction November 6, 2009
  Old signs still advertise for closed stores at the Riviera Plaza in Mesa. Businesses operating at the plaza were eager to see the end of a major construction project at Gilbert Road and University Drive. The $8.4 million project was completed Friday, and merchants say the plaza has seen a decrease in business since the start of construction eight months ago.
• Where there's a will, there's a gelato November 6, 2009
  When Carl Lombardo contemplated opening his first gelato shop at 734 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, everyone told him to stay away.
• Cities to sue over parts of state budget November 6, 2009
  The organization that represents cities around the state voted Friday to sue to overturn some provisions in the state budget approved by lawmakers.