Weekend wrap-up: Here are the biggest Arizona stories from April 26-28

The first 100-degree day of the year, a new parking fee at a popular tourist destination and a prison with doors that won’t stay locked.

Here are some stories that headlined the news cycle, both locally and nationally, over the weekend.

The heat is on: Phoenix hits 100 degrees for the first time in 2019

The calendar may read April, but the thermometer is pointing toward summer.

Phoenix recorded 100 degrees on Friday, the first time the city has seen triple-digit temperatures in 2019.

The National Weather Service said Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport reached 100 degrees at 2:10 p.m.

Popular river overlook in Arizona now has parking fee

Parking at a spot near the edge of an Arizona canyon where the Colorado River makes a sharp U-turn now comes at a cost. You can blame that mostly on social media.

Countless posts have celebrated the wonder of Horseshoe Bend, where the bluish-green river takes a 270-degree turn just outside the town of Page, near the Utah border.

The cost starts at $5 per motorcycle and $10 per vehicle, and goes up for commercial vans and tour buses, depending on how many passengers they carry.

Broken locks lead to attacks on officers, inmates at Arizona prison

Arizona prison officials said they have implemented countermeasures to thwart cell door tampering by inmates at the state prison in Buckeye.

The Thursday statement was issued after ABC15 reported surveillance videos that showed violent assaults on officers by prisoners who escaped from cells that do not have proper locking mechanisms.

The station had surveillance video from six assaults inside Lewis Prison in Buckeye that occurred between June and December 2018.

Arizona appeals court judge appointed to state Supreme Court

An Arizona Court of Appeals judge was appointed Friday by Gov. Doug Ducey to the state Supreme Court, marking the governor’s fourth appointment to the court.

Judge James P. Beene was picked to fill the seat vacated by Justice John Pelander, who retired in March after serving on the court since his appointment in 2009.

 “Judge Beene has spent his career as a dedicated advocate for the people of Arizona, including its most vulnerable populations,” Ducey said in a statement.

Four people killed following crane collapse in Seattle

Four people were killed and three injured when a construction crane collapsed Saturday in downtown Seattle, pinning six cars underneath, Seattle’s fire chief said.

The four were dead by the time firefighters got to the scene, Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said.

He said two of the dead were crane operators and the other two were people who had been in cars.

Rabbi says gun ‘miraculously jammed’ in California attack

In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of a shooting that killed a woman inside a Southern California synagogue, a wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein wrapped his bloodied hand in a prayer shawl and addressed the panicked congregation, vowing to stay strong in the face of yet another deadly attack in a house of worship.

Goldstein said he was preparing for a service on the last day of Passover and saw a young man wearing sunglasses standing in front of him with a rifle.

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