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Arizona Diamondbacks surging as they battle for a wild card spot

The D-Backs have surging after losing 9 in a row to start August

Sports

5 must-try local Phoenix ice cream shops

Here are the tastiest spots to grab a frozen treat, according to Axios Phoenix readers.

Food and Drink

Arizona History: Why tubers throw marshmallows in the Salt River and why they must stop

The marshmallow fight tradition dates back at least two decades.

Things to Do

How "golden handcuffs" locked up Phoenix's housing market

Roughly 67% of Arizona homeowners with mortgages have a rate below 4%.

Real Estate

Arizona will conserve water from reduced Colorado River cuts next year

Water users have already agreed to conserve the additional 80,000 acre-feet they're entitled to.

Water

Arizona won&#x27;t take as big a cut as expected from its allocation of water from the Colorado River next year due to an <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="unusually wet winter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/01/18/phoenix-above-average-rain-reverse-drought" data-vars-content-id="09b1c02c-bb31-4073-bc36-2e71831ba0bb" data-vars-headline="Arizona will conserve water from reduced Colorado River cuts next year" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/01/18/phoenix-above-average-rain-reverse-drought" target="_self">unusually wet winter</a>.Yes, but: That&#x27;s unlikely to do much, if anything, to alleviate the ongoing &quot;megadrought&quot; or change the need for conservation measures that have been implemented recently.

Aerial view of a lake with a jagged shoreline, with a white ring around shore indicating a reduction in water levels. 