Local Border Patrol agents discuss border safety
A local Border Patrol agent from the Yuma Sector discusses recent allegations regarding a peak in smuggler offenses. The agent said the Yuma Sector has seen a decrease in assaults.
Continue ReadingMonth: March 2017
Llega la feria al Condado de Imperial
Los preparativos están en pleno apogeo a dos días del inicio de la Feria en Imperial. Por otro año consecutivo llega la feria al Condado imperial. Este año con el tema “La Vida es Dulce”. El edificio “Preble Building” lucirá con castillos de caramelos y esculturas de dulces, una obra que ya está por ser
Continue ReadingCalifornia Mid-Winter Fair and Fiesta opens Friday
The doors to the California Mid-Winter Fair and Fiesta in El Centro open Friday but we are getting a sneak peek before gates open to the public. This year’s theme is, The Sweet Life and you will see it represented throughout the fairgrounds. “Our theme in here, Preble, is candy land,” said Ted Flores, Graphic
Continue ReadingCrimenes que cometen los inmigrantes indocumentados y sus consecuencias
El presidente Donald Trump ha anunciado una y otra vez que tiene como prioridad deportar a los inmigrantes convictos de crimen. Incluso ha delineado su criterio en siete puntos, uno de ellos afectando bastante a los inmigrantes. Un abogado de inmigración local dice que esto es un problema mas grande del que se ve. “La
Continue ReadingTopic of the Day: President Speech to Congress
13 On Your Side wants to know your thoughts: On Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump addressed congress; President Trump pledged to unify not only congress but the entire country. During the president’s speech he referred to his campaign promises and reaffirmed that he planned on keeping all of his promises. Among the promises made were
Continue ReadingBorder Patrol discovers narcotics in vehicle’s quarter panels
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Continue ReadingCA Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta access routes and street closures
IMPERIAL, CA: The City of Imperial has issued a traffic advisory for alternate routes along SR 86 and its frontage roads due to the start of the CA Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta. Drivers should be aware off the following closures and access points:* Cross Streets 2nd & 4th on SR 86 are closed;* Right turn
Continue ReadingTransfer of doctor sparks protest at Niland clinic
Niland residents take their healthcare needs very seriously. So, when they felt it threatened, they took to protesting on Tuesday at the local Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo. Slab City resident Balu said, “The doctor’s been shipped to another town here in California. It was because she’s doing a good job – too good of
Continue ReadingPioneers Memorial Healthcare District partners with Rady Children’s-San Diego
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District signed a management agreement with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego this morning. Rady Children’s will staff a medical director and nursing leader to help manage the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units at Pioneers Memorial Hospital. We spoke to some of the new partners and asked if this was the first step
Continue ReadingOff to the races!
The San Pasqual baseball team got off to a rough start to their season, in their tough loss to arch-rival Antelope last week. Now, the Warriors were looking to put down an upset in their first road game of the season against area power Yuma Catholic. It wasn’t meant to be. From start to finish,
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