Month: March 2017

Imperial County Sheriff’s Office reported that 21-year-old Agustin Bastidas was arrested on Monday afternoon for attempted lewd acts on a child under fourteen years of age. A Sheriff’s press release stated Bastidas was arrested along the 500th block of Adams Avenue in El Centro. City of Imperial resident Adam Espinoza and his family usually visit

The Yuma Fire Department responded to three snake sighting calls in the last two weeks. On Wednesday, YFD officials said they found a rattlesnake near a parking lot in downtown Yuma. According to YFD, the pattern suggest that the city of Yuma is approaching snake season and local experts are advising locals to be mindful

Cesar Chavez es reconocido como un líder campesino quien luchó en contra de las injusticias hacia los trabajadores de campo. Hoy la directora de inmigración de Chicanos por la Causa dice que participó en una huelga de Chavez. De acuerdo a Ramona Corrales de Chicanos por la Causa, ella conoció a Chavez por un tío

Emerald Springs retirement home in Yuma threw a party today for two very special residents, Bea Updike and Bob Smallwood, who turned the big 1-0-0. Bea and her husband spent years traveling down to Yuma as winter visitors, finally declaring Yuma as a permanent residence in 2003. It was in 2014 that she moved to

Si cruzan cualquier estacionamiento en el condado de Yuma probablemente encontraran una gran cantidad de violaciónes de placas. Incluyen personajes pintados, las letras rayadas, o carros sin placas. Pero una nueva ley va entrar en vigor que se agrega a la lista. Cobertores para placas de autos que se pueden encontrar en centro comerciales a

El condado de Yuma es una de las regiones donde en estos pasados cinco dias se han reportado multiples casos en donde sospechosos quiebran las ventanas de los autos para robar cosas personales. Por lo que autoridades dan algunas recomendaciones para evitar que usted sea la próxima víctima.

The state of California will raise the taxes on a pack of cigarettes by two dollars starting April 1st. This is taking place in light of Proposition 56 which was approved by voters last November. Our news team spoke to Imperial Valley locals who say this may help theme kick the habit. “To me, since

El costo de fumar será más caro para Californianos. A partir del primero de abril consumidores de tabaco verán un aumento significativo en el precio de paquete de cigarrillos, así como aumentos equivalentes en otros productos de tabaco y cigarrillos electrónicos. El impuesto sobre el precio de una cajetilla de cigarros aumentara $2 . Llevando

The “La Mesa Street Murders” trial continued Friday. The prosecution played multiple 911 calls from the tragic night the Yuma family of six was murdered on June 24, 2005. Prosecution says the accounts were over nine minutes long. Jury members heard the operator ask a caller for a vehicle description, but the caller replies that

Thursday marks day six of the La Mesa Street Murders Trial. During trial, a key witness changed his initial account of the suspect description from 2005 and instead says Preston Strong is the man he saw on the night of the murders. The murders occurred June 24, 2005, and at that time the witness (whose

The victims’ family members took the witness stand for the first time in the “La Mesa Street Murders” Trial. The first witness to the stand was a Schwan’s food delivery employee who often delivered meals to the family. Lucio Marquez Alvarez told the jury that he had a set route to deliver food around the

The credibility of a key witness is under fire in Day 11 of the La Mesa Street Murders Trial. Retired Detective Jeff Ruby, Yuma Police Department, continued on the stand on Monday contradicting the key witness’ account of the interview process. Ruby testified that the witness was interviewed on two occasions shortly after the murders.

In day 12 of the La Mesa Street Murders trial, a police detective described video surveillance footage that showed Preston Strong was with Luis Rios at RC Liquor store on the day of the murders. Yuma Police Department Detective Shawn Bledsoe told the jury on Tuesday that Luis Rios, Adrienne Heredia and Preston Strong had

A neighbor describes the suspect while the family’s pool technician shares details about the last time 13-year-old Andreas Crawford and 12-year-old Enrique Bedoya were seen alive. Two witnesses and two police detectives took the stand in Day 13 of the La Mesa Street Murders trial. The Jury first heard from Keith Hansen on Friday. Hansen