Month: September 2018

A stopped school bus that was picking up students led to a chain-reaction crash at Highway 95 and County 14th 1/2 Street Tuesday morning. The Somerton Cocopah Fire Department (SCFD) said they responded to a collision at 8:11 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived at the scene, SCFD crews found four vehicles with rear-end moderate damage.

La gasolina es uno de los productos que mas compran los residentes fronterizos en este país. A diario miles de mexicalenses cruzan a Calexico para surtir de gasolina sus vehículos o motocicletas. Y es que para muchos residentes de Mexicali, es más confiable la cantidad de galones que compran aquí que los litros que venden

Se espera que el presidente electo de Mexico, Andres Manuel López Obrador, visite San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora este viernes para organizar un mitin de “agradecimiento” a los votantes que lo apoyaron. Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visitará San Luis, Mexico a las 10 a.m. en El Bosque de la Ciudad, ubicado en la avenida

Mexican President-Elect Andres Manuel López Obrador is expected to visit San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora this Friday to host a “thank you” rally for voters that supported him. Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) will be visiting San Luis, Mexico at 10 a.m. at El Bosque de la Ciudad located at Nuevo Leon Avenue and 7th

The Somerton Fire Department is training the next generation of firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians . The Cadet Program is a year-long training for those who want to gain real-life experience in the firefighter and medical field. For those interested in participating must be of ages 13 to 18 years old. The training consists

As a parent, it may be difficult to encourage your students to get their homework done after school. In addition, it may be hard to leave your child at an after school program for hours at a time. A new program: Right at School is hoping to change that. Right at School is a new

One student was arrested Monday after he allegedly brought prescription drugs to San Pasqual High School, leading to the hospitalization of eight students. The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office said the students were hospitalized after ingesting the prescription drugs. Officials did not inform us what kind of prescription medication they took. The San Pasqual School District

Border Patrol arrested a convicted sex offender Thursday night after entering the United States illegally. Agents near Calexico apprehended Miguel Ramirez-Gonzalez, a 43-year-old Mexican citizen, after illegally entering the country at around 10:21 p.m. Thursday. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, records check unveiled that Ramirez was convicted for two counts of lewd or

A six-month-old infant was hospitalized following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 24th Street and Avenue A Monday evening. Yuma police said the driver of a 2016 Mazda sedan was heading westbound and tried to make a U-turn at the intersection. The driver then collided with a 1998 Jeep Cherokee heading eastbound. One of

Border Patrol agents near Yuma say a Mexican citizen with a border crossing card was caught trying to smuggle large amounts of methamphetamine. Authorities say the arrest happened Sunday evening after a driver was held for a secondary inspection at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 8. Wellton Station Border Patrol agents say a canine detected

The signs being held by three people along a Southern California desert interstate said “Funeral Donations,” ″Anything is a blessing” and had photos of a little boy. “RIP Johnny,” one sign noted. But when Victorville police investigated Monday they discovered the little boy was not deceased and that water bottles held by the trio contained

Authorities in an Arizona county bordering Mexico have declared a state of local emergency in response to raw sewage leaking into the U.S. from the Mexican state of Sonora. The Cochise County Supervisors issued the declaration Monday because of the leak onto U.S. soil that began Sept. 9. The leak continues onto private property up

Un bebe de seis meses fue hospitalizado despues de una colisión de dos vehículos en la intersección de la calle 24 y la avenida A el lunes por la noche. La policía de Yuma dijo que el conductor de un sedán Mazda 2016 se dirigía hacia el oeste e intentó dar un giro en U

The bodies of four men apparently killed in a fiery crash of an ATV that went over a northern Arizona cliff have been recovered, authorities said Monday. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials said a 10-acre fire and rugged terrain made it difficult for rescuers to get to the site of Saturday’s crash near Blue Ridge. The

The Yuma man who admitted to shooting his wife in the head appeared in Yuma Justice Court Monday. Mark Villicana is now facing four felony charges that include two charges of aggravated assault, attempted second-degree murder, and disorderly conduct. He was originally being held in Yuma County Adult Detention Center on one charge of attempted