Month: October 2018

The Yuma Police Department is participating in the sixth annual Fry’s “Fuel of Dreams” event on Thursday, October 25, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. YPD said officers will help pump your gas and clean windshields at the Fry’s located at 2350 S 4 th Avenue. This event is to help raise funds and awareness

The Yuma Police Department, with the help from the Yuma County Fair Inc., will host the “Scary and Safe Trick or Treat” at the Yuma County Fairgrounds on Halloween night from 5:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. This is a tradition YPD has renewed for the benefit of the children of Yuma and hope to continue

Drama students at Gila Ridge High School will present “ActOut Improv”, their second show of the season this Thursday, October 18, at 7 p.m. The 25-member cast will perform in a variety of spontaneous skits and games before a live audience. Games include “Great Guru”, “Monologue to Scene”, and “The Interview”. The cast will also

A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted their attacks on New York and Washington was being deported Monday from Germany to his native country. Mounir el Mottasadeq, who was convicted of membership in a terrorist organization and accessory to the murder of the

Twenty-five people were taken to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a series of crashes involving at least two cars and a bus that crashed through a concrete divider on a Los Angeles highway, authorities said. Five patients were in serious condition following the collisions shortly after 1 p.m. that shut down all lanes on

Police in Phoenix are searching for a man who robbed former city mayor Greg Stanton outside a restaurant. Stanton told police he was leaving one of his favorite restaurants after dining alone about 8:40 p.m. Saturday when he was approached by a man who was carrying what appeared to be a hatchet. He says the

Authorities say a pilot is dead after a small plane crashed into a home in the north-central Arizona town of Payson. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the single-engine Cessna 240 went down under unknown circumstances around 6:40 p.m. Saturday. They say the pilot was the only person aboard the plane and there were no reported

On Saturday from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M., the Desert Cruisers Car Club and W.I.N.O. group is hosting a “Cruisin’ Yuma for a Cause” car and bike show. The show is to raise money to help the Trujillo family with medical bills due to serious health issues. The car show is located in the Sears

On Saturday night, the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department is kicking off their series of runs with the Zombie Run at Desert Sun Stadium. The run begins promptly at 6:00 P.M. According to the Facebook event page, “runners will earn 5 points and walkers will earn a star for participating in this non-timed

On Saturday, the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department hosted a Spruce Up Your Park day at the West Wetlands Park. From 7 A.M. to 10 A.M., volunteers came out to the park to clean up the new Playa Linda Beach. The man goal of the day was to work on expanding the walking

A Mexican national attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States was arrested at the Port of Nogales Thursday. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a 29-year-old man was referred for further inspection of his Volkswagen sedan Thursday morning. After being alerted by a CBP narcotics detection canine, officers discovered more than 33 pounds

According to the Yuma Sector Border Patrol, during 2017 fiscal year agents apprehended 12,000 undocumented immigrants at the port of entry. That number has more than doubled in the last year to 26,000 apprehensions. Border Patrol Agent Jose Garibay said that the vast majority of people coming are from countries like Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,

La pensión alimenticia es un derecho universal de los hijos. Sin embargo existen situaciones que no permiten que se aplique este derecho porque los padres viven fuera de su país de origen. Esta realidad se vive a diario en Mexico. Ante esta problemática, el gobierno de Baja California y el Condado del Valle Imperial a

En lo que va del año fiscal la Patrulla Fronteriza del sector de Yuma reporta que el número de arrestos a migrantes se ha duplicado, en comparación 12,000 detenciones en el 2017. Una de las rutas más frecuentadas es Wellton, según agentes por la serie de montañas que permite a las personas camuflarse fácilmente. Aunque

Prop 127 has been one of the most talked about measures on Arizona’s ballot. The energy initiative is calling for energy providers to give at least 50 percent of the energy they provide to be from renewable energy sources by 2030. News 11 has confirmed that a local APS representative reached out to two county

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men in separate smuggling attempts at Port of San Luis this week. CBP officials said the first incident happened Thursday morning when officers referred a 46-year-old Mexicali resident to secondary inspection. A CBP narcotics canine alerted to the vehicle’s spare tire where officers found packages of methamphetamine