Month: February 2019

The Yuma City Council and other officials tackled day one of the City Council retreat. The goal was to look ahead to the future and set goals they hope to reach. The biggest topic on Monday was the budget and how the city will factor in the $2.2 million dollars they said is needed to

Con pancartas pegadas en la puerta y ventanas de las oficinas de la SEMARNAT en Mexicali, más de 300 trabajadores federales de la localidad, cerraron la dependencia federal para exigirle al gobierno de Andres Manuel López Obrador que cumpla con las condiciones de trabajo que a la fecha no ha respetado la nueva titular de

More than three-hundred migrant families wait in line at the San Luis port of entry. Just a block away from the port of entry lies a shelter, Don Chon, that is currently housing 32 migrants from the second caravan that left Central America January 15th. One of the shelters in San Luis, Mexico called Don

Más de 300 familias permanecen afuera de la garita de San Luis Río Colorado mientras otros tantas radican en los albergues locales. El director del albergue Don Chon, Ascencion Serna, donde ahorita tienen cerca de 32 migrantes conformados de mujeres y niños dice que ahorita existe un problema de lentitud en las fronteras donde los

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration c heckpoint arrested a woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine Saturday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP said the incident occurred at approximately 11:51 a.m., when a 40-year-old woman driving a black 2004 Honda Accord approached the checkpoint. A Border Patrol

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a “Sureño” gang member in Calexico Saturday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At approximately 6:07 a.m., Border Patrol agents said they were on patrol when they observed a man illegally enter the United States half a mile east of the Calexico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two Southern California residents connected to separate failed smuggling attempts this past Friday, resulting in the seizure of more than $439,000 worth of methamphetamine at Arizona’s Port of San Luis, according to Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers said they referred a 37-year-old resident of La Fuente, Calif.

The Brawley Police Department said two people are dead in what they are investigating as a possible murder-suicide. Officers said they responded to a domestic violence incident Friday at 6:14 p.m., in the 700 Block of Milano Court in Brawley. Officers and paramedics from the Brawley Fire Department arrived on scene and located a 47-year-old

The Humane Society is speaking out on two dogs in two separate cases that they received in highly distressed and serious conditions from the Somerton area. In the first case, an American Pit Bull Terrier was picked up by Cocopah Animal Control Officers and brought to the Humane Society of Yuma in late December. The

Wellton Station agents assigned to the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint seized methamphetamine valued at $183,750 in two separate smuggling attempts Friday evening, according to US Customs and Border Protection. In the first incident, a Border Patrol canine assigned to the primary inspection lane of the checkpoint positively alerted to an odor from a silver 2013

The embattled operators of an Arizona long-term care facility agreed Friday to be regulated by the state, effectively nixing a plan to close down the unit where an incapacitated woman gave birth after being raped. The state received written confirmation that Hacienda HealthCare would enter into a voluntary regulation agreement, said Patrick Ptak, spokesman for

Authorities say a man who was naked when he attacked a police officer last week has died. Phoenix police say it will be up to the Maricopa County medical examiner to determine the cause of death for 40-year-old Casey Wells. Officers received a call about indecent exposure in a neighborhood on Feb. 4. They found

A man and his wife are suing a Phoenix suburb and three of its police officers, alleging they used excessive force during a 2017 traffic stop. A lawyer for the couple said Glendale police body camera video shows officers using a stun gun 11 times on Johnny Wheatcroft after he questioned why he had to

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the country’s main airport will get a third terminal. At an event Sunday he said: “All this space– where there’s the presidential hangar, for example, and also the army base_will be converted into a new terminal in the Benito Juarez airport.” He also promised to refurbish existing runways

Rap artists and women have felt shunned by the Grammy Awards in recent years. But this year, they both took center stage. Childish Gambino’s disturbing look at race relations, “This is America,” won record and song of the year on Sunday’s telecast. It was the first time a rap-based song won both of those awards,

Witnesses and emergency responders lifted a pickup truck off people trapped when a driver plowed into a crowd on a sidewalk in Southern California early Sunday, injuring at least nine, authorities said. Police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after the truck crashed into a popular area of