Month: February 2019

About fourteen- miles away from the Calexico port of entry, El Centro Sector Border Patrol apprehended a family that crossed into the United States unauthorized. “It’s not the typical fence, it’s a barricade that anyone can go through and under, but we have those to deter and prevent cars from coming through the area,” Border

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a previously deported convicted sex offender Saturday morning. At around 10:17 a.m., agents assigned to the El Centro Station, arrested a man suspected of illegally entering the U.S. approximately 11 miles west of the Calexico Port of Entry. The man was arrested and transported

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding across Arizona as warm rain causes increased runoff from melting snow. In just the past few days, parts of Arizona have seen record levels of snowfall. We’ve also had plenty of rainy days in the Desert Southwest. Last October, the national weather service recorded 1.32 inches of

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy on the Superior Court in Yuma County created by the retirement of Judge John Paul Plante on March 31, 2019. The Office of the Governor will review applications and interview selected applicants for the vacancy, and Governor Doug Ducey will appoint the new judge pursuant to Article VI,

The City of Yuma has narrowed down its search for the new police chief to three candidates. Yuma residents will have a chance to meet the candidates this Wednesday at 3 p.m. in City Hall room 190 when they will be in town for interviews. It will last approximately one hour. The finalists are, in

Last Friday, satellite operator DIRECTV made a unilateral decision to remove KYMA and KSWT, owned by Northwest Broadcasting, from its viewers. The choice to take the stations off effective at 5 PM Pacific time, came after Northwest had been negotiating with DIRECTV for 15 months to renew it carriage agreement. The agreement between Northwest, owners

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his administration has auctioned off most of the bulletproof and luxury vehicles used by past presidents. Lopez Obrador has eschewed the traditional trappings of power since taking office on Dec.1. He uses a compact Volkswagen car and refuses to live in the sprawling presidential residence compound, instead remaining

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that he has instructed his government to assist the family of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in seeking humanitarian visas to visit the convicted drug trafficker in the United States. During a visit last week to Guzman’s hometown of Badiraguato in Sinaloa state, a lawyer passed Lopez Obrador

Voters in central Mexico have approved a stalled gas-fired power plant, one of seven projects that have been postponed, in many cases for years, by community opposition. Roughly 60 percent of those voting in the weekend referendum called by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador voted in favor of the project in Huexca , southeast of

Authorities arrested a man suspected of shooting the security guard of a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers strike, according to a statement by the CBS affiliate. KPIX said a reporter and a photographer were gathering interviews before 5 p.m. Sunday about the strike at the Oakland Library when a car

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted second-degree murder for shooting his wife in front of the couple’s 10-year-old daughter. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports 50-year-old Richard Pick was scheduled to appear Thursday for a hearing before state District Judge Lee Faulkner but his defense attorney, Tanya Faia, said

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday after visiting the U.S.-Mexico border that the government needs a broader, more effective approach to border control. He suggested the Pentagon might contribute with its expertise in surveillance and monitoring. “How do we get out of treating the symptoms and get at the root of the issue,” Shanahan

Más de 15 mil migrantes han ingresado a Mexico de los cuales llegarán los primeros mil a Mexicali este fin de semana, sin embargo los albergues no están preparados para recibirlos a falta de recursos porque el gobierno federal eliminó el fondo migrante a las asociaciones civiles. Ante esta situación, este viernes “la alianza migrante