Month: May 2019

Goodwill hosted its hiring fest on Thursday, May 9 at the Yuma Career Center located at 3097 South 8th Avenue. Event organizers hope the hiring fest will help in Yuma’s rising unemployment rates. As of February 2019, the unemployment rate stands at 16.5%. According to the press release, an optional information session will begin at

California has overhauled its sex education guidance for public school teachers, encouraging them to talk about gender identity with kindergartners and give advice to LGBT teenagers for navigating relationships and having safe sex. LGBT advocates praised the new recommendations for giving attention to a community that is often left out of sex education policies. But

A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be “valuable” for Russian officials. Maria Butina, who admitted covertly gathering intelligence on the National Rifle Association and

Calling it “a stain on the state of California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday vowed to use part of a historic budget surplus to tackle homelessness in the nation’s most prosperous state. “This homeless issue is out of control,” Newsom told reporters on as he unveiled his revised state budget. “(People) are outraged by it,

A mysterious owner, who can’t be found, and people’s money, gone without a trace. A young pastor and his family are the victims of a scam that is still unresolved. He said he thought it would never happen to him and warns consumers to be wary because it could, in fact, happen to you next.

La educación en preparatorias públicas y en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California está en riesgo ante la falta de recursos federales que no han sido asignados, advirtió el secretario general del gobierno estatal. Tan solo en la preparatoria COBACH, se preve que para el próximo ciclo escolar se afecten el acceso a la educación

A Jess Enriquez Taylor le gusta siempre lucir un maquillaje dramático, con sombras oscuras y brillos en los ojos, pestañas postizas largas y delineador además de un labial en tono rosado, sin embargo no siempre puede verse así por ser una mujer transgenero; “se siente bien feo porque tengo que ser dos personas diferentes para

According to school officials, a student improperly brought medication on the San Pasqual Elementary School campus Tuesday that could have led to other students becoming in contact with this medication. In a statement, San Pasqual Elementary School principal, Ruben Gonzalez, said no students were harmed or were under the influence of any of the medication

The U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Centro Sector arrested a previously deported sex offender on Wednesday morning. According to agents, Bernardino Sanchez Pera, a 30-year-old Mexican national, was suspected of entering the United States approximately 17 miles west of the Calexico West Port of Entry when agents responded to the area and arrested the

Highway 95 is Arizona’s busiest two-lane road and it’s also the most popular way for thousands of Yuma Proving Ground employees to get to and from work. It’s also the site of hundreds of car accidents every year. This year alone there have already been 47 crashes, one resulting in the death of a soldier.

Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the man accused of a deadly attack on a Southern California synagogue, saying that after the suspect fled he called a 911 dispatcher to report that he had done it to “defend my nation” against the Jewish people. U.S. Attorney Robert S.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a 16-year-old driver was killed in a rollover wreck that closed part Interstate 10 in downtown Phoenix for part of Thursday morning. The DPS says the crash on a curve just west of Roosevelt Street resulted from the loss of control due to excessive speed. No additional information

On Tuesday, May 7, Raul Tejeda was granted to a new hearing giving his new attorney time to prepare for a hearing on the motion for a new trial. According to court documents, Julie McDonald who is now representing Tejeda asked for a 60-day continuance explaining she had just received his case last on Friday.

A Yuma man was sentenced to over 100 years in prison Wednesday after he was found guilty for creating and possessing child pornography. Twenty-nine-year-old Levi Madrigal was convicted on February 5 by jurors and was charged with 14 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. On Wednesday, a Yuma judge sentenced Madrigal to 10 years

A former Arizona pastor has been convicted of molesting an 11-year-old boy more than two decades ago. The Daily Courier reports a Yavapai County jury found former Prescott pastor Thomas Chantry guilty Wednesday of four counts of child molestation and two counts of aggravated assault. Prosecutor Susan Eazer told jurors that the former pastor of

Mexico’s Economy Department said Tuesday that U.S. consumers could pay 38% to 70% more for tomatoes after the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would re-impose anti-dumping duties on Mexican imports. The Mexican agency said the country exports about $2 billion in tomatoes to the United States and supplies about half the tomatoes the U.S. consumes