Three Busted After High-Speed Chase
Three people are busted and one is on the loose after a high-speed chase. It happened early Thursday morning after two armed robberies in El Centro. Several agencies, a helicopter, innocent victims, and a manhunt all factored into this equation in an incident police say doesn't happen that often.
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Send us Your Fourth of July Pictures!
As the Desert Southwest celebrates our nation's independence, we want to profile community events, family gatherings, neighborhood parties, etc.
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Imperial County Getting Millions In I.O.U.'s
For the first time in seventeen years, California will be issuing billions in I.O.U.'s. Millions will be coming to one of the state's largest counties. Imperial County officials say nearly 60% of the funding for mandatory social services comes from the state, and nearly half of the county's 170,000 citizens use these services. Officials say the I.O.U.'s present several very unique challenges.
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Ariz. lawmakers approve bill allowing guns in bars
Gov. Jan Brewer has not said whether she will sign a bill approved by the Arizona Senate that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves alcohol.
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Imperial County In Serious Financial Trouble
Imperial County is in serious trouble if California doesn't pass a budget Tuesday night. Officials say Sacramento needs to get it's act together or people in the Desert Southwest will suffer more than most.
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Schwarzenegger declares Calif. fiscal emergency
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency to address California's deficit and has ordered state offices closed three days a month to save cash.
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EPA approves California pollution rule
The Environmental Protection Agency has given the go-ahead for California to impose stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
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Arizona Senator pulls concealed weapons bill
The sponsor of a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons without a permit says she is holding the bill until next year.
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On the Border
Agents & Police Chase Smuggler Nearly 10 Miles
Border Patrol Agents seize nearly 400 pounds of drugs worth over $300,000 dollars. Smugglers led agents on a nearly 10 mile chase before Yuma Police got involved. Rather than surrender or hop into the Colorado River to swim back into Mexico, agents say these drug smugglers didn't give up that easily.
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Charity Event Gives Back To Local Philanthropist
Dozens came out to support a local man injured while helping others. Bill Olague has been giving back to the community for decades; now friends and family are getting together to give back to him. Olague is the 1999 Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo Chairman. After being injured at this year's rodeo parade, he suffered some major personal and financial setbacks.
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Holocaust Exhibit At Yuma Proving Ground
A holocaust exhibit right here in the Desert Southwest. Bodies burning, stacked like cardboard. Mass grave sites. Men so skinny, they're skeletons of their former self.
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State Superintendent Of Schools Visits Yuma
State Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne met with local school leaders Thursday afternoon to talk about education in the state of Arizona. Hot topics included the state budget. Horne says his department is taking a 20-percent cut over the next two years, and the state education budget is taking a 2% hit.
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