Imperial Valley Students Traveled to Nation’s Capital for National 4-H Citizenship Focus
Congressman Bob Filner announced today that he has joined the 4-H Congressional Caucus. Congressman Bob Filner recently met in his Washington, D.C. office with Imperial Valley students Gabrielle Lofton (Westmoreland) and Preston Hutchinson (Brawley). Gabrielle and Preston traveled to the Nation’s Capital as part of a national 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip. Washington, D.C. - Congressman Bob Filner announced today that he has joined the 4-H Congressional Caucus. “I’m proud to be a part of the 4-H Caucus and work with the 4-H to help create a new generation of [...]
AMERICAN RED CROSS HOSTS THE 2010 LIFEGUARD GAMES
San Diego, June 22, 2010 – The American Red Cross will host the annual summer Lifeguard Games on August 1, 2010 at the City of Coronado Aquatics Center located at 1845 Strand Way, Coronado, California. The event starts at 8.00 a.m. and ends at 1.00 p.m. after an awards ceremony. Participant registration opens at 7.00 a.m. Lifeguard teams from San Diego and the Imperial Counties will participate in a series of group and individual events such as the submerged victim towing, active victim rescues, 50-yard crawl swim with rescue tube, 10-pound brick carry, and several new fun and [...]
Body of Missing Man Located in Southeast Calif.
Blythe, Calif. - U.S. Border Patrol agents recovered the body of a missing man 50 miles southwest of Blythe, Calif. on Friday. On Friday, family members contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and reported that Peter Lenehan, 60, was missing. Family members said that Lenehan left home nearly a week ago to pan for gold in the mountains southwest of Blythe, near Bradshaw Trail and East Augustine Pass. On Friday morning, Riverside deputies contacted the Blythe Border Patrol Station for assistance in searching for Lenehan. An intensive search was initiated, including [...]
CBP Stops Cache of Machine Guns, Ammo from Entering Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers performing outbound inspections Saturday at the San Ysidro, Calif. port of entry stopped a U.S. citizen attempting to enter Mexico with a cache of weapons and ammunition hidden in the speaker box of his car. At about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, CBP officers conducting inspections along the I-5 freeway heading into Mexico stopped a 19-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a silver Nissan 350ZX and pulled him aside for further inspection. When officers looked inside a speaker box in the rear of the vehicle, they discovered a weapons cache with [...]
Border Patrol Arrests Juvenile 2nd Time in 5 Days
Yuma, Ariz. - U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a juvenile male caught smuggling bundles of marijuana into the country near the Colorado River on Sunday. At about 7 p.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Station detected the illegal entry of an individual riding a bicycle near County 7th Street and the Colorado River. Agents tracked the bicycle’s tire sign to the brush along the Colorado River and located a 17-year-old Mexican citizen, the bicycle and a make-shift backpack full of marijuana. Agents arrested the juvenile and seized the marijuana weighing 30 pounds [...]
The Eagle Has Landed- 41 Year’s Ago Today
The flight plan for Apollo 11 was a minute-by-minute time line of activities for the mission crew--Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin--and Mission Control in Houston. The flight was launched July 16, 1969. Touchdown on the moon took place, as scheduled, on July 20, 102 hours, 47 minutes, and 11 seconds after launch from Cape Kennedy. The astronauts spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on the moon, and returned to Earth on July 24. The flight plan describes tasks to be done 102 to 103 hours into the flight. Immediately after landing, Armstrong and [...]
4 Tips to Protect You from ATM Thieves
By Constance Gustke • Bankrate.com Highlights "The technology of the bad guy is getting better and better every year." Hidden cameras are disguised so they can pick up your password. You must report fraud within 60 days to limit your liability. ATMs are under siege more than ever from skimming. Skimming, where ATM thieves steal your PIN and account number using remote devices, is increasing dramatically. Often done by sophisticated crime rings from the Eastern bloc countries, ATM skimming is becoming a high-tech art that's hard to detect. That's bad news for [...]
Assemblyman reaches out to public with mobile offices
By Luke Phillips California State Assemblyman V. Mauel Perez wants to hear from you. After a successful launch in Calipatria last year, Perez is expanding his Mobile Offices to Westmorland and Holtville. Rebecca Terrazas-Baxter, a field representative for Perez, says that the mobile offices are a way for people outside of El Centro, where Perez has his permanent offices, to take advantages of services offered by the Assemblyman. "We want people to know that this is not just for residents of El Centro," Baxter said. "We’re available to anybody in Imperial County. We want to be more [...]
Smuggling Attempt Thwarted on Calif. Coast
Camp Pendleton, Calif. - A collaborative effort between the Border Patrol and the Oceanside Harbor, Calif., police department prevented a maritime smuggling attempt early Friday morning as 22 foreign nationals who illegally entered the country at sea were arrested on the shore at Camp Pendleton. At about 3:30 a.m., Border Patrol agents on patrol along the coastline spotted a panga boat approaching the shore at Camp Pendleton. The agents responded and arrested the group as they disembarked from the boat. Officers from the Oceanside Harbor Police Department, working under [...]
Bi-national Cooperation Leads to the Prosecution of Smugglers
EL CENTRO, Calif. – A bi-national law enforcement effort between the U.S. Border Patrol and the Mexican Federal Police (PFP) has resulted in the prosecution of four smugglers in Mexico. On July 13, at approximately 10 a.m., El Centro Station agents apprehended a group of individuals who had illegally entered the United States through the mountainous area which is approximately 21 miles west of downtown Calexico, Calif. At approximately 12 p.m., the PFP contacted San Diego Sector’s International Liaison Unit (SDC/ILU) and stated that they had arrested three subjects in Mexico, south [...]
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