Motorcyclist dead after crash on Avenue 7E

KYMA on September 3, 2025

Jalen Fong

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Avenue 7E and Highway 95 Tuesday morning.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) confirmed with KYMA that the crash occurred around 11 a.m. and involved a car and a motorcycle.

DPS says the motorcyclist is dead and that there were no other injuries.

The roadway is now open again.

We will bring you the latest updates on this report as soon as it is provided for us.

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Imperial County Airport receives $300k grant for renovations

KYMA on September 3, 2025

Karina Bazarte

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – Plans to renovate the Imperial County Airport are in motion thanks to a new grant.

The Federal Aviation Administration gave the grants to 72 California airports, including Imperial County Airport.

The airport received almost $300,000 from the FAA.

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors says although this is just the first phase of enhancing the airport, they have several improvements in mind.

“Not only the airport portion where you have your air, the airstrip and the taxiways, but we also have a terminal. That is a bit dated, but we would like to upgrade our terminal area to include a nice lounge, maybe a café so we’d like to work on those improvements. Our parking lot needs some more done,” said Supervisor Peggy Price of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors District 3. 

Supervisor Price says the planning phase will begin as soon as the County finds out when the funds arrive.

The Calexico International Airport also got a grant from the FAA. 

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California bill targets AI safety as locals share concerns

KYMA on September 3, 2025

Adrik Vargas

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of daily life for many, but concerns are growing after a California teen’s death was linked to an AI chatbot.

Lawmakers in California are pushing a bill that would require chatbots to flag warning signs such as suicidal thoughts and connect users with real help.

The legislation aims to add safety measures as more people navigate how AI fits into their lives.

In Yuma, students and families are sharing how they use AI and what concerns them. Some local students say AI has helped them tackle stress and stay motivated.

Lia Rios, an education major at Arizona Western College, said, “It really can help with mental health, when you’re, like, feeling like down or unmotivated or anything. You can always go towards AI, it’s really helpful, actually, because you can always ask for, like, a tip or ask it what would you do?”

While lawmakers debate new rules, many here say the focus should be on using AI responsibly and taking advantage of the good while staying aware of the risks. Still, some grandparents are skeptical.

Dora Echevarría said, “I think it keeps them from socializing in real life, it makes them isolate and I don’t like that, it can be damaging.”

AI can also be a helpful tool for students learning how to teach or explain things to children.

One education major shared, “For children, you can ask AI to give them examples when you don’t know what to do. I’m an education major and whenever I don’t know how to say something towards little kids, I say, ‘Hey AI, how can I explain this if I were explaining it to a small kid?’ It’s really helpful, actually.”

The California bill could add new safety measures, but locals here are already finding ways to use AI carefully and protect their mental health.

Across the community, people are learning how to use AI responsibly while keeping an eye on the risks.

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ECPD releases officer-involved shooting briefing

KYMA on September 3, 2025

Adrik Vargas

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) has released a “critical incident community briefing” regarding an officer-involved shooting earlier this year.

The briefing includes the bodycam and patrol cam footage from the night of May 21, 2025, where a burglary suspect pointed an object, which looked like a gun, at a police officer.

This prompted the officer to open fire on the suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

ECPD and the California Department of Justice are both investigating the shooting to determine whether the man who was shot committed any crime, and if the deadly force used was justifiable.

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Vista Chino back open in Palm Springs after maintenance closure

KESQ on September 3, 2025

Allie Anthony

Update 1:30 p.m.

Vista Chino reopened Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed.

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Palm Springs, Calif. (KESQ) – Drivers in Palm Springs should prepare for a temporary closure on Vista Chino this morning.

Starting at 6:30 a.m. on September 3, the section of Vista Chino that runs through the wash will be closed for scheduled maintenance. The maintenance is part of routine work by the City of Palm Springs to clear shoulders and drainage lanes. Crews will also be relocating sand to the south side of the wash.

The closure is expected to last just a few hours, with the road anticipated to reopen by the afternoon.

Drivers who rely on Vista Chino for their morning commute should allow extra travel time and stay updated in case of any changes.

Some alternate routes include Gene Autry Trail, Indian Canyon Drive and Ramon Road.

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Bear and Fountain Creek Nature Centers funding educational programs by folk dancing!

KRDO on September 3, 2025

Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Bear and Fountain Creek Nature Centers are putting a Western twist on their annual Happy Trails fundraising dinner with their first-ever Hoot-Ennany! (pun intended).

The Bear Creek Nature Center will host the Hoot-Ennany (Hootennany) on Friday, September 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be food, drinks, live folk music from local band Roma Ransom, and, as the name suggests, live owls from the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center.

The Discovery Center helped the recovery of a Great Horned Owl it found injured in the Bear Creek Nature Area. Handlers plan to release the owl back into the wild the night of the Hoot-Ennany

In a partnership with the Friends of El Paso County, the Nature Centers said it will use the profits from the 16th-annual fundraising dinner for its educational and trailability programs. The Bear and Fountain Creek Trailability program offers free rentals of “terrain hoppers” to help people with disabilities enjoy their trails.

Tickets are $75 a person or $400 for a table of six. You can find more information on how to buy tickets here.

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Sinkhole repair continues on North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs

KRDO on September 3, 2025

Abby Smith

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A vehicle crash at North Academy Boulevard and Half Turn Road, which “impacted a fire hydrant,” authorities said Tuesday, has shut down the intersection due to a sinkhole.

As of 5 a.m. on Wednesday, one northbound lane of Academy had reopened to traffic, and all southbound lanes were open.

On Tuesday afternoon, northbound Academy was closed between North Carefree Circle and Austin Bluffs Parkway, while the southbound left lane of Academy was closed at the Half Turn Road intersection.

Police recommend that people avoid the area.

Update: Vehicle crash at Academy/Half turn impacted a fire hydrant and a sinkhole is occurring. Northbound Academy is closed from N Carefree. Southbound Left lane is closed at Half Turn. Westbound Half Turn is closed east of Academy.

— CSPD Communications (@CSPDComCenter) September 2, 2025

Colorado Springs Utilities initially stated that all traffic lanes should reopen and repairs be completed by 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, but it quickly became clear that cleanup and repair would take longer.

Authorities stated that the sinkhole formed after the crash dislodged the hydrant from its base, causing water to gush around an area that already doesn’t have good drainage.

No injuries have been reported.

The repair work — at least through Wednesday morning rush hour — will mean detours for residents of several apartment complexes on the east side of the Academy/Half Turn intersection.

Driving east of that area is already challenging because of a huge drainage project in the Park Vista South neighborhood, where Siferd Boulevard was one of the city’s worst areas for flash flooding during rainstorms.

Drivers also have endured a construction project just north of the sinkhole repair, at the Academy/Meadowland Boulevard intersection; that project, however, should be finished in a few weeks.

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Special session on redistricting Missouri’s congressional map picks up speed

KMIZ on September 3, 2025

Jazsmin Halliburton

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

The special session on redistricting kicked off Wednesday with a quick meeting at noon. Governor Mike Kehoe announced the special session last Friday.

Kehoe unveiled the first map to be considered by the General Assembly at noon Wednesday in Jefferson City. According to a press release, the new Missouri First Map:

Splits fewer counties and municipalities than the current map.

Preserves 2 congressional districts as currently drawn.

Retains every current member of Missouri’s congressional delegation in their current districts.

The state is caught in the middle of a national push to gain more republican seats in the House of Representatives to boost its slim majority. The goal for Missouri Republicans is to split up the mostly blue, Kansas City congressional district, which would give the GOP another seat.

Wednesday’s meeting was less than 10 minutes long. It was only long enough to gavel in, say a prayer, announce the next session and gavel out.

Rep. Elizabeth Fuchs (D-St. Louis) noticed the meeting didn’t have quorum.

After the meeting, Rep. Ashely Aune (D-Kansas City) sent a press release saying the meeting was illegal because of what Fuchs noticed.

Rep. Richard West (R-Wentzville) was in attendance Wednesday afternoon, and he said the meeting was a technical session meaning it doesn’t require a quorum.

Speaker of the House Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) has put together a redistricting committee, according to a press release. Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D-Columbia) is a listed member of the committee.

West is also the chair of the redistricting committee, and the committee will meet Thursday at noon. Lawmakers will hear from the public, before they move into executive session and discuss the Missouri First congressional map.

Aune said the Democrats will submit a congressional map from 2022 that would give Democrats an extra seat in Congress.

West said the committee will take a look at it, but it’s not likely that it will make it out of committee because it’s not what the governor wants.

The move to redistrict has been met with criticism, with democratic representatives calling the move outrageous and illegal.

“Well, this whole thing is illegal, it’s disgusting and it’s shameful that this is happening,” Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) said.

Splitting Jackson County would fundamentally alter the Fifth Congressional District, one of two represented by Democrats in Missouri. Emanuel Cleaver, who holds that seat now, said in a statement that “truth is under assault.”

Aune hand delivered a letter to the governor’s office right after the opening session, letting Kehoe know how she stands on the issue.

“This redistricting plan, as you are fully aware, deliberately attempts to dilute the voting power of Missourians in a shameful ploy to seize partisan power,” Aune wrote in the letter.

The Elections Committee will also meet Thursday. This committee will discuss initiative petition reform at 1 p.m.

Representative David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) is on that committee.

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Nonprofit seeks El Paso volunteers to honor 9/11 heroes at Fort Bliss National Cemetery

KVIA on September 3, 2025

Nicole Ardila

Carry The Load is a nonprofit organization inviting the El Paso community to honor the lives lost on 9/11 by volunteering at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery.

Volunteers will be coming together to pay tribute to those who sacrificed for the nation’s freedom by cleaning the headstones at 70 national cemeteries across the U.S.

They’re also recognizing the 343 firefighters that died that day and hundreds of other first responders.

ABC-7 spoke with one of their ambassadors, who shared why our community here should honor this day.

“Either yourself, family member, somebody you knew, was involved in that event or is involved in the event that happened over in another country as it pertains to our military, you know, helping protect this world,” said Milton Williams, a retired Dallas firefighter.

Williams said he knew people on the scene of 9/11, and at this event, they’ll be telling the stories to commemorate and remember those who are no longer here.

“We’re all affected by this event, we’re all affected by 9/11, and this is an event that happened that should never be forgotten,” said Williams. “Because once you forget, it’s like it never happened.”

As of Wednesday, 59 volunteers have signed up for next week’s event here at the cemetery, and there is no maximum amount as to how many can sign up.

You can register to volunteer at this event on their website, here.

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911 call reveals frantic moments after 8-year-old boy bitten by shark

CNN on September 3, 2025


WFOR

By John MacLauchlan

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    MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A call to 911 reveals the frantic moments after an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark off Key Largo on Monday, Labor Day.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, it happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. near the Garden Cove Marina while the boy was snorkeling with his family. The boy was bitten on his leg.

A nearby boater heard the call for help on the radio. He helped the family get to shore while as someone called 911.

“We’re offshore, a shark bite,” the man said.

“A shark bite, are you guys able to bring the patient back in?,” the 911 operator asked.

“Yeah, we’re on the boat. Keep his leg up,” the man said to someone on the boat.

“Is he awake and breathing?” the operator asked.

“Yes, he’s breathing and awake. Hold his leg up like this, yes,” the man said.

“Is there a tourniquet on his leg?” asked the operator.

“A tourniquet is on his leg, yes,” the man replied.

Once the boy was brought to shore, he was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in Miami where doctors were able to save his leg.

Officials haven’t confirmed what type of shark attacked him, but in the call someone is heard saying it was a reef shark.

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