James Allen Jr. runs for San Luis, Arizona Mayor

KYMA on September 29, 2026

Abraham Retana

SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KYMA) – Two candidates in San Luis, Arizona are running for City Mayor, and News 11 is introducing one of the candidates.

James Allen Jr. has been a San Luis resident since 2003, and he is no stranger to politics as he ran for City Council back in 2024.

If elected, Allen said he’ll listen to the community’s demands.

“All the citizens here have a voice and have some to listen to their voice and take it into consideration before they make major decisions or any decision,” Allen shared.

Allen said as mayor, he would encourage the San Luis City Council to be more proactive with the community and more inclusive.

“We need to be a government to reach out to them and a government to reach out to non-profits to come to our to come to our community and be part of our community for the change and the help for all our people with disabilities,” Allen expressed.

The general election is taking place November 3.

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Crossroads Mission to host jubilee

KYMA on September 29, 2026

Connor Emery

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – The Crossroads Mission is hosting their annual fundraiser celebrating 67 years in October.

The fundraiser will be held at the Pivot Point Conference Center Saturday, October 24 at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $60 and include dinner, live music and testimonies to benefit the center of the Hope Building Project.

Crossroads says attending this event goes a long way to help those who are less fortunate.

“I think people should come to this event because it’s going towards a really great cause. We’re having, like, some of the people here staying in the men’s shelter are having to sleep on temporary beds in the chapel, and this building will help get them off the floor and give them a little bit more time to get people back on their feet,” Sassa Culver, Crossroads Public Relations Director, said.

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Imperial County agriculture workers attend Farmworkers Resource Fair

KYMA on September 29, 2026

Lynette Niebla

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) – An event in El Centro Tuesday connected local agricultural workers with vital community resources and support services.

The Sure Helpline Center, in partnership with the Goodwill Employment Center and United Farm Workers, hosted a Farmworkers Resource Fair.

The event featured free food, drinks and giveaways.

More than 25 organizations gathered to raise awareness, share critical resources, and remind farmworkers of their rights in the workplace.

“We have to work in unity as a team. It’s not just sure help line providing a service. It’s also helping a client work and learn about other resources available to them that may be of help during a very difficult time in their lives,” said Johana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Sure Helpline Center.

Sure Helpline said more community events are already in the works, with special outreach planned for both local seniors and the upcoming holidays.

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TxDOT’s tips for driving in severe weather conditions – stay at home if you can

KVIA on September 29, 2026

Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With more heavy rain and thunderstorms coming through the Borderland, officials are urging everyone to stay safe while driving in severe weather.

The main advice: stay home if you don’t need to be outside.

ABC-7 spoke with TxDOT El Paso District’s Public Information Officer Lauren Macias-Cervantes.

Other tips she shared for the public are the following:

If you do need to be out on the roadways, check road and weather conditions beforehand. Check your vehicle before heading to the roads to check if it is ready for the drive. Check tire condition, working wipers, gas tank, all fluids, jumper cables and have an emergency kit just in case. Bring additional supplies such as food, water, blankets and towels, among others. If conditions are not ideal, delay your trip. Bring more supplies if you are traveling with a kid or with a pet.

“Once you’re ready to go out on the road, make sure that you leave with plenty of time, have your seatbelt on, don’t speed and slow down, especially in wet conditions,” Macias-Cervantes said. “To allow for anything that you may have to react to, perhaps you know there’s a vehicle that gets in your way or some, you know, something that you need to avoid, like water or a pothole on the roadway; so it’s very important to have that increased following distance in front of you.”

TxDOT also asks you to check weather and road conditions in its more than 200 live traffic cameras; you can check them here.

“Very important to always have your lights on and slow down in these conditions,” Macias-Cervantes added. “Avoid any flooded roadways; you want to make sure that you’re not going through a roadway that has a huge ponding area and again, delay your travel if you can and take that alternate route.”

If you need help on the road, you can call TxDOT’s Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) assistance program at 915-790-HERO. It is not a 24/7 service, but they do work every day of the week until 9 p.m.

“Another very important tip is to avoid being on cruise control, driving in cruise control during the rain, because that could increase your chances of hydroplaning and losing control,” Macias-Cervantes also said. “If you do come across an intersection that doesn’t have a functioning traffic light, go ahead and treat it as a four-way stop.”

TxDOT urges all community members: if you do see the department’s barrels or barricades blocking a flooded roadway, do not move them for your safety, because that road is not safe to drive through.

“Always check those conditions; it doesn’t matter if you’re heading to work,” Macias-Cervantes added. “Leave with plenty of time and check on your vehicle; a lot of the vehicles that our HERO units assist are a result of people not maintaining that maintenance on their vehicles, not checking their tires, not getting those changes and not checking those necessities for vehicle trouble.”

When there are severe weather conditions in the borderland, TxDOT El Paso District Office works with two different National Weather Service offices, as the El Paso District covers from El Paso through Presidio, Texas. They also work with the Midland, Texas area and with partners in New Mexico.

“I think the most important thing to remember is that when there is inclement weather, if you don’t need to be out on the roadway, then go ahead and stay home. If you do need to go out, monitor those weather conditions and make sure that your vehicle is ready to go. Check those road conditions with our live cameras. Leave with plenty of time; drive to conditions, plan that the trip is going to take you a little bit longer and know an alternate route just in case you encounter any flooding or any crashes.”

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Three Oregon men indicted in federal bank fraud and money laundering case

KTVZ on September 29, 2026

Kelsey Merison

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three Oregon men are facing federal charges after a grand jury in Portland returned an indictment alleging conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Cody James VanWinkle, also known as “COUNTUPCODY,” 30, of Gresham, and Kei-Jian Buckley, 32, of Beaverton, made their initial appearances and were arraigned Tuesday. Bruce Edward Jones Jr., also known as “Juice,” 30, of Eugene, had his initial appearance and arraignment September 24.

According to court documents, VanWinkle, Buckley and Jones allegedly stole or obtained stolen checks and altered the payee lines and dollar amounts so the checks could be deposited by them instead of the intended recipients.

Prosecutors allege VanWinkle and Buckley formed an LLC called Pacific Swift Logistics, which they say was a sham business used to assist with the alleged fraud.

Court documents allege the three men, along with others they recruited, deposited or transferred the fraudulent and forged checks into bank accounts controlled by VanWinkle, Buckley or Jones.

Prosecutors say the defendants and their recruits then withdrew, attempted to withdraw or transferred the money before financial institutions could identify the deposits as fraudulent and stop the transactions.

According to the indictment, recruits who received money allegedly provided a portion of the stolen funds to VanWinkle, Buckley and Jones.

VanWinkle and Buckley pleaded not guilty during their arraignments. Jones previously pleaded not guilty.

All three defendants are scheduled to go to trial November 24, 2026.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced the indictment. IRS Criminal Investigations is investigating the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Sax is prosecuting it.

An indictment is only an accusation of a crime. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Have you opened your voter guide yet? You should check for errors

KESQ on September 29, 2026

Gavin Nguyen

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – As November’s general election inches closer, official voter information guides are being mailed out to voters across the state. As one Rancho Mirage woman found out, though, not each guide looks the same.

Maryan Baker reached out to KESQ with a peculiar problem. She received her voter guide in the mail, but when she peered inside, she was shocked to see dozens of pages missing. A gap in her booklet stretched from page 57 to 120. Several swaths of duplicate pages were mixed in, too.

Voter guide missing pages 57-120

“This is something that the public needs to know. And a lot of people don’t even look at their guidebook until they have their ballot or the night before they’re going to vote,” Baker emphasized.

She recounted opening her voter guide on September 21st and reading through the first 50 or so pages. Up to that point, nothing seemed wrong. But as she was reading information on Proposition 40, she noticed something odd.

“I was reading about proposition 40, and I was reading the argument in favor,” she explained, flipping through the pages. “And then the argument against is not there.”

News Channel 3 also reached out to the California Secretary of State’s office for clarification on the error. In its response, it explained an error was made during the printing and assembly process by a contracted printer.

Their response continued:

“We are so far aware of two voters who reported missing pages in their guides. These voters were immediately mailed replacement guides. Out of an abundance of caution, we are also mailing a small number of guides to the addresses located in the immediate area of the residences where misprints have been identified.

If anyone identifies an error with their [Voter Information Guide (VIG)], we recommend they notify their county election official or the California Secretary of State so that they can receive a replacement as soon as possible.

Additionally, a digital version of the Voter Information Guide is available on our website: https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/“

CA Secretary of State Press Team

The Secretary of State’s office said the two voters with errors in their guides were both from the Palm Springs area. Since the printers the Secretary of State partners with to produce the guides are often regional, these errors could still be in circulation in the Coachella Valley. Baker said some of the neighbors she checked with also found missing or duplicate pages.

She had some advice, from one valley voter to another: “Be sure to research things and check your voter guide. And if yours is missing pages, especially on the propositions and on the candidate statements, those are really important.”

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Suspects charged in violent Imperial County robbery case accept plea deal

KYMA on September 29, 2026

Jessamyn Dodd

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – Three men charged in a violent Imperial County robbery case have accepted plea deals.

Emmanuel Contreras, 25, Elijah Roberts, 24, and Ernest Martinez, 23, all pleaded guilty or no contest to causing great bodily injury.

The three face two to four years in state prison.

The case stemmed form a robbery which left one man hospitalized.

Court documents alleged Contreras, Roberts and Martinez used a handgun during the robbery, which happened this past May.

Meanwhile, the case against a fourth defendant has been dismissed.

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Crook County Middle School students explore career paths through hands-on learning

KTVZ on September 29, 2026

Kelsey Merison

CROOK COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Students at Crook County Middle School are getting an early look at potential career paths through hands-on learning opportunities.

The program gives students the chance to build real-world skills while exploring different interests and areas of study. By learning through hands-on experiences, students can discover their strengths and get a better sense of the careers they may want to pursue in the future.

The experiences are designed to help students connect what they learn in the classroom to real-world opportunities and encourage them to explore where their interests and skills could take them.

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Researcher says ‘protein maxxing’ short on real health benefits

KMIZ on September 29, 2026

Demetra Alarcon

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Editor’s Note: A source’s title has been corrected.

Protein is everywhere.

Grocery stores are full of products that promise extra protein, and federal health authorities have sung the virtues of adding more to Americans’ diets.

But a University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher said Tuesday that there’s not much evidence to show that “protein maxxing” has any health benefits.

The American Medical Association defines “protein maxxing” as a trend “where users focus on maximizing dietary protein intake to boost metabolism, manage weight and build muscle”.

University of Missouri School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean of Research Bettina Mittendorfer said there is little evidence that adding excessive protein to your diet improves muscle strength.

“If you protein max because you think you’re going to build more muscle, you become stronger, there’s no evidence really that this works,” Mittendorfer said.

Mittendorfer added that excessive protein intake can raise health concerns.

“High protein intake, particularly high protein intake from animal sources, meats, dairy products, and things like that, is associated with greater risks of developing Type 2 diabetes. They’re also associated with a greater risk of developing heart disease,” Mittendorfer said.

The standard recommended dietary allowance for protein is 0.36 grams per pound of body weight for a healthy adult.

When asked why Mittendorfer thinks this “protein-maxxing” trend has become popular, she said that it comes down to the other food groups falling out of favor and protein being easy to sell.

“So I think this is sort of if I’m not supposed to eat carbs, if I’m not supposed to eat fat, I gotta eat something to eat the protein,” Mittendorfer said.

Catherine Peterson, an Associate Director and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri, said that she was unfamiliar with the trend, but she does know about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services coming out with recommendations called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans that are roughly double the recommended daily allowance.

Peterson said that there are four tenets of good nutrition, and if you violate one or more, you could be facing risks.

“You’re kind of playing a little bit with some possible risks that we don’t even know, either foreseen or unforeseen, because you are throwing off balance,” Peterson said when talking about violating one of the tenets.

Peterson stressed eating plant-based protein to provide other nutrients, like fiber.

“Because at least you get in some of the other goodies that plants provide, like fiber and phytochemicals and vitamins and minerals,” Peterson said.

Peterson said too much protein compromises gut health. She recommends keeping a balanced diet with fruit, vegetables, and grain alongside protein.

Peterson recommends not exceeding 0.9 grams of protein per pound of body weight.

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Fiesta Sports Foundation’s annual Wishes for Teachers Program happening now

KYMA on September 29, 2026

Skylar Heisey

YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA) – Time is running out to make Arizona teachers’ classroom wish come true.

Fiesta Sports Foundation’s annual Wishes for Teachers Program is accepting submissions through Wednesday.

All Arizona K-12 public or charter school educators are invited to apply.

This year, the foundation will grant 500 wishes of $2,500 each, which can go towards new books, STEM kits, art supplies or anything teachers need to enhance their classrooms.

Since 2016, Wishes for Teachers has awarded nearly $10 million to more than 3,000 Arizona educators, including teachers in Yuma County and communities across southwestern Arizona.

To apply, click here.

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