Month: March 2012

ABCNews Katie Kindelan By Katie Kindelan Mar 9, 2012 10:14am ?Cinnamon Challenge? Sparks Health Concerns Email 0 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Print A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, Mary Poppins famously sang, but a spoonful of cinnamon can cause dangerous side effects. That is the warning from concerned parents, school

Concerned families on Anise Drive and Solano Drive in East El Paso met with City officials Thursday evening to resolve a speeding issue through their residential neighborhood. Residents who attended the meeting consented to curb extensions and speed cushions to help curb the problem. Some said drivers cut through Anise and Solano to get to

Many El Pasoans don’t put much thought in to their daily garbage pick up until something goes wrong. One common complaint to the City’s Environmental Services Dept. comes from residents who said the trucks missed their containers. But thanks to 20 new Scorpion collection trucks, residents who have complaints about their sanitation service will now

Volunteers with the El Paso Permaculture group are making beautiful spaces out of unlikely places. On Friday afternoon, members unveiled weeks’ worth of hard work in an alleyway between Santa Fe and El Paso streets downtown. They had turned a space covered in syringes and broken bottles into the beginnings of a community garden. The

Occasional breezes will hang around through tomorrow as a strong upper-level low stays in the Desert Southwest. This could provide some rain and snow along with very cold temperatures. The chance for rain picks up tonight through tomorrow as the low draws closer and closer to the Borderland. After Saturday, we begin to dry out

The national event ”Fix a leak week” is coming up on March 12 through the 18 and El Paso is participating by raising awareness of local water waste. El Paso Water Utilities spokesman Martin Bartlett said the average home in El Paso wastes up to 10,000 gallons of water every year due to leaks and

Texas is one step closer to the twice-delayed May 29th Texas primary elections. A statewide redistricting battle shook up the race for District 75 in El Paso. This month, court-ordered maps were set in place. Now, one candidate is no longer running for the seat. Art Fierro, chairman of El Paso Community College’s Board of

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a Civil Rights group based in Alabama, defines a hate group as, ?(a group that has) beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.? This week they released an updated list of hate groups operating within the United States, among the

The fight to recall El Paso Mayor John Cook and two city representatives continues. ?We filed with Texas Supreme Court today to hopefully overrule the appellate court so we can still have a recall,? Pastor Tom Brown posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Texas Supreme Court website, a petition for

MEMPHIS, TENN. ? Five different Miners posted double-figure scoring totals as top-seeded UTEP toppled Southern Miss, 92-79, in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Conference USA Championships Thursday evening. The Miners (27-3) advance to square off against No. 4 seed UAB (19-10) in the nationally-televised semifinals contest (CBS Sports Network) at 11:30 a.m. MST at the

El Paso police officers are searching for the driver who caused a crash that resulted in a man being sent to the hospital with serious injuries. The wreck happened around 3 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 10 East near the Yarbrough Drive off-ramp. Police told ABC-7 that the driver of a Chevy Tahoe hit a Jeep

ABCNews Gerald Zirnstein grinds his own hamburger these days. Why? Because this former United States Department of Agriculture scientist and, now, whistleblower, knows that 70 percent of the ground beef we buy at the supermarket contains something he calls ?pink slime.? ?Pink slime? is beef trimmings. Once only used in dog food and cooking oil,

Today, winds will not be anywhere near as strong as yesterday, but another strong cold front will make it blustery along the western slopes. Some long range models indicate the opportunity for some snow for the higher elevations, including the Sacramento Mountains. Temperatures will make it to near 60, but the cold surge will drop

A vicious dog attack left a man in the hospital with serious injuries. Fifty-four-year-old Dan Brown went for a walk around 1 a.m. Wednesday in his Santa Teresa Country Club neighborhood in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Thursday morning, officials with the Mesilla Valley Animal Shelter announced the two dogs will be euthanized in less than

A 32-year-old man police suspect of holding his mother against her will because she refused to give him more cigarettes, is now in jail and charged with a fourth-degree felony. Julian C. Gonzalez has been charged with one count of false imprisonment. Las Cruces Police said that sometime Wednesday night, Gonzalez began asking his mother

El Pasoans can report traffic issues in their area of town or other issues to the police regional command centers in their area. Central Regional Command, 915-577-5000. Mission Valley Regional Command, 915-872-3600. Northeast Regional Command, 915-759-2000. Pebble Hills Regional Command, 915-599-5500. Westside Regional Command, 915-585-6000.

El Paso City Council approved the Plan El Paso Comprehensive Plan. Learn more about the plan here and here.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Edward J. Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, Calif., died March 5, in La Jolla, Calif., of injuries sustained Dec. 3, 2011, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised-explosive device in Wardak province, Afghanistan. Acosta was assigned to

A day after the Indianapolis Colts cut quarterback Peyton Manning the team has signed former UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe. Colts owner Jim Irsay made the announcement via his Twitter account. Check out Vittatoe’s career stats at UTEP here.

The District Attorney’s Office is investigating what prompted an assistant to former County Commissioner Willie Gandara Jr. to enter the County Courthouse with a gun. El Paso County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Eileen Lopez said people don’t often bring weapons to County court. But according to Lopez, mere days after Gandara was arrested on federal drug-trafficking charges,

An important infrastructure project in Vinton, Texas is cancelled after a contentious city council meeting Tuesday evening. The meeting lasted more than four hours and had to be moved from Vinton city hall to the West Valley Fire Department to accommodate the overflow of people in attendance. At stake during the meeting was the future

It’s called Plan El Paso. A comprehensive plan, adopted unanimously by City Council Tuesday, which aims to greatly change our city over the next couple of decades. The plan, which took two years to put together, is designed to be the guiding document to direct capital improvements, evaluate development, guide public policy and ensure that

The StormTRACK Weather First Alert continues through today as strong winds begin to move on in. Peak wind gusts could reach 55 mph along the eastern slopes of the area mountains. Blowing dust and minor property damage is possible in some locations. Otherwise, the skies will stay partly cloudy and temperatures will climb to the

The El Paso Police Dept. has identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Tuesday as Nicholas Szvetecz. Szvetecz, 28, was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle collision just before 6 p.m. Tuesday on Airway. He is a soldier at Fort Bliss. Police said Szvetecz failed to negotiate the curve and the motorcycle struck the

Road Conditions for Southern New Mexico – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and local law enforcement offices are extending the closure of I-10 to the Arizona State line. The closure is in affect due to high winds with reduced visibility and dust that this sweeping across the roadways. The NMDOT has extended this

For the third year in a row the Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a travel warning advising students to stay out of Mexico during Spring Break. It comes just days before the majority of students in Texas depart for spring break trips. Mexico?s Ambassador in the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan quickly condemned the travel

El Paso Police officers arrested two men after they allegedly fought inside a Peter Piper Pizza on the 12100 block of Montana, according to police. Police said 23-year old Jesus Enrique Rodriguez “flashed” gang signs and confronted 20-year Alfonso Perez and a male relative. According to witnesses, Rodriguez allegedly produced a knife and chased a

A 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck East El Paso on Monday night, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey website. There were no reported injuries. The earthquake occurred at 8:11 p.m. and was just over three miles deep. Stronger earthquakes happened in San Francisco (4.0 magnitude) and Argentina (6.1 magnitude) on Monday. Earthquakes are not

It appears that Daniel Salinas is the apparent winner of the Sunland Park mayor’s race. Unofficial results of Tuesday’s municipal election shows Salinas with 637 votes compared to Gerardo Hernandez’s 553 votes and Jose L. Hernandez’s 66 votes. However, the results will likely be challenged in court. Assistant district attorney Scot Key says prosecutors continue