Month: June 2012

Six alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang accused of beating and robbing victims for wearing the wrong colors or logos on their vests and T-shirts were arrested Wednesday. Authorities working for Operation Stonegarden, which targeted members of the Bandidos gang and one of its support groups known as the Cremators, raided several homes and

A 6-year-old girl from El Salvador is safe at an El Paso shelter after allegedly entering the country illegally with a group of immigrants, including her mother. Immigration officials said the woman turned the little girl over to smugglers at the U.S. – Mexico border in Arizona. It’s a storyline seen too often by the

Born and raised in El Paso by parents who promoted her artistic talent since she was from five years old, and pursuing her dream to major in art, Susan Eisen enrolled in art metals as a Bachelor of Fine Arts Student. Her love for design, soldering and cutting metal, forming sheets and wires into jewelry,

The New York school bus monitor who was seen on video being cruelly taunted by the middle-school students in her care says she plans to keep her job and just wants the students to apologize. “That’s not like me,” Karen Klein told ABC News when asked whether she might resign from her job as a

Police remain tight-lipped about a raid at a Northeast El Paso home Thursday morning. The SWAT team was called out to a home on the 5800 block of Teal Lane. Our cameras were rolling as team officers took a man into custody at about 6 a.m. Officers were also seen taking out computers, televisions and

How much help does the El Paso Independent School District need to talk to the media, and how much is it costing taxpayers? ABC-7 dug through records requested from the El Paso Independent School District to find out. Documents show the district hired a Houston-based public relations firm in April to shape the way damaging

A chemical spill in a northeast El Paso neighborhood forced residents to forgo their air conditioners early Thursday morning. The incident began Wednesday evening on the 5700 block of Bainbridge when residents called 911 to complain about a strong odor. The smell faded, but returned during the night. It wasn’t until after midnight when emergency

Brandon Elizares was a bright-eyed boy with a big smile and bold dreams. The Andress High School sophomore knew what he wanted to do with his life. “I’d ask him, ‘Brandon, what do you want to be? (and he’d say) I want to be a model, a fashion designer, a poet, I’m going to write

Two well-known El Paso businessmen have joined together to pursue the purchase of a Triple-A Baseball team and bring it to El Paso. The group, formed as MountainStar Sports Group, LLC, consists of Woody L. Hunt, Chairman of Hunt Companies, Inc., and Paul L. Foster, Executive Chairman of Western Refining, Inc. Other members of the

MountainStar Sports Group is attempting to bring a Triple-A baseball team to El Paso. Read more about it here. Below are ticket prices for three Pacific Coast League Triple-A teams and the independent league El Paso Diablos: Albuquerque Isotopes Club seating – $23 plus fees Box seating – $13 plus fees Reserved seating – $11

Mexico’s Navy says it has detained one of the sons of Mexico’s most-wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin Guzman Loera. It says marines detained Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar in the western state of Jalisco. The Navy announced the detention Thursday in a brief statement, but it didn’t say when Guzman Salazar was caught or offer any other

SAN FRANCISCO — In what is becoming a growing trend, hundreds of dry-cleaners throughout the country have switched to new, environmentally friendly alternatives to the solvent now used to dry-clean clothes. So Consumer Reports put three of these new methods of dry-cleaning to the test. From mere appearances, there is no visible difference between cleaners

Case Study: Wetcleaning Systems for Garment Care As part of a cooperative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the professional garment and textile care industry, the EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Program recognizes the wetcleaning process (i.e., water-based cleaning systems) as one example of an environmentally-preferable technology that can effectively clean

Residents in the small community of Berino, New Mexico claim they’re being exposed to toxic dirt getting kicked up by a large construction project. Luisa Alvarado scooped her daughter into her arms but within minutes, she wriggled free and tried to run away. For the past week, running has been difficult for 2-year-old Nevaeh, who

A state district judge has ruled that the website of a former University of New Mexico president accused of helping run an online prostitution ring is not illegal. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/LBgbfj) that state District Judge Stan Whitaker ruled this week that neither a website, an online message board nor a computer amount of

A judge has halted a water permit issued by the state to Sunland Park and a private landowner. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that court documents show a district judge recently ordered the state engineer to cancel a permit for the city and rancher Charles “Chip” Johns. A permit was requested last year as part

Press Release “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE” David El Nino Rodriguez David Rodriguez recently sustained a serious knee injury while training for his upcoming fight. His symptoms, primarily progressive pain, have prevented him from training in order to be fully prepared for next month’s fight. David will undergo arthroscopic surgery to the knee in order to treat

Comedian Dave Chappelle, best known for the Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show” and the movie “Half Baked” will no longer perform Thursday at the Plaza Theatre. According to the Plaza Theatre, Dave Chappelle’s comedy tour was unable to commit to the El Paso tour stop and notified venue officials this morning. Chappelle has performed in several

Mexican and American defense attorneys working on the release of a jailed Texas trucker are slated to meet Thursday on the heels of new evidence produced by Mexican Federal prosecutors. The Mexican attorney is the only person supporting Borgan to have had consistent communication with him at the Villa Aldama prison in Veracruz, Mexico. Newly

A man accused of having a hoax bomb at the Bridge of the Americas allegedly told border officers that he worked for the CIA, court records show. About 1 p.m. Tuesday, officers with Customs and Border Protection officers noticed a suspicious package on the counsel of a northbound 1989 Chevrolet pickup driven by 73-year-old David

Dave Chappelle performed in Austin on Tuesday night and by most accounts was a disaster. Some blame Chappelle for not being prepared, while others blame the audience for being out of control. Read a recap of the show here. Chappelle had been set to perform at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso on Thursday before

A 50-year-old man and a woman were killed when the minivan they were riding in blew a rear tire and rolled over off of Interstate 25 on Tuesday near Upham. New Mexico State Police told ABC-7 the driver, 43-year-old Maribel Chavez of Albuquerque, apparently lost control, swerved to the right and hit a mile marker

A Canutillo nanny was arrested after a child was seen wandering outside about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. A neighbor spotted the 8-year-old girl walking alone outside her home in the 7000 block of First Street in Canutillo, and began knocking on doors to determine where the child, who was described as being scared, lived. El Paso

The Texas Department of Transportation has announced the following closure as work continues on the Interstate 10-Loop 375 interchange project. The complete closures will take place from 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 to 5 a.m. Thursday June 21: ? Left and right lanes on Gateway West from R.V. Drive to Don Haskins Dr. ? North

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Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. In fact, on average, excessive heat claims more lives each year than floods, lightning, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. In the disastrous heat wave of 1980, more than 1,250 people died. In the heat wave of 1995 more

The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a meeting Wednesday night to show the proposed plans for an extension of Loop 375. Since ABC-7 last reported on the plans to extend the loop in the winter, TX-DOT engineers altered the scope of the construction, going beyond downtown. The extension would begin at Racetrack Drive near

Your Recovery After the procedure, your vision will probably be a little blurry at first. But it should clear in a few days. Know that your eye still needs time to heal. During that time, a shield may be placed over your eye to protect the cornea. This shield should be worn according to your

The Fingerprint Of Your Vision Your vision is unique as personal as your fingerprint or your DNA. The WavePrint TM Map Now, for the first time, the WavePrint Map provides information on more than just the corneal surface of your eye. It reveals the way your entire optical system processes light. The WavePrint Map provides

Could LASIK change your life? Needing glasses or contacts to see may cramp your lifestyle. Glasses fog up, fall off, scratch, and break. Frames and thick lenses interfere with side vision. Contacts can irritate your eyes, especially if dust gets under a lens or you have dry eyes or allergies. Both glasses and contacts can