Carolina Garcia

MEXICALI, Mexico (KYMA) – Sin especificar cuando, ya que proceso de presentación con autoridades de gobierno involucradas en el plan integral continua, la alcaldesa de Mexicali, Norma Bustamante, reafirmó que se mantiene la intención de decomisar los carros modificados, coloquialmente conocidos como “tuneados” y aquellos que cuenten con registro irregular.

Los constantes accidentes de transito en la ciudad, han generado múltiples pérdidas humanas, en los que se incluye a niños y jóvenes, por lo que autoridades de forma “reactiva” crearon un plan que este mismo lunes fue presentado a autoridades estatales y federales.

“No es la marca, el Infiniti, el Mustang así sea un Cadillac lo que sea lo que estamos nosotros atacando son esos carros que están violando todas las reglas de tránsito y que están utilizando nuestros bulevares y calles de Mexicali como pistas de carrera”, dijo Norma Bustamante.

Confirmó que también se considera incrementar las sanciones además de no descarta la construcción de una pista de carreras.

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By Sarah Ferris, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s budget office sent a memo to Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening urging House Republicans to agree to partly reopen the Department of Homeland Security – even without new cash for immigration enforcement.

The existence of the memo, which was confirmed by a person familiar with its contents, could amount to a major development in the monthslong impasse around DHS funding.

Trump officials are now telling House Republicans to accept a compromise measure from the Senate, which does not include money for ICE or border patrol, to ensure that workers do not go unpaid. Many House Republicans have so far refused to pass any DHS funding without simultaneously approving another funding bill for ICE.

The pressure from the White House comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to say whether he will put that partial, Senate-passed DHS funding bill on the floor this week before the House leaves for a weeklong recess.

The speaker told CNN on Monday that legislation has “some problematic language because it was haphazardly drafted,” indicating House Republicans want technical changes to the package.

Resolving the 73-day shutdown – already the longest in history – has proved a steep task for Johnson, and the issue has further divided his already fractious House GOP.

The party is bitterly split with conservatives furious that Senate Majority Leader John Thune agreed to Democratic demands to only partially fund the department. In response, House Republicans are scrambling to pass a separate – and legislatively complex – package focused on funding immigration enforcement and border patrol without Democratic support.

Johnson previously indicated that he would not take up the partial DHS funding bill until House Republicans take a separate vote teeing up that complicated process, known as budget reconciliation, which is expected to take weeks.

The memo from the budget office, which Punchbowl News first reported, comes as the delay in funding has raised concerns with some of the GOP’s national security hawks, who worry that the Department of Homeland Security will out of money within days. (The White House had temporarily paid some key staff, including the Transportation Security Administration, using a rainy day fund, but that is almost dry.)

Those Republicans have warned that the House needs to act on the Senate-passed bill as soon as possible – and certainly before the chamber leaves next week for recess.

But even if Johnson were to bring the bill to the floor, it could still face steep odds.

A senior House Republican told CNN on Tuesday that the votes simply don’t exist to partly end the DHS shutdown this week without having money “in hand” for federal immigration enforcement.

“No one is going to vote to fund Homeland without money for ICE and CBP,” said Rep. Jodey Arrington of Texas, who leads the House Budget Committee.

The remarks from Arrington — a retiring Republican who is respected among the party’s ultraconservative wing — signify the massive road block that Congress is facing to end the shutdown.

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By Arit John, CNN

(CNN) — Eight candidates seeking to become California’s next governor met for an unwieldy debate Tuesday, where the candidates discussed their plans to make the state more affordable and sought to gain ground in an unsettled field.

The debate, hosted by CBS News affiliates in California, comes as the race’s remaining candidates seek to carve out a lane for themselves after former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s exit from the contest earlier this month.

Xavier Becerra, a former Health and Human Services secretary under former President Joe Biden, has risen in recent polls, seen a boost in fundraising, and earned more endorsements. But as Tuesday’s debate made clear, that rise has also come with new attacks from his opponents in both parties, including a pair of attack ads released by billionaire investor Tom Steyer.

The two Republicans and six Democrats sparred with each other – and, at times, the moderators – during the 90-minute event in Claremont, California.

In addition to Becerra and Steyer, the other candidates on stage were Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former Fox News host Steve Hilton, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former US Rep. Katie Porter, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Tuesday’s event was one week before CNN hosts its debate in the governor’s race on May 5.

Becerra at center stage

Becerra entered as the candidate with the most momentum and the largest target on his back. Throughout the debate, he emphasized his past jobs as HHS secretary and California attorney general. But he also put aside a nice guy reputation with a few shots at his opponents.

As the debate turned to healthcare, the moderators asked Becerra how he would respond to the expiration of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium subsidies. The former HHS secretary used the moment to criticize President Donald Trump and his endorsed candidate, Hilton.

“The first thing we have to do is stop Steve Hilton’s daddy,” Becerra said. “We need someone who’s going to fight Donald Trump, not agree with him.”

Hilton responded by saying Democrats “can’t do anything but blame Trump,” leading to a back-and-forth between the two candidates.

“Steve, would you oppose Donald Trump’s cuts?” Becerra said.

“The actual amount of money going into healthcare from the federal government is going up this year,” Hilton said.

“I think that’s a no,” Becerra said.

The former secretary also responded to Mahan, after the mayor said Becerra was “defending the status quo and just blaming Trump.”

“The only person who’s actually run a healthcare system, the largest system in the world, is me,” Becerra said. “I expanded healthcare beyond what we had ever seen in the country’s history, so if you want to talk about what works, ask somebody who actually did it.”

Mahan tries to make his mark

The San Jose mayor entered the race in January, later than much of the rest of the field, and has sought to define hi

By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, CNN

Austin (CNN) — After two days of emotional testimony, Texas lawmakers and investigators Tuesday laid out a grim assessment of Camp Mystic’s leaders’ role in last summer’s devastating floods that left 27 dead: no real evacuation plan and a delayed response as waters rose.

That’s raised mounting doubts for state lawmakers about whether the camp should reopen as planned, as a Texas legislative committee continues to probe the failures and missed opportunities.

The committee’s work has brought forth the clearest picture yet of what happened at Camp Mystic’s Guadalupe River campus in July, pieced together through heart-wrenching testimony and chilling accounts.

“The fate of those girls was set before any first drop of rain ever fell,” said state Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican.

Investigators hired by the special committee said the Eastlands failed to build a flash flood evacuation plan, hold drills or give their counselors any serious training in preparation for a major weather event.

And despite closely monitoring the weather alerts in the early morning hours of the flooding, Dick Eastland, the longtime and beloved camp director, waited far too long to take action, investigators said. He died in the floodwaters after evacuating several campers and trying to save others.

“I understand completely when people point out the things we could have done that morning,” said Edward Eastland, a camp director and one of Dick Eastland’s sons. “I think about those things every day.”

“We’re so sorry. Every day. Every minute of every day, we’re so sorry,” Mary Liz Eastland, Edward’s wife, later added.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the two-day joint hearing of House and Senate flood investigative committees and what investigators said took place as the disaster unfolded:

Camp director ran a tight ship but lacked a comprehensive flood plan

The investigation falls amid a variety of other probes into the tragedy at Camp Mystic, including lawsuits filed by families against the camp’s leaders. The committee’s effort is led by the same two investigators hired by lawmakers in 2022 to investigate the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde.

The investigators presented a timeline of events to the panel of lawmakers, painting a perplexing picture of Dick Eastland, who was deeply familiar with the region’s flood history yet created a culture of what investigators called flood complacency.

In an hours-long presentation Monday, investigators described Dick Eastland as a patriarchal leader who “ruled” Camp Mystic, held a tight grip on decision-making across the camp and instilled a culture of “obedience” where campers, staff and family members strictly followed orders from up top. They said Eastland was “vigilant” about weather yet didn’t have a solid plan in case of a flood.

Each cabin had one sheet of emergency instructions posted on the wall, directing campers to stay in their cabins in a flood, unless told otherwise by the office.

“There was never any real training. There were never drills, no drills of any kind,” said Casey Garrett, one of th

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