IN BRIEF
SAHARA TO LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD
March planned in support of changing immigration policy
Activists plan to march Saturday to the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in support of comprehensive federal immigration reform.
The event, which coincides with similar May 1 marches nationwide, is expected to draw about 1,000 people, organizers said.
Participants should gather at 4:30 p.m. at Commercial Center on Sahara Avenue near Maryland Parkway. The march will begin at 5:30 p.m. Marchers will head west on Sahara to Las Vegas Boulevard. They will then make their way north to the courthouse at 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, between Clark and Bridger avenues.
A vigil will follow the march, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Local immigration reform advocates have been organizing rallies, hosting vigils and lobbying congressional representatives for months to address immigration reform this year in a way that focuses on keeping families together and provides a path to citizenship for the country's millions of undocumented immigrants.
NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA
Body discovered in remains of mobile home destroyed by fire
A woman's body was found Tuesday morning after a Monday night fire gutted a mobile home and its addition just outside the historic mining town of Oatman in northwestern Arizona.
Acting Oatman Fire Chief Bill Blake said flames were shooting more than 100 feet above the fully engulfed structures when firefighters arrived about 9:30 p.m.
He said the body was found early the next morning in the rear of the home, which was reduced to rubble.
The victim had not been identified as of Thursday afternoon. The official cause of death will be determined by autopsy. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.
FOUR CHILDREN KILLED
Deadly California fire started by candle, authorities rule
An apartment fire that left four children dead in Northern California was started by a candle, authorities said Thursday.
Investigators in Fairfield, Calif., determined the cause of Wednesday's blaze after finding three candles in the home and talking to witnesses and the mothers of the children, Fairfield Assistant Fire Marshal Jerry Clark said.
Investigators also confirmed with Pacific Gas & Electric that power had been turned off because the bill had not been paid, Clark said.
The names of the victims have not been released.
The children, three siblings and their cousin, ages 1 to 4, were inside the apartment unit when the started.
