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The city of Yakima will open its new Youth and Family Development Center later this month at the former Police Athletic League building on North 4th Street. City officials say it is the first step in an ongoing effort to steer young kids away from gang life...

City leaders in Yakima are getting ready to implement the Gang Free Initiative, a program they hope will help reduce the number of gang members on the streets. It is no secret, the gang problem is pretty bad in Yakima. In fact, it is an issue that local police are forced to deal with every day...

There is strong response to Yakima's Gang Free Initiative. The GFI's executive director says there are now 25 at-risk kids being assessed for specialized services. That is being done through the Yakima Police Athletic League. Those kids will be connected with services like tutoring, mentoring and life skills...

Yakima will soon have new tools to tackle the areas gang problem as the Gang Free Initiative prepares to help its first group of at-risk kids. Soon, the YMCA will expand its mentor program to help more kids under the Gang Free Initiative umbrella...

Yakima Police continue to investigate the arrest of a school employee accused of sending sexual text messages to a 17-year-old girl. Yakima School District employee Miguel Osuna passed repeated background checks. Osuna also volunteered at Yakima Police Activities League (YPAL) and once worked for the YMCA...

Yakima city officials are dealing with an arrest for sex charges. Police department volunteer, 44-year-old Miguel Ernesto Osuna is accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 17-year-old girl. He was a volunteer boxing coach for Yakima Police Athletic League (YPAL) and is employed by the Yakima School District...