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Police usually do everything they can to keep gangbangers out of the city. But after more than 3 years Aaron Lopez Garcia will be coming back to the Yakima Valley. A massive manhunt found the...more Sunnyside escapee in Mexico late last week. Action News spoke with law enforcement about why they went to such great lengths to bring this dangerous man back from across the border.

Aaron Lopez Garcia was one of four men who escaped from the Sunnyside City jail back in 2006. The three other men have since been caught but Garcia managed to elude authorities until Friday when U.S. Marshalls captured him in Mexico.

The U.S. Marshal's office says they have captured one of its top 15 fugitives.

SUNNYSIDE -- Ballots are still being counted, but even before election day, one issue in Sunnyside caught everyone's attention.

They say they’re fighting gangs with bicycles. It may sound like an unusual approach to a very complicated problem. But in Sunnyside, a new program is giving kids what they need most in their lives: purpose.

Nine people lost their jobs in Sunnyside because the city couldn't pay them. But a review of the budget found more than one and a half million dollars Sunnyside didn't know it had. Money that could...more have saved those jobs. Action News went to Sunnyside to find out how this could happen, and what the city is planning to do next.

A car flies over a little girl In Sunnyside. But she escapes without a scratch. Action News talked to the family and shows the amazing video.

A six year old girl barely escaped getting crushed by a car in Sunnyside.

Whether it was good timing or a quick reaction, a child in Sunnyside is lucky to be alive after nearly being crushed by an out-of-control car. And the whole incident was captured by a security camera.

SUNNYSIDE -- They've been meeting for months and now they have results. The Sunnyside community has been coming together against gangs and the changes they've been making may be what's making a difference there.

Temporary or permanent? That's the question facing Sunnyside City Council as they debate the hiring of a new city manager, an Interim Finance Director, an Interim City Manager and a law firm versus a city attorney. Why is Sunnyside willing to spend so much on hiring for the same position twice?

It's a turn in trends. Sunnyside police say they're seeing a dramatic drop in auto thefts.

Now when crime happens in Sunnyside, you can hear about it right on your phone or computer.

While living in Sunnyside there were many stray wild cats in the area. It broke my heart to see them running around scared and starving. One mama cat brought her kittens around to our house when they ...

SUNNYSIDE -- Shoppers may be welcoming low prices of milk at the grocery store, but local dairy farmers are feeling the pain of diminished profits.