And now live, this is KIMA News at 11, weekend edition.
Good evening and thanks for staying up with us.
I'm David Mancy.
Marine Francisco has the night off.
A local man who lost his truck engine due to Apex motor oil he purchased at a dollar
store is behind a statewide recall.
An engine out for the oil so far and totally kicked off.
Five minutes after putting the motor oil in his truck, Sam Cox of Yakima watched his motor
ruin before his eyes.
We drained it back out, we knew it was because it stank to high heaven.
We opened another bottle and looked at it and it didn't even feel like oil.
It was kind of a gritty feel.
There's no lubricating to it at all and it smelled bad and it looked burnt.
Cox took the oil to the Department of Ecology who then sent it and samples from other dollar
stores in Yakima to the west side to be tested.
The oil was found to contain a harmful solvent and other ingredients and was immediately
ordered pulled off dollar store shelves across the state.
The DOE says motorists who put the oil in their vehicles should get their oil change
or risk damaging their engines.
The DOE says unused oil can be returned to the nearest dollar store for a refund or exchange.
Well it's a problem that's not going to go away anytime soon.
Although activity has gone down a bit, local experts say the gang problem in the Yakima
Valley remains consistent.
Lupe Estrada helps victims of gang violence in our area.
He recently led a workshop at Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health dealing with gang
issues.
Estrada says there are things people can do to protect themselves and their loved ones
from falling victim to this type of violence.
Be aware, know what is out there, know what's in your communities as far as gangs and gang
situations.
Educate yourselves about the situations in the schools where your children attend.
Talk to the counseling staff, the teachers, certainly administrators and also the staff
from police departments.