Michelle Faust

On Monday, President Barack Obama designated the Cesar Chavez home in Keene, Calif. as a national monument. The labor and civil rights leader was born in Yuma County, Ariz.

The farm town of San Luis, just south of Yuma, remembers Cesar Chavez well -- with schools, streets and a cultural center named after him.

Seven Marines were killed when two helicopters collided near the California, Arizona border.

At 8 p.m. Wednesday night a mid-air collision claimed the lives of all seven marines aboard the AH-1-W-Cobra and the UH-1-Y-Huey from the Third Marine Airwing based at Miramar Marine Corp Air Station. 

First Lieutenant Maureen Dooley from the third marine aircraft wing says the names of the deceased will be held until their families are notified…