casimiro barela was mexico in 1847, one year prior e treaty, which ended the american war and transferred much of the southwest, including mexico and colorado to the united states. barela was raised in a period of change from shifting borders to advancing technology, to economic development. >> mexicans, mexi canoe s across american part for them means the -- the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. >> seeking to not just get by, but to thrive personally and financially, barela quickly built a portfolio of successful businesses. >> unlike others, he's not daunted or awed by the possibility of working with financialti to serve as justice of the peace, a community members to participate in the democracy, and ensured the colorado state constitution was written in spanish, as well as english. >> having the constitution in spanish for the community of southern colorado was a way for them to be fully welcomed into the formation of the new state. >> recognizing the importance of political participation in the democracy, barela fought to maintain the teaching and learning of the spanish la

chris barela and his girlfriend were sitting on the wall. his girlfriend died. barela is still recovering. corbani admitted to drinking yeager bombs at the palm's. she pulled down her pants, they pled no contest. >> crazy to know she's been through this before. that's the part that angers me. >> corbani held without bail tonight in jail. she's expected to be in court tuesday. >>> a new camera sitting on top of black mountain expected to help firefighters prevent future brush fires from getting out of hand. ultra-camera give firefighters a fire cameras have helped slow down more than 100 fires in the lake tahoe area. the nevada seismological lab in reno is in charge of setting up the cameras. the director says these fires save millions of dollars in firefighting costs. >> the price in fire when you make a mistake cost more money than it would ever take to deploy cameras throughout nevada and run them for the next 50 $30,000 to set up. kent says his office would like to have three or four more cameras to feel fully protected. >>> authorities in oklahoma have relea

. >> reporter: the crash, so intense, so sudden, chris barela's girlfriend, ashley, never made it out. this father of two still banged up and bruised with broken bones. >> these ribs hurt bad. when i sit up -- >> reporter: he was blindsided six days ago when police say

. >> reporter: the crash, so intense, so sudden, chris barela's girlfriend, ashley, never made it out. this father of two still banged up and bruised with broken bones. >> these ribs hurt bad. when i sit up -- >> reporter: he was blindsided six days ago when police say road hitting them as they sat on a wall at charleston and las vegas boulevard. >> she's 40. she knows what she's not supposed to be doing. >> reporter: when the cops showed up, corbani put her keys in the ignition, telling them she had to leave. police say she admitted drinking yeager bombs at the palm's before the crash and pulled down her pants and peed in the patrol car. police say she should have never been on the road. her/100ths was revoked driver's license was revoked in june. she was arrested last year and pleaded no contest. >> crazy to know she's been through this before. that's the part that angers me. >> yesterday i was watching a movie and the boy and girl were dancing and me and her used to dance a lot. i started to cry a lot about bail inside the county jail. she declined our request for a jailhouse inter