CALEXICO — As the city has spent the last several weeks under siege due to dozens of suspected arson fires... Read More
CALEXICO — The history of how Calexico grew from a tent camp at the turn of the 20th century to... Read More
EL CENTRO — Among the many duties that local healthcare providers are tasked with, assessing a patient’s health literacy level has traditionally not been a constant requirement. But that is expected to soon change at El Centro Regional Medical Center, where patients in the hospital’s various departments will soon have... Read More
EL CENTRO — Six years after California Ethanol & Power LLC accepted a $750,000 loan from Imperial County to build... Read More
EL CENTRO — Having assured their constituents that Measure P proceeds would not go toward funding employee salaries, the El... Read More
EL CENTRO — A COVID forum assembled in response to repeated protests over mask and vaccine mandates aimed toward county officials threatened to dissolve into chaos, ended with no resolution, and led to Supervisor Ryan Kelley to call for second meeting to invite state legislators to hear local concerns. “I... Read More
CALEXICO — For the time being, Calexico authorities believe they have their suspected arsonist off the streets after a local... Read More
CALEXICO — In a city where the unhoused are ubiquitous and often nameless, Pedro Sanchez stood out among those living... Read More
Zoë Meyers and Kate Sequeiraon
CALEXICO — It’s three o’clock on Aug. 4 and the temperature is creeping towards 119 degrees Fahrenheit in downtown Calexico. Maribel Padilla, the co-founder of the Brown Bag Coalition, is driving a van around the city to hand out water, cold towels and snacks to people who are unsheltered on... Read More
IMPERIAL — Dealing with sludge in the wastewater treatment process — human waste in its concentrated form — can be... Read More