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Imperial County Child Abuse Prevention Council 33rd Annual Children’s Fair

Imperial County Child Abuse Prevention Council 563 W Main Street * El Centro, Ca.92243 * (760) 353-8300 * Fax (760) 353-8380...

Nearly 500 university-bound seniors honored at annual reception

CALEXICO — Although he may not have understood the words at the time, Joshua Hurtado said he vividly remembers the images from the biology books that his father used to...

Some tax filers wait until the last minute, while others wait and seek extensions

As tax season comes to a close, some last-minute Imperial Valley taxpayers rushed to the post office Tuesday to file their tax returns, and a whole other group was looking to file...

Are high school students going hungry?

I heard a rumor this weekend from a friend whose son attends Central Union High School that really bothers me. According to this teenager, he’s often seen fellow students...

Bulldogs end Tigers' perfect streak

CALEXICO — The Calexico High School girls’ softball team dashed Imperial High’s dreams of a perfect season with a 9-2 Imperial Valley League victory here...

Our View: Supreme Court warns of more budget cuts

Our society functions successfully because our legal system functions successfully. For all of its problems and some of its failings, it’s an imperfect system that works...

From the Right: Stop the rush to judgment

There has now been an arrest in the murder of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder. This of course is the case down in Florida, where the...

Local efforts aim to boost college enrollment, completion rates

The goal of preparing first-generation college-bound students for a four-year university has long been a commitment of local educators. Yet as a recent report by the Washington...

Calexico marks 104 years

CALEXICO — Big smiles filled the front hall of Calexico’s City Hall as the city celebrated 104 years of incorporation Monday afternoon.

The other side of police academy dismissals

UPDATE: On Saturday’s Probe, we spoke with El Centro Police Chief Jim McGinley about a letter concerning four ECPD recruits that had been part of a 30-plus member class of...

Eagles edge Spartans

The Southwest High boys’ tennis team defeated Central Union High, 10-8, in an Imperial Valley League match at Southwest High on Monday.

Calexico relay closes out with inspiring message to keep fundraising

CALEXICO — After spending more than 26 hours setting up, fighting the weather and walking Siria Hurtado was ready to go home and sleep.

El Centro seniors hold fashion show

Seniors were out strutting their stuff Saturday to keep up working with the community.

When will I.V. Expo parking lot be repaved?

Now that the fair is over, when are they going to start redoing the parking lot? They received money more than two years ago to do it but I haven’t seen anything happening....

Overflowing septic tank a longstanding concern for El Centro trailer park occupants

The stench registers on the senses even before one can visibly see the source of the odor.

Earth day celebrates environment in El Centro

Daisy Luz Gonzalez started stirring the water and dirt with her index fingers, swirling around the brown mix, but not really combining it.

Archers brave winds to compete

A Kurdish proverb says, “Do not throw the arrow which will return against you,” but that did not keep some 25 archers from competing Saturday in the inaugural...

Our View: Pattern will pass, because Valley needs it

Pattern Energy officials are confident that the four appeals submitted last week against the approval of the company’s Ocotillo area wind farm will not delay the process,...

County libraries work to stay open

Despite major budget cuts for libraries across the state, the Imperial County library system has managed to survive, but if cuts continue and help doesn’t come soon enough,...

Mexicali begins upgrading its downtown infrastructure by border

MEXICALI — The municipal government here hopes to improve downtown for businesses and visitors with some changes already implemented.

What is El Centro police hiding?

El Centro Police Department hired four new officers recently and sent them to Ben Clark Academy located in the Riverside Police Academy. Ben Clark terminated the El Centro police...

Brawley Union athletic director Billy Brewer could receive state award

Brawley Union High School athletic director Billy Brewer will be honored this weekend at the

Thanks: 2012 4-H Teen Involvement Conference thanks

The Teen Involvement Conference, which was held from Jan. 20–22 went very well this year.

Our View: Combining of the minds key to pushing academic excellence

Educators, who have had plenty to commiserate about recently in the face of shrinking budgets and staffs, may be lacking for some good news as of late. And although it is our...

Our View: 'Wrong thinkers' wrongly imprisoned in 'hidden gulags'

Those who thought that Soviet-style gulags were a thing of the past after the collapse of the Iron Curtain are wrong … dead wrong.

Second Brawley fire station celebrated

BRAWLEY — Carmen L. Araujo remembered the house fire that killed three children on K Street.

El Centro school raises money for cancer

First-grade teacher Maggie Franks became overwhelmed with emotion recalling the death of a parent to cancer while thanking her students for fundraising for cancer this week.

Why are some IID candidates' signs being removed?

I received a call today from the Imperial Irrigation District to remove my campaign banners from Calexico. I have four on ditch banks that cross the All-American Canal. I am...

Central, Southwest split league matchup

Heading into Thursday’s Imperial Valley League track and field meet, Central Union High’s boys’ team was undefeated in league and Southwest High’s...

CONTRATACION DE TRABAJADORES DE CASILLAS

REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SYLVIA BERMUDEZ 940 W. Main St., Rm. 206, El Centro, CA 92243 Ph: (760) 482-4226 Fax: (760) 337-4182 www.co.imperial.ca.us Comunicado de Prensa PARA...

POLL WORKERS RECRUITMENT

REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SYLVIA BERMUDEZ 940 W. Main St., Rm. 206, El Centro, CA 92243 Ph: (760) 482-4226 Fax: (760) 337-4182 www.co.imperial.ca.us News...

Our View: Amid National Library Week

As spring break finishes up this week for many Imperial Valley students and summer comes ever closer, children and their parents will seek solace in knowing that libraries will...

Learning art of weather spotting

HEBER — Calipatria resident Cleta Spellins likes science and characterizes weather as “awesome.”

Club helps local students to set sights on professions in health care

As a child, repeated visits to the hospital were not uncommon for Brawley resident Joy Tango-an. But from those visits a deeper appreciation for the care that doctors and nurses...

What effect do contrails have on weather?

Have you looked up in the sky today? There are chemtrails everywhere. I’m not into conspiracy theories or anything, but the normal trails left by jets are supposed to be...

Speed Limit 100 set to go

Off-road racers from throughout Imperial and San Diego counties will gather in Plaster City on Sunday morning for the third annual Speed Limit 100.

CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program

By Mario Conde The County Board of Supervisors approved the revised CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Guidelines. The State Department of Housing and Community Development...

California Home Visiting Program

By Mario Conde The County Board of Supervisors approved funding to implement a Home Visiting Program in Imperial County. Imperial County is one of 21 counties in California...

Imperial County Transportation Commission

By Mario Conde The County Board of Supervisors approved an application packet to the Imperial County Transportation Commission for congestion mitigation and air quality projects...

El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seize Marijuana Valued Over $150,000.00

CALEXICO, Calif. – Monday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Calexico station arrested two suspected smugglers and five illegal aliens after they transported more...

Something for everyone during 'National Libraries Week'

CALEXICO — Imperial Valley College nursing student Alhi Ingle poured over books and papers while studying for school at the Camarena Memorial Library in Calexico on Tuesday.

'IV Reads...' to gather Valley with one book

The program “IV Reads … Connecting Communities through Reading” hopes to bring the Valley together for one literary purpose — to read the same book at...

What is Brawley doing about house hazard?

We live next door to an abandoned house; it is getting drier and messier as every day goes by. We have gone to the Fire Department, and our neighbor went to City Hall. High...

Our View: Heber Chess Club deserves a big round of applause

The team from the mostly poor, mostly Mexican-American border town takes on squads from mostly richer, mostly bigger areas, and the little team that could wins time after time.

Wildcats rout Tigers

BRAWLEY — Scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning, then adding five more in the second and eight in the third, the Brawley Union High baseball team beat...

From the Right: If one Edney isn't enough ...

Today’s column is a public service announcement. A warning, if you will. No, I am not announcing another run for office. I am not even predicting a major earthquake,...

Students embark on moonlight hike

One by one, hikers made their way up the path with only moonlight guiding them to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park wind caves Friday evening.

Food historian Jim Gay dies at age 61

El Centro native James Franklin “Jim” Gay, a nationally recognized food historian who had appeared on Food Network, network televisions and countless publications,...

What rights do media outlets have?

I attended the Planning Commission on March 28 to listen to the Ocotillo Wind project and was shocked to know that Miriam Raftery, the editor of a news media publication from...

Central defeats Holtville

The Central Union High boys’ tennis team finished the halfway point of its season with a 16-2 win against Holtville High on Tuesday afternoon in Holtville.