Break from Society Marks its Digital Debut
A Record Release Party for Calexico Reggae Band Celebrates the Entrance of 17-year-old Self-titled Album Onto Streaming Platforms
Poop Plant Offers Peek into Pandemic
City of Calexico Has Been Taking Part in COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance Program for Nearly One Year
Millions in Frozen Funds Leave Calexico Programs in the Cold
Compliance Problems with Housing Grants from Eight Years Ago Have Locked City Out of Some Coronavirus Relief Funding
Break from Society Marks its Digital Debut
A Record Release Party for Calexico Reggae Band Celebrates the Entrance of 17-year-old Self-titled Album Onto Streaming Platforms
Poop Plant Offers Peek into Pandemic
City of Calexico Has Been Taking Part in COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance Program for Nearly One Year
Millions in Frozen Funds Leave Calexico Programs in the Cold
Compliance Problems with Housing Grants from Eight Years Ago Have Locked City Out of Some Coronavirus Relief Funding
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CALEXICO — Guitarist and singer Marc Muñoz insists there was no real break from his reggae band, Break from Society; rather, life happens and the group hit pause. “The band never really stopped playing and I never really stopped playing music,” the Calexico native said recently. “We just kind... Read More
CALEXICO — For the men and women at Calexico’s wastewater treatment plant, poop is money, plant supervisor and chief operator Arturo Estrada said. “This is our livelihood, this is our career,” Estrada explained when asked about the “messy parts” of the job. “We didn’t chose it; it chose us.” Yet poop is more than money; it’s a snapshot of COVID-19 in the community, and Calexico is the only wastewater treatment plant in Imperial County sampling its poop. For nearly a […]... Read More
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HOLTVILLE — The Imperial Valley 9/11 Stair Climb Committee announced that Holtville Fire Chief Alex Silva would be the keynote speaker for the ninth annual Imperial Valley 9/11 Memorial Event and Stair Climb. On the morning of Tuesday September 11, 2001, a series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks... Read More
EL CENTRO — Matt Dessert, Imperial County Air Pollution Control Officer, has announced his plans to retire from the county of Imperial by Thursday, Aug. 4. As the APCO since January 2017, Dessert, with the support of his staff, is responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution within Imperial County through permits and local rules to protect the health and quality of life of its residents. After receiving notification, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors appointed Belen Leon-Lopez to […]... Read More
EL CENTRO — Blue and red lights flashed and sirens wailed in Bucklin Park on Tuesday night, Aug. 2 for the annual public safety awareness... Read More
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In this border town, when thinking of education, it is typically associated with the energetic young students who spend their adolescence gaining knowledge from... Read More
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CALEXICO — There’s a saying that government budgets are reflections of priorities. In under-resourced communities like those that make up the Imperial Valley, local... Read More
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EL CENTRO — Peace has always been a part of Haydee Rodriguez’s life. She grew up in a family of pacifists who taught her to seek peaceful solutions. Not that it was easy. She remembered being with her grandmother at the grocery store to translate and people being incredibly mean... Read More
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