CALEXICO — “From the Chocolate Mountains to the Sea of Cortez, up and down the border, on a Friday night,... Read More
CALEXICO — The reopening of some Calexico Unified School District campuses for in-person instruction on Monday, April 12 appears to... Read More
CALEXICO — That Iron Maiden’s heavy-metal adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s seven-part “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” would plant the seeds of a junior-high hesher’s lifelong love of poetry is apropos. Apropos in the sense that some 15 years later, this child of the border, Calexico native Charlie M. Zamarripa,... Read More
With the news that Imperial County was green-lit to officially enter the Orange Tier of the state’s Blueprint for a... Read More
Several chamber of commerce organizations throughout the Imperial Valley have spent the last year reevaluating the way they can better... Read More
(UPDATED at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, with information from the Wednesday night Calexico City Council meeting.) CALEXICO — Despite some pushback by two City Council members and others, the city of Calexico moved forward with the planned removal of a makeshift encampment at the corner of Andrade Avenue and... Read More
EL CENTRO — It was a confirmation of her worst fear. At first, with the fevers and her unable to... Read More
CALEXICO — Though often overlooked, farmworkers found themselves receiving a wider degree of recognition when they were designated as essential... Read More
CALEXICO — Though Ricardo Ortega’s original intention of becoming an elementary school teacher was sidelined by his decades-long career with Calexico Neighborhood House, he nonetheless used his tenure to impart knowledge, much like a teacher would. And he has continued to do so as the nonprofit organization’s special project director,... Read More
As Imperial County’s COVID numbers get smaller, the good news is arguably getting bigger … and better … as vaccine... Read More