CALEXICO — With her apparent election win to the Imperial Community College District Board of Trustees, Annette Gonzalez-Buttner said she... Read More
CALEXICO — Although it’s been some months in the making, the COVID pandemic is allowing business owner Ernesto “Ernie” Quintero,... Read More
’Tis the season where try as they might, not even polarizing politicians nor pundits can get the public to bite that there is indeed a controversy between wishing someone a “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays.” That fact bears out in two recent nationwide polls in which “Merry Christmas” is the... Read More
Emmy Lou Packard was from a family of early Imperial Valley pioneers. Her father, Walter Packard, was an internationally known... Read More
IMPERIAL VALLEY — For Holtville’s Blanca and George McClure, who own George’s Pizza, their business model was already built to... Read More
CALEXICO — Calexico students and educators will soon be resuming morning classes remotely as the threat of the coronavirus pandemic persists past summer vacation. “Part of the message we’ve sent out is we all need to be flexible,” said Carlos R. Gonzales, Calexico Unified School District superintendent. “We all need... Read More
CALEXICO — After a decade of planning 2020 could finally be the year the new headquarters for the Calexico Fire... Read More
CALEXICO — Father and son Esteban Armando Veliz and Esteban Armando Veliz Jr. of Calexico were inseparable, fixtures on the... Read More
CALEXICO — Remembered as a “magician with a basketball” by some, Jose Lopez’s ultimate legacy would be creating opportunities for the youths in Calexico as a longtime city recreation department director. Lopez died at age 87 on June 7. “He knew the importance of keeping people busy when you are... Read More
When one of Guatemala’s ruthless street gangs promised to murder Yesenia Magali Melendrez Cardona in late January if she didn’t... Read More