By Richard Montenegro Brown HOLTVILLE — The Holtville High boys tennis team recently wrapped up its season, finishing with a 1-9 record in Imperial Valley League play and sending one player, Alonso Cuevas, to the CIF tournament. Despite only winning one match, Vikings coach George McClure is excited about his team’s prospects for upcoming seasons, […]
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A Candlelight Vigil to Stand with Mothers in Gaza
By Richard Montenegro Brown EL CENTRO — On Saturday, May 11, during Mother’s Day weekend, Imperial Valley for Palestine hosted a candlelight vigil to mourn as a community in solidarity with the mothers in Gaza at Hope Cafe in El Centro. Being a mother is entering the largest sisterhood in existence. It transcends borders, cultures […]
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Will CA Legislature fix police, farmworker laws?
By Lynn La Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. A California Highway Patrol officer shouts at protesters to move back at UCLA in Los Angeles on May 2, 2024. Photo by Yannick Peterhans, USA Today Network via Reuters From […]
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Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal ditches promise to fund 5 years of growth for UC and Cal State
By Mikhail Zinshteyn Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Chalk it up to California dreaming: Not even three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California’s public universities five years of annual growth in state support totalling more than $2 […]
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Gavin Newsom plans to cut $2 billion in public broadband projects
By Khari Johnson Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s newest budget proposal calls for $2 billion in cuts to public broadband projects meant to bring high-speed internet to all Californians and close the digital divide. The […]
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Newsom releases billions for mental health housing ahead of schedule: ‘Time to deliver’
By Jocelyn Wiener Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. The first $3.3 billion of bonds approved by voters in March to build and rehab housing and treatment beds for people with mental illness will be available to counties months […]
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College campuses can’t hire undocumented students. How that might change in California
By Mikhail Zinshteyn and Adam Echelman Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. In January, the University of California Board of Regents broke the hearts of undocumented students by halting a proposal to allow them to work on campus. A […]
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How California’s new fixed utility charge got its sneaky start in the Legislature
By Dan Walters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. I received and paid my monthly electric bill from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District the other day. In addition to $75.76 in metered power consumption and $1.58 in taxes, SMUD’s […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Calexico Asked to Reconsider Tower Lease with BP
By Richard Montenegro Brown The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition, Calexico Needs Change and the American Friends Service Committee urge Calexico’s mayor and city council to reconsider renewing the U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s lease for a surveillance tower in a city park. This issue should be removed from this […]
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2 Calexico Council Members Out; 2 Remaining Set Sights On Mayor
By Richard Montenegro Brown CALEXICO — The political turmoil that has enveloped the Calexico City Council for months will extend beyond the official end of the recall of two council members when a clear plan to oust Gloria Romo from her mayorship is put in action. With former council members Raul Ureña and Gilberto Manzanarez […]
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