By Richard Montenegro Brown CALEXICO — The Calexico High boys tennis team overcame an almost complete roster rebuild to finish this season with one of the strongest showings the program has had in a decade. The Bulldogs brought back just two players, senior Aaron Gamboa and junior Andres Rodriguez, from last year’s Imperial Valley League […]
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It’s make or break for bills at CA Legislature
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. Assemblymember Evan Low speaks with colleagues on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters It’s another big deadline […]
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This county is California’s harshest charging ‘desert’ for electric cars. Local activists want to change that
By Alejandro Lazo Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Few places in California are as unforgiving for driving an electric car as the remote and sparsely populated Imperial Valley. Only four fast-charging public stations are spread across the valley’s […]
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Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Schoolyards are hot and getting hotter, but only a tiny fraction of California’s grade school students can play in the shade. Researchers and advocates are pushing the state to allocate […]
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Fuel breaks saved lives during the Camp Fire. They can spare California from future devastation
By John Hawkins Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Guest Commentary written by John Hawkins John Hawkins is a retired forestry worker and a Butte County volunteer firefighter. He leads Stirling City’s Firewise USA community, which focuses on wildfire […]
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California is on track for another record year spent on lobbyists
By Jeremia Kimelman Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Special interest groups spent more than $114 million to lobby California officials and legislators in the first quarter of this year, matching the pace last year when a record $480 […]
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California’s budget deficit revives state’s everlasting battle over school funding
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. Financial support for the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools is not only the largest chunk of the state budget, but for the past half-century it has been […]
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IV LGBT Center Celebrates 1st Queer Fashion, Art Show
By Richard Montenegro Brown HEBER — Local queer artists and community members gathered together to enjoy fashion, art, drag performances, great music, food and drinks, and raffles at the Colors of Inclusion, Fashion and Art Show on Friday, May 17 in the Prestige Event Center in Heber. Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center collaborated with Jayson […]
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Imperial County Public Works Wins Award for Dogwood Bridge
By Calexico Chronicle CALEXICO — The Imperial County Public Works Department’s Dogwood Road Bridge Replacement Project has earned the 2024 ASCE San Diego Outstanding Structural Engineering Project Award, according to a county press release. Presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers San Diego Section, this accolade recognizes the department’s exceptional contribution to structural engineering […]
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Imperial’s Park After Dark ‘Glows’ with Community Pride
By Richard Montenegro Brown CARLOS DURAN VIDEO IMPERIAL — The city of Imperial’s second annual In the Park After Dark event took place Saturday, May 18, as scores of families and friends came out to Eager Park to celebrate the last major outdoor event in the city’s signature series until the summer’s end. The event […]
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