Rain Can’t Stop a Parade
Raindrops could not keep the crowds away from the City of Holtville Saturday as thousands flocked to the 63 annual Holtville Carrot Festival Parade. This year’s theme was “Field of Dreams”. This year’s winner for best use of theme was Noah’s Ark Preschool and the overall Sweepstakes Winner was Calexico High School Mighty Bulldog Band. We hope you enjoy these slide-show and videos.
‘Hope for Haiti’ in El Centro
By Luke Phillips Thanks to the generosity of Imperial Valley Residents, earthquake victims in Haiti will receive badly needed food, medicine, shelter and more. The American Red Cross, working with the City of El Centro and the Imperial Valley Press, held a ‘Hope for Haiti’ event Thursday at the El Centro Town Commons. The event raised $3,528 for desperate Haitians by selling food, drinks, T-Shirts, and art donated by local artists. According to Sylvia Preciado, manager of the American Red Cross Imperial Valley Service Center, the donations are still pouring in. “Someone just [...]
Different Points of View Clash in Calexico
By Mario Conde Different points of view clash in Calexico about the possible disbanding of the Calexico Heffernan Memorial Hospital District. Rumors of a possible disbandment started in early January since it was stated a group of citizens in Calexico were going to start gathering signatures to put a measure in the ballot to dissolve the Heffernan District. The board will face an investigation by the County Grand Jury for misappropriation of public funds because of their land deal with the now extinct Mega Park project were the board gave the developer $500,000 in hopes of creating a [...]
A Latin Invasion is About to Rock The Imperial Valley
By Mario Conde A Latin Invasion is about to rock the Imperial Valley as LSA will perform in El Centro next week for the first time ever. The Latin Supremo All-Stars will perform for the first time in the Imperial Valley this February 19th delivering Latin hip-hop, cumbia, R&B, salsa and a lot of energy at their concert. “I like to describe LSA music as "Hip-POP with a Latin influences". Imagine the Black Eye Peas with Carlos Santana and Ozomatli all in one band. We want our live performances to have just as much energy as those artists. My motivation for the album and LSA [...]
The Imperial Regional Center Coming Soon
By Mario Conde The Imperial County will have new jewel very soon as the ground breaking ceremony of the Imperial Regional Center marks the first step for this ambitious project. The County Board of Supervisors approved in December to grant TC Construction contract for the construction of the project. The Imperial Regional Center will provide a variety of mixed uses including commercial retail and service oriented uses as well as cultural lifestyle uses such as outdoor recreational park or plaza areas intended for public uses such as pedestrian walkways, waterways, and Green [...]
Immigration Reform
By Mario Conde An immigration reform for the United States was the subject of discussion last week at the SDSU Calexico campus were pro-immigration groups highlighted the importance of this reform. A forum on immigration took place last Wednesday sponsored by the Committee on Diversity and Equity and spoke in length about Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s bill proposal Immigration Reform for American Security and Prosperity. President Barack Obama said on his State of the Union Address that the United States needs to fix its “broken immigration system” and said this reform will secure the [...]
Candidates For California Governor Race Are Ready to Battle
By Mario Conde The successor of Arnold Schwarzenegger will be elected this November and the prospective candidates for governor are ready to battle for the nomination of their party. The Democratic Party will try to regain California after seven years after being defeated in 2003 because of the recall of former Governor Gray Davis that led to the election of Schwarzenegger by a strong majority. Among the declared candidates for Governor that will try to get the nomination of the Democrats in 2010 are Richard William Aguirre, Jerry Brown, Stephen Rush, Edie Bukewihge, and Joe [...]
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr Calls on CalPERS and CalSTRS to Divest from Iran
Sacramento-Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called on the nation's two largest public pension funds-the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)-to "honor the state law" that requires them to divest from companies doing business in Iran. "CalPERS and CalSTRS need to honor the state law requiring them to divest from companies doing business in Iran," Brown said. "It's time for our public pension funds to show some leadership and stop supporting companies that do business with a tyrannical [...]
2010 Holtville Carrot Festival Parade Pictures
Another year and another Carrot Festival. Enjoy these highlights from the 2010 Holtville Carrot Festival Parade.
Brown Announces Former State Bar Employee Will Spend 2 Years, 8 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Tax Fraud
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that Sharon Elyce Pearl, 52, of Oakland, the former Director of Real Property for the State Bar of California, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after she "methodically embezzled" more than $600,000 from her employer to spend on spa treatments, designer clothes and other luxury items. "As the State Bar's Director of Real Property, Pearl methodically embezzled more than $600,000 to bankroll a lavish lifestyle," Brown said. "Under today's sentence, Pearl will spend the next two years and eight months in prison and [...]
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