Calipatria News

The Fire was reported at around 7:30 Wednesday night. Engines from Niland, County, Calipatria, Calipatria Prison and Brawley responded to the fire at a Strip Mall on the North side of Niland.

Avoid the tourist throngs and discover two desert oddities 3 hours east of San Diego in Calipatria and Niland.

Consolidated Elections normally experience a low voter turnout. On November 3 most voters will decide School and Special District races.

The Consolidated General Election will be held November 3. Dolores Provincio, County Clerk/Recorder/Registrar of Voters, told the Board of Supervisors this week sample ballots and absentee ballots had been sent.

Members of the Yuma Fire Department are in southern California helping battle a nasty, wind-driven wildfire in San Bernadino County.

Deputy Coroner Tommy Garcia says it appears the man was electrocuted. Garcia received the call at just after 4:00 Thursday afternoon.

Authorities say a California man died in a plane crash near Corning in southwest Iowa over the weekend.

Three Cities around the County will be choosing City Council Members. Brawley has two seat up for election.

Correctional facilities went into lock-down on August 8. The measures followed a riot at the Chino Institution for men.

William T. Vollmann documents life on the Mexican border. By Jonathon Keats, Photograph courtesy of Powerhouse Books During the decade he spent in California's Imperial County observing life on the Mexican border, William T. Vollmann learned to navigate by smell, following the Salton Sea's acrid stench and Calipatria's sweet-burning grass on his ...