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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Salton Sea
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning three miles from Niland east of the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Top Gun Prince Harry right on target for return to Afghanistan
In this handout image provided by the Ministry of Defence, EX Crimson Eagle Capt.
Prince Harry set for Afghanistan return
The signs Canada's population was shifting west were evident long before Statistics Canada released its 2011 census, and most of them read: Help Wanted.
Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot
OCTOBER 25: El Centro, California before moving to Gila Bend in Arizona for the live firing phase.
El Centro man kills mountain lion, pays $500 fine
U-T San Diego reports bow hunter Bruce Rucker was hunting deer when he says the lion approached him with its ears pinned back and a fixed stare.
El Centro man kills mountain lion, pays $500 fine
An El Centro man says he didn't want to kill a mountain lion while he was hunting deer in the Laguna Mountains but the animal appeared ready to pounce on him.
Deadly spider stows away on Royal Navy helicopter
Two Royal Navy engineers came up against an unusual deadly enemy - a black widow spider which had stowed away on their helicopter.
O.C-L.A. 4th in U.S. for 2011 jobs
The Orange County-Los Angeles area ranked fourth in job growth among 372 metropolitan areas last year, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Magnitude-3.4 quake in Southern Calif. desert
The U.S. Geological Survey says in a computer-generated report that Wednesday's 11:05 a.m. quake was centered four miles south of Brawley and nine miles north of El Centro.
Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Brawley
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning four miles from Brawley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Washington area ties Minneapolis for lowest jobless rate
The Washington area's December unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent, from 5.4 percent in November, but it still ties Minneapolis for the lowest unemployment rate among big cities in the nation.
Black widows found in aircraft
Venomous black widow spiders have been found by Royal Navy engineers working on an aircraft that had recently returned to the UK from California.
Border Patrol: Planes Used to Smuggle Immigrants
Pilots have begun using small aircraft to smuggle illegal immigrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to inland airports, according to authorities who last week seized a Cessna from a Southern California airport and brought charges against one pilot.
Hungry and poor in the Big Apple
One-year-old Estefani is stroked by her mother who relies on a monthly food handout from the Imperial Valley Food Bank through the Sister Evelyn Mourey Center for her and four children in El Centro, California One-in-five children in the US are currently living in poverty.
Border Patrol says illegal crossers boarded plane
The pilot was apparently trying to avoid Border Patrol checkpoints on highways that run through California's Imperial Valley, said Ricardo Sandoval, regional agent in charge of investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Centro.
My first experience with the US Border Patrol
Around 1970-1972 I used to visit the local USBP Detention Center. I was a grade school student and my friends and I would ride our bicycles from our town, Imperial California, El Centro had fast food, shopping malls, large parks and many other attractions that people our age could enjoy on a warm summer day.
4.1 quake hits northern Baja California
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded early Wednesday in northern Baja California, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey.