El Centro News

During holidays, the CHP goes into a Maximum Enforcement Period. For the Fourth of July weekend, the special enforcement period began at 6:00 pm Friday and ended at mid-night Monday morning.

El Centro police say a Silver Tahoe ran over a fire hydrant in front of Johnny Carinos at the Mall Tuesday evening.

Officers responded to a call of an armed robbery. Commander Ron Meredith says the robbery occurred in the area of 4th and Ross.

Dark gray is "unemployment higher than national average," light gray is "lower than national average." BLS Today's metropolitan unemployment report shows that joblessness is slightly worse than it was last month, with 112 major metro areas in the United States reporting unemployment rates of 10.0 percent or higher for the month of May.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents confiscated nearly 500 pounds of marijuana early this morning at the Highway 86 checkpoint, the agency reported today.

They are inviting the community to nominate a Latina for consideration as a 2009 Las Primeras Honoree.

El Centro, California - The 19th annual installment of Freedom Fest will reflect a good old-fashioned 4th of July celebration on the campus of Imperial Valley College.

From 6:00 to 8:00 pm there will be a Historical Tour, featuring Historical photos, entertainment, refreshments and more.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies arrested a U.S. Border Patrol officer on Friday following allegations that he may have used his authority to commit a sexual assault, officials said Saturday.

The Special March is in Memory of Marie Dugan. The 16-year-old sophomore at Southwest High School died May 29 from an asthma attack.

El Centro Police arrested a 29-year old man on forgery and burglary related charges.

In a controversial move, Horne was placed in the Dixieland area near Seeley in 2007.

Each year we celebrate our annual Real Heroes Breakfast, a community celebration to honor citizens in San Diego and Imperial Counties who have made a difference through their individual acts of courage.

Commander Ron Meredith says police were called to a reported fight between juveniles Tuesday night.

The Tournament of Roses Foundation has doled out grants totalling more than $102,000 to a broad spectrum of 21 local arts, civic and educational groups, officials announced Tuesday.

Some 3,000 juveniles are currently behind bars, with 20,000 more on some form of criminal probation, according to the LA County Probation Department.

Dean Florez's spay and neuter bill could become largely impotent by the time it gets through the Assembly unless more Californians concerned about pet overpopulation speak up.

By Arun Kumar, Washington, June 4 : Thirteen American cities saw their unemployment rates topping 15 percent in April with nine of the highest in California alone.

The weak labor market is hurting U.S. cities -- centers of many industries and large housing markets -- with 93 metropolitan areas registering an unemployment rate of at least 10 percent in April, according to Labor Department data released on Wednesday.

As your elected representative, it is my duty to consider every possible option for cost reductions and revenue re-allocations to solve our budget crisis.