Imperial County News

California's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in 4½ years as the state experienced one of the sharpest drops in joblessness nationwide, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

Sheriff's deputies received a call about the missing boater at 9:36 p.m. Saturday and went to McIntyre Park in Blythe.

In San Diego, the crew operating the inaugural flight and airport staff had a commemorative photograph taken to mark the new arrival.

Imperial County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two people for Felony Vandalism, theft of copper wire and conspiracy, after a rash of copper thefts were reported on the outskirts of Brawley.

San Diego and Imperial county residents surrendered more than 9,800 pounds of unneeded prescription drugs Saturday as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's sixth National Prescription Take-Back Day, authorities said Thursday.

The Southern California Republican announced this week that she will run for the 28th Senate District in the 2014 election, rolling out a list of local GOP endorsements along with word of her candidacy.

San Diego and Imperial county residents surrendered more than 9,800 pounds of unneeded prescription drugs Saturday as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's sixth National Prescription Take-Back Day, authorities said today.

Sheriff Raymond Loera officially announces his Office will be observing National Correctional Officers week for the Imperial County Sheriff's Office.

Congressman Juan Vargas announces the opening of his newly relocated El Centro District Office, located at 380 North 8th Street #14, El Centro, CA 92243.

The state Finance Department reports that California's population grew by almost 300,000 last year to nearly 38 million people, with the San Francisco Bay Area leading the growth.

Lake Elsinore grew by 4.1 percent and Indio grew by 4 percent from Jan. 1, 2012 to Jan.

Bob Hope Airport is welcoming a new commuter airline this month whose routes will connect the Imperial Valley to Los Angeles and beyond.

Assemblymember V. Manuel PA©rez is pleased to report that this morning his bill, Priority Licensing for Medically Underserved Populations, AB 1288, passed the Assembly Committee on Business, Professions, and Consumer Protection, garnering bipartisan support with a vote of 12-1. "We know that rural and underserved areas face many barriers in ... (more)

Today, Congressman Juan Vargas delivered the "Volunteer of the Year" award to Imperial Valley resident Betty Cloud.

The sea, which stradles Riverside and Imperial counties, is shrinking. The decline in agricultural runoff will increasingly expose the sea's selenium-laden floor, officials say, releasing clouds of toxic dust across the Coachella Valley and points further west.

How about some real, original content for a change? Yeah, that's why you started coming to my blog in the first place, isn't it? You're tired of nothing but video embeds from others and short, offbeat attempts at humor.

The California Native American Heritage Commission has declared the Ocotillo Wind Project area in Imperial Valley a sacred Native American site.

Juan Vargas of San Diego announced plans Monday to introduce a bill in Congress that would strengthen laws against child sex trafficking.

Sacramento, CA The California Ambulance Association today announced the recipients of its annual 'Stars of Life' Awards recognizing private ambulance company employees whose efforts have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

What health care organization in Southern California employs more than 400 people, has a string of 19 health centers across the region, an annual budget of $56 million and a legion of supporters and detractors? That would be Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, an organization that has grown from a one-room office in Balboa Park in 1963 ... (more)