El Centro (Imperial, California)

County Fire Chief Tony Rouhotas is scheduled to update the county on the situation with the Winterhaven Fire Department and county fire’s response, Rouhotas said. Issues about the controversial Winterhaven Fire Department and a trip to China are...

All three men charged in the stabbing attack of a prominent El Centro bar owner last year were ordered Monday to stand trial, a prosecutor said. Imperial County Superior Court Judge William Lehman ordered Jesus Gonzalez, Luis Murillo and Ramon Bonesi...

A state agency approved Friday the second of two proposed sites for the construction of a new family courthouse in El Centro, according to a news statement. Both sites are near Wake Avenue between South Clark Road and South Fourth Street. The first site...

A way to ensure future generations prosper from the bounty of the California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta is make it financially independent, says a new organization. The Heritage Foundation, recently launched, is dedicated to sustaining the fair with...

It was the middle of summer when I first drove into Imperial Valley to interview for a teaching job. Having never even heard of the place, much less its weather patterns, I was totally unprepared for the intense heat. My little yellow un-air-conditioned...

Today’s Blue Angels air show is a special one in that it will celebrate 100 years of naval aviation, and Imperial County has been a big part of that in many ways. Of course Naval Air Facility El Centro isn’t quite a century old, but NAF is...

A former El Centro man whose 2007 conviction on child molestation charges was overturned pleaded to lesser charges this week, an official said Friday. But a key component to 68-year-old Gustavo Suarez’s no-contest plea Monday to two misdemeanor...

Three men charged in two arson-related haystack fires were ordered Thursday to stand trial during a preliminary hearing at Imperial County Superior Court in El Centro. Darryl Elmore Jr., 29, Martin Archuleta, 28, and Luis Vasquez, 25, all of Imperial,...

Cuatro de cada cinco residentes del Condado de Imperial son de origen hispano, reveló el Censo de los Estados Unidos. Este martes, la agencia dependiente del Departamento de Comercio, dio a conocer las cifras para el estado de California, donde...

IMPERIAL — Una joven mujer ocasionó una carambola que dejó herido a un oficial de la Patrulla de Caminos de California, quien se encontraba desviando el tránsito vehicular por otro accidente. El incidente se registró a las 3:32 de la tarde del...

The U.S. Census Bureau released its decennial count of California residents Tuesday. Imperial County numbers include population growth for individual cities and demographic information. Read Sunday’s edition for more in-depth coverage of the 2010...

IMPERIAL — As part of its ongoing efforts to combat drunken driving, the El Centro Police Department and allied agencies will conduct a DUI saturation patrol here tonight. Slated to begin at 6 p.m. today and end at 2 a.m. Sunday, the patrol is part...