http://www.ivpressonline.com/?track=rss Headlines from ivpressonline.com en ©2012, ivpressonline.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:50:00 -0800 By CHELCEY ADAMI http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-woman-boosts-valley-senior-health-care-20120222,0,664553.story?track=rss CALEXICO — Cristina Abeja Hoshell has spent the past decade working on multiple levels to improve health care for the community’s seniors through bilingual education. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:17:00 PST By CELESTE ALVAREZ http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-fair-focuses-on-health-20120222,0,2798569.story?track=rss Calexico native Alicia Fernandez has lost her sister, aunt and grandmother to cancer. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:14:00 PST By CHELCEY ADAMI http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-camachos-place-owner-dies-20120222,0,4100051.story?track=rss The Imperial Valley lost someone who felt like family to many with the death of Camacho’s Place owner Marie Knechel on Saturday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:25:00 PST By ELIZABETH VARIN http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-storey-motions-to-continue-with-prop-8-case-20120222,0,416087.story?track=rss Imperial County Clerk Chuck Storey is again asking the courts to allow him to intervene in the gay marriage ban case that may head back to a federal appeals court. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:31:00 PST By ELIZABETH VARIN http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-iid-talks-over-wheeling-rate-20120222,0,7897731.story?track=rss There was a near consensus at the local utility organization’s meeting Tuesday: it’s a step forward and about time. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:22:00 PST By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-probe-is-there-a-dog-flu-going-around-20120222,0,1268212.story?track=rss I read on CNN recently that there is some kind of mysterious dog flu going around the country. It started on the East Coast and is here now. I took my dog to a vaccination clinic and he was sick a few days later. What’s going on? — Dog Lover, El Centro Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:31:00 PST By RYAN LEON http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-news-no-3-seed-vincent-memorial-beats-escondido-adventist-6621-to-advance-in-playoffs-20120222,0,531283.story?track=rss CALEXICO — Using a pace that most teams would have trouble matching, the No. 3-seeded Vincent Memorial High boys’ basketball beat Escondido Adventist High, 66-21, in the first round of the CIF-San Diego Section Division V playoffs here Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:50:00 PST By JONATHAN DALE http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-sports-tigers-get-thrilling-overtime-victory-20120222,0,2201855.story?track=rss IMPERIAL — The Imperial High boys’ basketball team helped put on a clinic on how to excite a crowd, beating El Capitan High, 66-63, in a thrilling overtime first-round CIF-San Diego Section Division III playoff game here Tuesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:45:00 PST By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-opinion-our-view-robotics-is-revised-tale-of-david-vs-goliath-20120222,0,4907686.story?track=rss This is a David vs. Goliath story, if David was made out of sheet metal, moving parts and a motherboard and Goliath was all steel, motorized gears and multi-colored wiring. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:31:00 PST By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-smoking-pact-hurts-but-not-like-youd-think-20120221,0,5223325.story?track=rss Smoking cigarettes can lead to diseases that kill, from heart disease to lung cancer, and all of the illnesses in between. That is no surprise and has been well-documented. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:08:00 PST