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Our View: SDG&E needs some sort of independent measures
After two pieces of metal tower from the Sunrise Powerlink construction project were dropped to the desert floor last week, it is easy to go after San Diego Gas & Electric for being slipshod on the project. But that would be unfair, and we think, untrue....Tags: Human Interest, Energy Saving, Disasters and Accidents
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Board of Supervisors prepares to air local concerns with redistricting maps
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCounty supervisors say they plan to do their homework in the next few days, preparing to condense a series of concerns about future state and federal representative areas. The state’s redistricting commission is set to hold a public hearing June 20...Tags: U.S. Congress
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Commission likely to change local political district boundaries
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterDoes Imperial County have more in common with eastern San Diego County or the Coachella Valley? It’s a question that the state’s redistricting commission is considering as it looks to modify state Senate, Assembly and federal congressional...Tags: Imperial County (California), San Diego County (California), California, Sacramento, 2010 Census
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Second Sunrise Powerlink tower drop reported
Staff WriterAnother tower piece has fallen from the skies near Plaster City as part of the Sunrise Powerlink transmission line project. A piece of one of the towers fell about 8 a.m. today while a helicopter was lifting it into place on a tower base, according to... -
Report: The next big earthquake in Southern California could cost billions
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterWhen the ground started shaking last year, collectibles at Victoria’s Cottage started swaying and falling, causing a lot of merchandise to be ruined, said Maria Ortiz, owner of the store on Main Street in El Centro. Though more than a year has...Tags: Los Angeles, Imperial County (California), Politics, Riverside (Riverside, California), San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California)
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State Sen. Juan Vargas plans to run for Filner's Congressional seat
Staff WriterState Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, said he plans to run for Rep. Bob Filner’s Congressional seat because it’s a “natural progression.” Vargas, who is serving his first year as state senator for the 40th district including...Tags: Bob Filner, Juan Vargas
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Juan Vargas hopes to trade state Senate seat for congressional one
Staff WriterAfter less than a year in the state Senate, Juan Vargas said Thursday he plans to run for a soon-to-be vacant congressional seat. Vargas, D-San Diego, said he wants to run for Rep. Bob Filner’s seat in 2012, as Filner is planning a run for the...Tags: San Diego County (California), Bob Filner, Juan Vargas, Elections, California
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Why was there so much smoke?
Who’s responsible for El Centro getting smoked out by smoke from field burning on Saturday and Sunday? The individuals responsible for this should be punished, that is, whoever owns the fields and whoever allowed field burning on such obviously...Tags: Imperial County (California), Mexico, Forestry and Timber, El Centro (Imperial, California), Environmental Pollution
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Alertan bomberos de Calexico contra posible fraude
CALEXICO — El Departamento de Bomberos de Caléxico envió una alerta a los empresarios de la región, en la que advierte sobre la posibilidad de que sean víctimas de fraude. En un memorandum firmado el 19 de mayo pasado, Pete Mercado, Jefe de... -
Portion of Sunrise Powerlink falls next to roadway near Plaster City
Staff WritersNo one was injured as a portion of one of the Sunrise Powerlink towers fell near Evan Hewes Highway this morning. The Sunbird helicopter being used to construct the transmission line between Imperial Valley and San Diego dropped a middle portion of one...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Travel, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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San Diego motorist arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter following death of Caltrans worker on Interstate 8
Staff WriterSEELEY — A San Diego motorist suspected of fatally striking a California Department of Transportation worker on the job on eastbound Interstate 8 was arrested Tuesday on charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter. Kyle Pearson, 42, also...Tags: Transportation, Career and Workplace, Drunk Driving, Employees, Police Arrests
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Sunrise Powerlink drop closes portion of Evan Hewes Highway
Staff WriterTraffic on Evan Hewes Highway was stopped Tuesday as workers cleaned up a portion of the Sunrise Powerlink that was dropped on the desert floor near Plaster City. No one was injured as a helicopter, the Sun Bird sky crane, dropped part of one of the...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Travel, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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