http://www.ivpressonline.com/?track=rss Headlines from ivpressonline.com en ©2013, ivpressonline.com Sat, 18 May 2013 02:07:00 -0700 By CHELCEY ADAMI http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-calexico-warehouse-fire-remains-under-investigation-20130518,0,7410054.story?track=rss CALEXICO — Christmas music oddly played amid piles of charred Christmas decorations Friday morning as investigations of Thursday’s raging warehouse fire continued. Sat, 18 May 2013 02:07:00 PDT By ALEJANDRO DÁVILA http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-center-for-family-solutions-honors-men-and-women-of-the-year-20130518,0,1995399.story?track=rss Men and women of the year were honored for their positive impact to the community during the Center for Family Solutions’ 36th anniversary dinner held at the Old Eucalyptus Schoolhouse on Friday. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:00 PDT By ANTOINE ABOU-DIWAN http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-iid-water-payback-obligations-pouring-in-20130518,0,1924817.story?track=rss The amount of water that the Imperial Irrigation District is expected to pay back to the Colorado River keeps rising. In addition to nearly 180,000 acre-feet of water that the IID ordered in excess over the last two years and a projected overrun for 2013 estimated at 13,000 acre-feet of water, the IID is also expected to repay nearly 47,000 acre-feet of water it put in the Salton Sea for environmental mitigation in 2010. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:52:00 PDT By ALEXIS RANGEL http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-imperial-valley-doctor-celebrates-50-years-of-practicing-medicine-20130518,0,7086321.story?track=rss Dr. Benjamin Lehr remembers a time when El Centro stopped at Adams Avenue and the Imperial Valley convalescent home was at the end of the farmland. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:43:00 PDT By ELIZABETH VARIN http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-sherifs-office-opens-salton-city-substation-20130518,0,1044046.story?track=rss SALTON CITY — Though deputies have started making their new home here for the last year, the ribbon was cut on the new Imperial County Sheriff’s Office substation Friday morning. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:35:00 PDT By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-why-did-airline-share-weight-info-20130518,0,777296.story?track=rss This week I flew with the new airline based at Imperial Airport, SeaPort Airlines, to San Diego. I was somewhat alarmed that they asked my body weight at check-in to “balance,” the airplane. It was explained that this was required by law, so I told my weight. However, as I walked off I could hear my weight being repeated twice more out loud and “sit them there, they are big.” It hurt my feelings, and it was a sad way to start my trip. Could they not be more sensitive? It was a man and woman, and the man was named Eddie. — Not-so-friendly skies, Imperial Sat, 18 May 2013 00:40:00 PDT By MARIO RENTERIA http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-wildcats-senior-godinez-to-play-football-at-cal-lutheran-20130518,0,4962008.story?track=rss Brawley Union High’s Josh Godinez is continuing his football career after accepting a partial academic scholarship to play at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks recently. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:52:00 PDT By MARIO RENTERIA http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-wildcats-win-fourth-straight-ivl-baseball-title-20130517,0,804802.story?track=rss HOLTVILLE - The Brawley Union High baseball team finished the Imperial Valley League in strong fashion, with six straight league wins, to clinch its fourth league title here Thursday. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:45:00 PDT By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF http://www.ivpressonline.com/ivp-our-view-canals-are-no-place-to-go-swimming-20130518,0,5987876.story?track=rss With the summer heat, another danger to public health arises besides heat-related illnesses. We speak of the dangers inherent in swimming in the numerous canals that crisscross the Valley. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:48:00 PDT