This Week in Pictures: January 1-7
Main Street on Aug. 13, 2020 in Brawley. IVP FILE PHOTO
The intersection of First Street and Emma Place on Wednesday in Brawley. The city is in the process of installing a northbound/southbound stop sign at this intersection, as well as at the nearby intersection of First and Lena Place. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
Local filmmaker Roy Dorantes receives a COVID-19 vaccination Sunday at El Centro Regional Medical Center. COURTESY PHOTO
Employees with the Imperial County Department of Social Services line up and wait in their cars to be tested for COVID-19 Monday morning after being exposed to the virus. COURTESY PHOTO
The state is analyzing COVID testing samples suspected of being variant strains of the coronavirus. ADOBE STOCK PHOTO
Imperial Valley native Deborah Owen concluded her 25-year career in the District Attorney’s Office on Thursday. COURTESY PHOTO
Newly retired Assistant District Attorney Deborah Owen was instrumental in adding Ginger, a courthouse comfort dog, to the DA Office’s team in 2014. COURTESY PHOTO Â
Former Brawley Mayor Norma Kastner-Jauregui points to the sky as she talks about fireworks during a Brawley City Council meeting on Dec. 1, 2020 in Brawley. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
Vehicles wait in line during a personal protective equipment distribution event on Wednesday in Calipatria. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
Victor M. Beas grabs items to give to a guest during a personal protective equipment distribution event on Wednesday in Calipatria. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
John Hernandez prepares to give face masks to a guest during a personal protective equipment distribution event on Wednesday in Calipatria. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
Eric M. Reyes looks down a line of vehicles during a personal protective equipment distribution event on Wednesday in Calipatria. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
Isabel Solis carries an empty box that carried bottles of hand sanitizer during a personal protective equipment distribution event on Wednesday in Calipatria. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Marco Bermudez, of Calexico, (left) loads a missile into a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile system aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Dec. 27, 2020 while in the Pacific Ocean. Theodore Roosevelt is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Third Fleet area of operations.
COURTESY PHOTO U.S. NAVY/Dartañon D. De La Garza
Even with new cybersecurity efforts on the state’s part, misinformation still was a primary cause of frustration for California’s registrars of voters. ADOBE STOCK PHOTO
The former PureGro Company site, which is located at 1025 River Drive, on Wednesday in Brawley. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
A view of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services infusion center that opened at ECRMC on Wednesday. The center will use monoclonal antibody therapy to treat patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are at high risk of severe illness or hospitalization. PHOTO TOM BODUS
In this Aug. 26 file photo, a Los Angeles Unified School District student attends an online class at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is encouraging schools to resume in-person education next year. He wants to start with the youngest students, and is promising $2 billion in state aid to promote coronavirus testing, increased ventilation of classrooms and personal protective equipment. AP File Photo/Jae C. Hong
In this Aug. 18 file photo, math teacher Doug Walters sits among empty desks as he takes part in a video conference with other teachers to prepare for at-home learning at Twentynine Palms Junior High School in Twentynine Palms, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is encouraging schools to resume in-person education next year. He wants to start with the youngest students, and is promising $2 billion in state aid to promote coronavirus testing, increased ventilation of classrooms and personal protective equipment. AP File Photo/Gregory Bull
In this Aug. 26 file photo, Los Angeles Unified School District students stand in a hallway socially distance during a lunch break at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is encouraging schools to resume in-person education next year. He wants to start with the youngest students, and is promising $2 billion in state aid to promote coronavirus testing, increased ventilation of classrooms and personal protective equipment. AP File Photo/Jae C. Hong
The pink bollworm, caterpillar (left) and adult (right), which had been the major cotton pest in the Southwest, was finally eradicated in the United States in 2018 through two main tactics. PHOTOS USDA ARS
Torn mattresses as found Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General during an inspection of the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in February 2020. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PHOTO DHS OIS
Footwear provided to a detainee at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility is shown to be cracked at the bottom. PHOTO DHS OIS
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General found detainee showers the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in poor condition during its February 2020 inspection. PHOTO DHS OIG
Officer Efren Coronel
Personnel with the Imperial County Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Services began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Dec. 22. COURTESY PHOTO
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