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Imperial County District Attorney’s Office Expands Prosecutor Recruitment
-Editorial The Imperial County District Attorney’s Office has expanded its efforts to recruit and train prosecutors, welcoming five post-bar law clerks for its first summer cohort and hiring four paralegals to provide additional support for attorneys handling criminal cases. The…
Appeals Court Orders Imperial County to Rework Environmental Review of Hell’s Kitchen Project
-Editorial A California appeals court has told Imperial County it must fix major problems in its review of a big geothermal and lithium project near the Salton Sea. The court said the county’s environmental study for Controlled Thermal Resources’ Hell’s…
USCIS to Reduce Frivolous Immigration Benefits Requests by Reinforcing Evidence Standards
Washington, D.C.- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is clarifying that benefit requestors should establish eligibility for an immigration benefit at the time they file a benefit request. Generally, if a benefit requestor fails to demonstrate eligibility for a benefit…
U.S. Offers $100 Million in Rewards for CJNG Fugitives
-Editorial The U.S. Department of Justice announced new charges against several alleged senior leaders of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and more than $100 million in reward offers for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of eight…
Child Support Awareness Month Brings Free Assistance to Families Across Imperial County
-Editorial The Imperial County Department of Child Support Services will recognize August as Child Support Awareness Month with a series of community outreach events designed to provide information and assistance to families throughout the county. This year’s awareness campaign, themed…
Blanche’s Attorney General Bid Under Fire After NYC Bar Association Declares Him ‘Unfit’
–Editorial WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the U.S. Department of Justice is facing mounting opposition after the New York City Bar Association formally urged the U.S. Senate to reject…
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2027 H-1B Visa Cap
-Editorial U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-1B visa cap for Fiscal Year 2027, officially closing this year’s selection process for new cap-subject petitions. The agency confirmed…
Court Strikes Imperial Valley Data Center Developer’s Defamation Suit Against KPBS
-Editorial A San Diego County Superior Court judge has granted an anti-SLAPP motion filed by San Diego State University Research Foundation and KPBS reporter Kori Suzuki, striking a lawsuit brought by Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC and its founder, Sebastian…
California Leads Fight Against Media Consolidation in Challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
-Editorial California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 11 other states filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Monday seeking to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., arguing the transaction would substantially reduce…
Utah Judge Weighs Evidence Against Tyler James Robinson in Charlie Kirk Killing
-Editorial A Utah judge is hearing testimony this week to determine whether prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence for Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old man charged in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to stand trial on aggravated murder…