-Editorial Border travel restrictions will continue through the month of July as it was announced this morning by the governments of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The Trump Administration announced they will continue with the border restrictions with Mexico and Canada for one more month. The borders will remain closed …
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Businessmen in Baja California defend investment, jobs and the rule of law
-Editorial Representatives of the various business organizations in Baja California, met at a press conference, in order to express their disagreement with the various legislative changes that the State Congress has carried out in recent weeks. The above was reported by Carlos Ibarra Aguiar, State Technical Coordinator of the Business …
Read More »Academy Awards Moved to April 2021
-Editorial The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on June 15 that the 2021 ceremony would officially be moved to Sunday, April 25. The ceremony was previously scheduled for February 28. Since much about the Covid-19 pandemic remains unclear, from treatment and vaccine timelines to the safety of …
Read More »County Health Department Gives Briefing of COVID-19 situation
-Editorial The Imperial County Health Department gave an update about the current situation of COVID-19 locally. As of June 15, 19,250 have been tested in Imperial Valley. There have been 4,298 total positive cases with 1,047 active cases. 3,204 have recovered and there have been 47 deaths. There are currently …
Read More »The Mexico-USA relationship
Column: Binational Perspective For more than 40 years I’ve been managing business between the US and Mexico, the conditions have never been in place with so much potential to take the border region from Matamoros-Brownsville to San Diego-Tijuana, few of us consider this scenario to be very positive during the …
Read More »Border Travel Restriction in Effect Until June 22
-Editorial As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States announced that temporary travel restrictions with Mexico and Canada have been extended through June 22, 2020. The restrictions first went into effect on March 21. There is still no announcement if the restrictions will be extended to July but …
Read More »City of San Diego Offers New Online Zoning and Parcel Information Map
-Editorial The City of San Diego Development Services Department (DSD) launched its new Zoning and Parcel Information Portal (ZAPP) to make it easier for customers to research zoning and property information. The online service helps users conveniently access real-time information from their computer or mobile device 24 hours a day, …
Read More »STATE OF CALIFORNIA ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE FOR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
Personal care services are not yet scheduled to open in Imperial County. IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA – Last Friday, the California Department of Public Health released new guidance for activities protected by the First Amendment including religious services and the right to protest as well as guidance for personal care services. Although …
Read More »Rep. Vargas Cosponsors Historical Policing Act of 2020 to End Police Brutality
San Diego, CA.– On Friday, June 12th, Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) became a proud cosponsor of Justice in Policing Act of 2020, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, which aims to end police brutality in the United States. The act will establish new policing standards by banning chokeholds, ending no-knock …
Read More »Trump administration revokes transgender health protection
-Editorial The Department of Housing and Human Services announced the reversal of an ObamaCare rule that sought to protect transgender rights and abortion access. The policy redefines gender as a person’s biological sex, whereas an Obama-era regulation defined sex as “one’s internal sense of gender, which may be male, female, neither, …
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