-Editorial The Imperial County Public Health Department is announcing additional COVID-19 testing locations beginning this week. The goal of these additional testing resources is to increase the County’s COVID-19 testing capacity and to provide community members with convenient and flexible access to testing. On December 9, 10, 11, and 14 …

-Editorial At high noon of Friday, December 5th, in front of the Imperial County Court House JB Hamby and Javier Gonzalez raised their right hand as Judge Christopher Plourd gave them the oath of office to become the new Imperial Irrigation District Directors. The new directors will bring a new …

-Editorial California State Officials have announced that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity in Southern California Region counties, including Imperial County, has now dropped below 15%. This means that the Regional Stay at Home Order must be implemented for counties in the region.  The Regional Stay at Home orders …

By: Javier Sánchez, “EL CERVECIÁFILO”. The history of beer in Baja California begins in Mexicali thanks to Senator Andrew Volstead, who on January 1, 1920, blew up the Constitutional Amendment 18 that prohibited the manufacture, distribution, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States. “Tonight – said Volstead …