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Saturday Oct 17 | San Diego Reader

The Story of Consuelo

Posted October 17, 2009, 11:56 a.m. Consuelo isna t her real name. Where I used to live, the neighbors on one side lived in a small two bedroom, the front half of a duplex, then moved to the three bedroom house on the other side.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Girl says smuggler ignored plea to save family

Cecilia Cid-Contreras remembers waking up underwater, unable to breathe. A migrant smuggler had just plunged a GMC Suburban packed with about 20 suspected illegal immigrants into a canal, including Cid-Contreras' parents and 10-year-old brother.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Desert Sun

Round table: Veterans center needed

Veterans from across Riverside and Imperial counties on Saturday offered state lawmakers ideas on how to better address the needs of those who have served.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Kxo Radio

ECPD gets help from Imperial and CHP in early morning incidents

Commander Ron Meredith says the first call came from the Owl Caf on Main Street in El Centro.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

San Diego Reader

Soon There Won't Be a Barrio Logan

Barrio Logan?" says Dave. "I tell you, soon there won't be a Barrio Logan. It'll be swallowed up by downtown." Dave and Tennessee and I stand in the dark on National Avenue, by 16th Street, right where the barrio begins.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

SFGate

Interview with William T. Vollmann

No one accuses William T. Vollmann of taking shortcuts. The Sacramento writer's latest nonfiction release, "Imperial," was reported over 10 years, spans several centuries of history and includes hundreds of interviews.

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Sat Sep 12, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

The Nation's weather - AP

For The Associated Press= The Mid-Atlantic was expected to continue to see messy weather Friday as a storm system just off the New Jersey coast continued to spin in place.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

The Press-Enterprise

Imperial County jail checks immigration records

Law enforcement agencies in Imperial County can now check the immigration status of people they arrest when fingerprints are taken during booking.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009

Press-Enterprise

The Bureau of Land Management hopes to bring more civility to the...

Mobile strip shows, women flashing their breasts and drunken guys riding nude on motorcycles isn't what the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had in mind when it envisioned "multiple uses" for public land.

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Thu Sep 03, 2009

Office of the California Attorney Gen...

Brown Announces Six Arrests, Seizure of $1.1 Million in U.S. Currency ...

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that agents from his office have once again "successfully disrupted" operations of the dangerous Sinaloa drug cartel, seizing more than $1.1 million in U.S. currency and arresting six individuals who attempted to purchase approximately 160 pounds of cocaine this week.

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Tue Sep 01, 2009

News.ncmonline.com

Imperial Valley, the Drug Superhighway

IMPERIAL, Calif. -- The majority of drugs entering the United States is smuggled through a 72-mile stretch of desert along the border of California and Baja California, which earned it the nickname Cocaine Corridor in the 1990s, reports La Opinion.

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Mon Aug 31, 2009

Desert Sun

Border Patrol in Indio gets new technology

Smugglers continue to get more creative in the ways they sneak drugs - and people - into the country.

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Wed Aug 26, 2009

The Oregonian

16 indicted in California in drug-smuggling probe

IMPERIAL, Calif. - California Attorney General Jerry Brown says 16 people have been indicted in a drug-smuggling probe that netted hundreds of pounds of cocaine and marijuana and nearly $2 million in cash.

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Tue Aug 25, 2009

The Orange County Register

Early morning pursuit ends in arrest on freeway

A multicounty pursuit that led to a brief standoff between a suspected car thief and officers from several police departments ended with an arrest on the 91 freeway at Imperial Highway early this morning.

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Wed Aug 19, 2009

The Orange County Register

The somewhat-whacky world of road signs

Q. Yeah! The Imperial Highway overpass is finally open, but the signage is confusing.

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Mon Aug 17, 2009

Desert Sun

Fault study sheds light on Big One

Researchers have discovered more than a dozen small faults beneath the Salton Sea, providing greater understanding of the geothermal activity at the sea's southern end and a possible future trigger for the "Big One," a major earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault that scientists say is long overdue.

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Thu Aug 13, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

On Tap: 'Wizard of Oz' is this weekend

Holy Rosary Theatre Group continues "The Wizard of Oz" at 7:30 today at Fr. Vicente Dominican Hall, 1313 A St.

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Tue Aug 11, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

10 years in the making, Vollmann's 'weird project'

A San Diegan might be tempted to pick up William Vollmann's new 1,306 page book, "Imperial," and lift an eyebrow - or two.

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Sun Aug 09, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

10 years in the making, Vollmann's 'weird project'

A San Diegan might be tempted to pick up William Vollmann's new 1,306 page book, "Imperial," and lift an eyebrow - or two.

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Thu Aug 06, 2009

Mother Jones

Interview: Writer Without Borders

Prolific author William T. Vollmann talks about popularity, prostitution, and his new book, Imperial .

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