In Mexicali, a haven for broken lives

May 27, 2012

The once-grand El Hotel Centenario is now the decrepit El Hotel del Migrante Deportado — the Hotel of the Deported Migrant. It hosts a parade of lost souls.Mario Ramos stirs a pot of beans with a bent spatula as the men crowd into the kitchen, the ragged line stretching out the splintered doorway. full story

More news more news

Mexicali revitalizing downtown

MEXICALI - The impression most people get upon immediately entering Mexicali’s downtown through Calexico’s downtown Port of Entry hasn’t been the best, but a revitalization project in the works hopes to change that.

ivpressonline.com (21 days ago)

Renowned human rights activist priest visits Mexicali

MEXICALI – The stream of Central American immigrants that treks through Mexico on the way to the United States are the face of a “humanitarian disaster” that hardly anyone seems to notice, said Father Alejandro Solalinde.

ivpressonline.com (2 months and 4 days ago)

Everyday People: From Mexicali to Astoria, local student just likes to help

Marcos Rincón, 27, was initially anxious when his older brother landed him a job at a call center in his hometown of Mexicali, in the Mexican state of Baja California, on the U.S. border.

dailyastorian.com (2 months and 27 days ago)

Cannon used to shoot marijuana over border

MEXICALI, Mexico — A powerful improvised cannon was used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California, police in the border city of Mexicali say.read more

standard.net (3 months and 21 days ago)

Mexican police find improvised border drug cannon

MEXICALI, Mexico (AP) — Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.

boston.com (3 months and 23 days ago)

ARCHERY: Inaugural tournament held in Mexicali

MEXICALI — The Imperial Valley Archery Club-Mex in collaboration with Universidad Vizcaya de las Americas held an inaugural indoor archery tournament here Saturday.

ivpressonline.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Weed cannon confiscated in Mexican border city

MEXICALI, Mexico — Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California. Police told the Televisa network that the device was made up of a plastic pipe and a crude metal tank that used compressed air from the engine of an old car.

nydailynews.com (3 months and 23 days ago)

Mexican police find improvised pot cannon near border

MEXICALI, Mexico — Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.Police told the Televisa network that the device was made up of a plastic pipe and a crude metal tank that used compressed air from the engine of an old car.

bostonherald.com (3 months and 23 days ago)

A.C. Steere's Great Depression ended in suicide but his legacy lives on

Shreveport's last great visionary, philanthropist would have rather died than see his employees broken in the same way he thought the Great Depression had broken him.

shreveporttimes.com (7 days ago)