California American Water to Participate in 31st U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition
IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–California American Water will participate in the 31st U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011. The Competition originally started in 1980, when a group of Imperial Beach residents decided to form the committee and host the first event after being inspired by a similar competition in their sister city of White Rock, British Columbia
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California American Water to Participate in 31st U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition
Electrical Outage Disrupts Trolleys
Officials say an electrical problem at the 12th and Imperial Station was to blame for a lack of trolley service on the blue line Wednesday morning.
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Electrical Outage Disrupts Trolleys
The Boy Scouts of America, Securing Our eCity and SAIC Launch Cyber Defenders Program
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Securing Our eCity, a public-private initiative led by ESET, San Diego – Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI), today announced Cyber Defenders, a pilot program to increase awareness about cybersecurity to Boy Scouts across the nation. The program’s debut event will take place Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During th
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UFCW Local 135 President Praises California Senate’s Passage of SB 469
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yesterday’s passage by the California Senate of Senate Bill 469 was praised by the president of the union that represents supermarket workers in San Diego and Imperial Counties. “When it becomes law, SB 469, the Small and Neighborhood Business Protection Act, will empower California communities where the public’s quality of life is threatened by the uncontrolled spread of ‘big box’ retail stores,” said Mickey Kasparian, president of United Food and Commercial Workers
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Man arrested in cold case shooting acquitted
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 3 p.m. IMPERIAL BEACH – For nearly 15 years, Gordon Wallace Noble lived his life in Imperial Beach thinking that a shooting that left a man with a bullet lodged near his spine was a thing of the past – an ugly mark in his personal history.
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Man Shot in Neck on Freeway
A man was shot in the neck early Sunday morning when he said a car pulled up to his vehicle on southbound Interstate 805 near Imperial Avenue and fired rounds into his car.
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Police seize 1,100 pounds of pot at IB house, arrest two men
Originally published February 17, 2011 at 8:57 a.m., updated February 17, 2011 at 9:07 a.m. IMPERIAL BEACH – Narcotics officers seized 1,100 pounds of marijuana and arrested two men at an Imperial Beach home Wednesday night, San Diego police said.
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SDG&E And Pattern Energy Sign Contract For 315 Megawatts From New Wind Energy Facility
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Pattern Energy today announced a 20-year contract for 315 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to be generated at Pattern’s Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility near Ocotillo, Calif., approximately 25 miles west of El Centro in the Imperial Valley
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SDG&E And Pattern Energy Sign Contract For 315 Megawatts From New Wind Energy Facility
Museum Month in La Jolla
Examiner San Diego Edition — Tue Feb 08 04:01:28 UTC 2011 February is Museum Month in San Diego. You may pick up a free Museum Month pass at any Macy’s in San Diego County, Temecula or Imperial Valley. With the pass, you’ll be able to enjoy half-off admission at 40 museums for the entire month….
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Sunrise Powerlink to bring wind energy to San Diego
KSBW Local News — Fri Feb 04 19:29:00 UTC 2011 SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric has signed 20-year agreement that will result in one-quarter of its renewable energy coming from windmills in Imperial County. Enough juice from the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility will be delivered over the Sunrise… about: California Public Utilities Commission El Centro electricity energy Environment Jennifer Ramp Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility renewable energy Renewable energy renewable energy coming San Diego San Diego Gas & Electric San Francisco Sunrise Powerlink wind energy
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