A tipster recently brought to the Reader’s attention the fact that Calexico Unified School District is beginning to look like Sweetwater Union High School District. To begin with, Calexico’s district counsel is GCR, LLP, the …
January 16, 2012
Calexico Unified School District's Similarities with Sweetwater
Did Calexico Unified School District Need a Lawyer and a Lobbyist?
The Calexico Unified School District continues to face hard times due to continuing financial problems. Until recently, the district also faced the possibility of state-imposed penalties in the millions after schools were forced to close …
February 20, 2012
Fraud Possible in Calexico Unified School District Bond Expenditures
Sweetwater Union High School District and Southwestern College continue to be subjects of district attorney investigations related to school bond expenditures. Calexico Unified School District had concerns about bond-related activity, so superintendent Richard Fragale and …
July 24, 2012
Shades of Sweetwater at Calexico Unified School District
As the San Diego County grand jury opens an investigation this week into allegations of corruption in the Sweetwater Union High School District, new intrigues play out in Calexico with Sweetwater’s former attorney firm, GCR, …
November 20, 2012
Still no light at the end of the tunnel
The plan for reconstructing the now-defunct binational railroad has been submitted and approved, revealed San Diego County transit authority officials during their September 18 board meeting. What officials didn't say, at least not until their …
November 11, 2014
Sunday is go time
A Lemon Grove man was caught over the weekend attempting to cross the border into the U.S. with a gas tank full of liquid methamphetamine, Border Patrol officials are reporting. The unnamed 39-year-old was stopped …
February 10, 2015
And the drug war droned on and on
El Centro residents Jonathan Elias and Bryan Valle pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday (August 11) to bringing in 28.55 pounds of heroin illegally to the United States. They used drones to bring in the …
August 13, 2015
The house that Calexico drug traffickers built
Federal officials seized more than a ton of marijuana today (March 23) and arrested four people as a cross-border tunnel running from Mexicali to Calexico was thwarted. The tunnel runs 415 yards from the El …
March 24, 2016
How to build a better border wall?
As Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress ponder how to pay for the president's promised wall along the Mexican border, a new study from the Government Accountability Office contends that the Department of …
February 23, 2017
Don't drink the 7up in Mexico
Over 107,023 sodas of the 7up brand in all its varieties have been recalled in the state of Baja and distribution has stopped. José María Soto Gastelum, 35, died after drinking the soda bought in …
September 28, 2017