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Community pulse
What residents are talking about in Imperial County, California public meetings, ranked by community engagement.
Data center ballot measure (Item 16)
Data center committee and GM pullout
Data Center Advisory Committee notice
Urgency ordinance repeal (Item 15)
Data center moratorium (Item 19)
Data center advocacy
CEQA update (Item 14)
Data centers and accountability
CEQA regulations update
Lot merger and data centers
Data center moratorium and public trust
Data center moratorium ruling
Data center moratorium
Data center accountability
Data center conditions
Data center ruling
Lithium Valley and CEQA
LAFCo appointments (item 42)
General plan and development
Data center moratorium / City of Imperial litigation
Data Center Advisory Committee / data centers
Data Center Advisory Committee appointments
Data Center Advisory Committee appointment
Item 44 — ICERS appointment
Data center / closed session litigation
Data center / board conduct
Salton City mineral rights / land use
Lithium Valley accountability / data centers
Advisory committee independence / cooling stations
Victoria Ranch / data center
Data center resolution (Item 18)
Data centers / AI
Data centers
Data centers / Brown Act / Lithium Valley
Vertical Bridge tower / co-location
Skyway Towers
Vertical Bridge tower
Brown Act and lot merger
Lot merger and Victoria Ranch
April 7 lot merger
In the news
12 articlesRecent coverage of Imperial County, California from local and regional media.
Hudson Ranch hearing to continue with live witness testimony
EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Equalization, denied remote witness testimony on Tuesday, October 27, for the Hudson Ranch Power I, LLC Assessment Appeals. This acti...
Oct 31, 2026Board hears update on county's mining operations
EL CENTRO — Imperial County Director of Planning and Development Services Jim Minnick brought a presentation to the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 27, to elaborate on
Oct 31, 2026Imperial Valley Small Business Expo set
EL CENTRO — Local entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Imperial Valley will have a direct path to new growth, capital, and government contracts at the upcoming Small Business
Oct 31, 2026$357,000 grant transforms dirt lot into Valley Academy ‘Wellness Garden’
EL CENTRO — Education and air quality officials joined community leaders in El Centro to cut the ribbon on a new 16,000-square-foot outdoor space at Valley Academy, transforming what officials
Oct 30, 2026Supervisors consider legal action against elected Auditor-Controller
EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors followed up on discussion regarding the establishment of the 2026-2027 rates for tax levies on Tuesday, October 27, when the Board
Oct 30, 2026County preps for potentially historic El Nino events
EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved the proclamation of a local emergency on Tuesday, October 27, for the 2026-2027 El Niño season after the National Oceanic
Oct 29, 2026Body cam footage consistently denied by Calexico Police Department
CALEXICO — Two city residents from different walks of life are demanding body camera footage from the Calexico Police Department, in two separate attempts to prove acts of discrimination, intimidation,
Oct 27, 2026Tribe demands apology from County Board over offensive remarks, pushes for bridge reconstruction
EL CENTRO — Tensions flared at a recent Imperial County Board of Supervisors meeting as a representative from the Quechan Indian Tribe addressed county officials regarding controversial social media remarks
Oct 24, 2026Local News
+2 Law firm speaks on ECRMC acquisition SAN DIEGO — In a landmark transaction aimed at stabilizing healthcare access across California’s southernmost desert region, the I...
Oct 24, 2026Border traffic still in gridlock
CALEXICO — The border traffic issue is still at a standstill in the city of Calexico, with no action being taken at the latest city council meeting on Wednesday, October 21, despite increased concern by residen...
Oct 23, 2026County financial docs overdue again; board room full of pointing fingers
EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors discussed the County’s tax levies for fiscal year 2026-2027 on Tuesday, October 20, which are due to be adopted and submitted annually by October 3. However,...
Oct 23, 2026New $45 million CHP Headquarters opens in El Centro, expanding capacity tenfold
EL CENTRO — The California Highway Patrol celebrated the opening of its new $45 million El Centro Area headquarters with a community open house, marking the completion of a state-of-the-art
Oct 22, 2026