Gig Worker Barely Scraping By In Imperial Valley
Boosters say a California border county has a shot at being a breakout economic star. But it faces major obstacles. As part of our California Dream collaboration, KPBS’s Amita Sharma looks at how the Imperial Valley is trying to use the state’s brand to attract people and businesses...while many of its current residents are just scraping by.
Coronado Inn El Centro, El Centro Hotels - California
Coronado Inn El Centro 2 Stars El Centro, California Within US Travel Directory One of our bestsellers in El Centro! Located 20.9 km away from San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus, this motel features air-conditioned rooms with free Wi-Fi. Vending machines with drinks are located on-site.
A cable TV with HBO film channels is provided in each room at Coronado Inn. For convenience, all rooms include a microwave, a refrigerator, a work desk and a dining area. Free local calls are provided.
A 24-hour reception is offered to guests of Inn Coronado. A guest launderette is available.
Imperial County Airport is 13 minutes’ drive away from this motel. Imperial Sand Dunes Cahuilla Ranger Station is 57.9 km away. The town of Mexicali, Mexico is 30.6 km away. Imperial Valley Mall and Imperial Airport are within 8 km away from the property, while the Mexican Border is 16 km away.
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Earthquakes increasing in Southern Cali near El Centro 11/11/2019
The Brawley Seismic Zone (BSZ), also known as the Brawley fault zone, is a predominantly extensional tectonic zone that connects the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault with the Imperial Fault in Southern California.[1] The BSZ is named for the nearby town of Brawley in Imperial County, California, and the seismicity there is characterized by earthquake swarms. The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake) occurred at 21:35 Pacific Standard Time on May 18 (05:35 UTC on May 19) in the Imperial Valley in southeastern Southern California near the international border of the United States and Mexico. It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was the first major earthquake to be recorded by a strong-motion seismograph located next to a fault rupture.[4] The earthquake was characterized as a typical moderate-sized destructive event with a complex energy release signature.[5] It was the strongest recorded earthquake to hit the Imperial Valley, and caused widespread damage to irrigation systems and led to the deaths of nine people.[3
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El Centro - Darkness.
Music Video Clip with visual cues taken from the exotic town of El Centro, CA at night.
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El Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, the largest city in the Imperial Valley, east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County. El Centro is also the largest American city to lie entirely below sea level (-50 feet). The city, located in the far southeastern corner of California, is near the major Southern California cities of San Diego and Los Angeles to its west as well as Phoenix and Tucson to its east.
Founded in 1906, W. F. Holt and C.A. Barker purchased the land on which El Centro was eventually built for about $40 an acre and invested $100,000 in improvements. As one historian of Valley life put it, in only five months El Centro went from a barley field to a city.... It is home to retail, transportation, wholesale, and agricultural industries. There are also two international border crossings nearby for commercial and noncommercial vehicles. The city's population was 42,598 at the 2010 census, up from 37,835 in 2000. As of May, 2012, the El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area ranked 371st out of 372, with the second highest unemployment rate among American cities, at 26.8% (surpassed only by Yuma, Arizona, with a rate of 28.9%).
The small city of El Centro, the Center in Spanish, is the center of nothing obvious except an unforgiving desert. It is, rather, at the very edge of America, blending into Calexico, the border town that leads to the much larger Mexican industrial city of Mexicali. But El Centro has been receiving unusual amounts of attention because it is the metropolitan area that has America's worst unemployment—at 27.5%, as of June, almost three times the then national rate of 9.7%.
The locals admit that El Centro—and indeed all of Imperial County, of which it is the seat—is rather a boring place. In the winter there is fun to be had by racing over the nearby sand dunes in four-wheel-drive buggies. In the summer though, when the heat reaches 45°C (113°F) degrees and metal door knobs are scalding on the outside, the streets are empty as families spend air-conditioned time indoors. But despite the gloomy figures, the place is far from squalid. There are several well-attended Starbucks outlets, and a four-year-old mall does brisk business.
El Centro's employment is dominated by federal, state and local government, in particular two nearby prisons and the ubiquitous Border Patrol, all relatively untouched by recession. The housing bust has destroyed some jobs in construction, but that is true of many places.
El Centro is about 70% Hispanic, and Spanish is the dominant language on the radio and streets. But illegal immigrants from Mexico tend to move through Imperial County and beyond it. The Latinos who remain are mostly dual citizens or green-card holders, who go back and forth across the border with relative ease.
In parts El Centro looks like that it was hit by an earthquake and nobody bothered to rebuild it.
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California: Brawley
Brawley (formerly, Braly) is a city in the Imperial Valley and within Imperial County, southern California.
The population was 24,953 at the 2010 census, up from 22,052 in 2000. The town has a significant cattle and feed industry, and hosts the annual Cattle Call Rodeo. Year-round agriculture is an important economic activity in Brawley. Summer daytime temperatures often exceed 105 °F (41 °C).
The Imperial Land Company laid out the town in 1902 and named it Braly in honor of J.H. Braly, who owned the land. After Braly refused to permit the use of his name, the name was changed to Brawley. The first post office at Brawley opened in 1903.
Incorporated in 1908, it was a tent city of only 100 persons involved in railroads and the earliest introduction of agriculture. It had a population of 11,922 in 1950, but population growth was slow from the 1960s to the early 1990s.
Brawley is located in the Colorado Desert and Lower Colorado River Valley regions. The city's elevation, like other Imperial Valley towns, is below sea level.
It is 13 miles (21 km) north of El Centro, about 70 miles west of Yuma, Arizona, 95 miles southeast of Palm Springs and 130 miles east of San Diego.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Brawley has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20 km2). All is land within the city limits, except for the Alamo River and New River that seasonally flow through the city. The New River has been reported as the most polluted river in North America.
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Imperial Valley Fair 2013 fight
via YouTube Capture
Imperial Valley Mall
Grupo de Seminario de Diseño Sin Obstáculos con la Arq. Eva Coronado.
IMPERIAL VALLEY FAIR VLOG!
Went to the fair with my girlfriend, had an awesome time.. i was scared of the rides!
Super 8 El Centro, El Centro Hotels - California
Super 8 El Centro 2 Stars El Centro, California Within US Travel Directory Located 3.2 km from shopping at Imperial Valley Mall, this El Centro hotel offers an outdoor pool and hot tub. All guest rooms include free Wi-Fi and a continental breakfast.
A fridge and microwave are featured in each room at Super 8 El Centro. Simply furnished, all rooms are equipped with ironing facilities.
At Super 8 El Centro, a 24-hour reception is available for guest convenience. A business centre complete with fax and photocopying services is located on site.
Adjacent to Cicinelli’s pizzeria, this hotel is within walking distance to several restaurants. El Centro city centre is 3.2 km away.
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Super 8 El Centro, 1575 Ocotillo Drive CA 92243, USA
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RAW VIDEO: Imperial County Sheriff's Office takes children back-to-school shopping
The Imperial County Sheriff's Activities League held its annual Shop with a Cop event at the Imperial Valley Mall on Saturday morning.
Imperial County, CA union member flash mob
Imperial County, CA union members representing educators, nurses, prison guards and other middle class union workers conducted a flash mob Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, 2012, at the Imperial Valley Mall in El Centro, CA. They joined together to urge votes on Nov. 6 that will support union and middle class American values. Chants of We Are Union Strong! rang throughout the mall. Leading the chant is Catherine Drew, President of the El Centro Secondary Teachers Association, an affiliate of the California Teachers Association. Unions are urging a YES vote on Prop. 30 and a NO vote on Prop. 32.
Imperial Valley kids answer questions about the United States of America
Children in the Imperial Valley answer questions about America. How many can you answer?
Quality Inn El Centro, El Centro Hotels - California
Quality Inn El Centro 2 Stars El Centro, California Within US Travel Directory One of our top picks in El Centro. Offering an outdoor pool and an on-site restaurant, Quality Inn El Centro is conveniently located off I-5 in El Centro. Free WiFi access is available. The US/Mexico Border is 12 km away.
Each air-conditioned room at this hotel will provide you with a cable satellite TV with pay-per-view channels and a seating area with a work desk. Guest rooms include a microwave, a refrigerator and a coffee machine. Featuring a bath or shower, private bathrooms come with a hairdryer. Free weekday newspapers are available.
A 24-hour reception greets guests of Quality Inn. Guests can work out in the fitness centre. Other facilities offered include meeting facilities and laundry facilities. The property offers free parking for all-size vehicles including buses and trucks.
Imperial Valley Expo is 7.4 km away. Imperial Valley College is 13.5 km away. Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area is less than 16 km away and features miles of golden sand, great for ATV riding or bird-watching. A number of entertainment venues, specialty shops and restaurants are located within the vicinity of Quality Inn El Centro.
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Quality Inn El Centro, 1455 Ocotillo Drive CA 92243, USA
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Imperial Valley Law Enforcement Memorial
A slideshow commemorating the inaugural ceremony of the Imperial Valley Law Enforcement Memorial honoring fallen officers in Imperial County, California and their families
El Centro: Center of the Great Recession.
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The small city of El Centro, the Center in Spanish, is the center of nothing obvious except an unforgiving desert. It is, rather, at the very edge of America, blending into Calexico, the border town that leads to the much larger Mexican industrial city of Mexicali. But El Centro has been receiving unusual amounts of attention because it is the metropolitan area that has America's worst unemployment—at 27.5%, as of June, almost three times the then national rate of 9.7%.
We're not disputing the numbers, but there are numbers missing, says Ruben Duran, the city manager, or equivalent of mayor. He has tolerated with good humor a steady influx of journalists determined to declare El Centro the center of the Great Recession. Whatever it is, it is not that.
The locals admit that El Centro—and indeed all of Imperial County, of which it is the seat—is rather a boring place. In the winter there is fun to be had by racing over the nearby sand dunes in four-wheel-drive buggies. In the summer though, when the heat reaches 45°C (113°F) degrees and metal door knobs are scalding on the outside, the streets are empty as families spend air-conditioned time indoors. But despite the gloomy figures, the place is far from squalid. There are several well-attended Starbucks outlets, and a four-year-old mall does brisk business.
El Centro's employment is dominated by federal, state and local government, in particular two nearby prisons and the ubiquitous Border Patrol, all relatively untouched by recession. The housing bust has destroyed some jobs in construction, but that is true of many places.
Fluctuations in the job market tend to be seasonal rather than cyclical because of the agricultural calendar, a point that Mr. Duran illustrates with his favorite research toy, Google Earth. Zooming out from El Centro, he shows green rectangles in the white desert where lettuce, carrots and a few other crops are grown with water tapped from the Colorado river and brought in through the All-American Canal along the Mexican border (the scarce groundwater is brackish).
Every winter, between November and March, El Centro bursts into activity as pickers work 12 hours a day to harvest lettuce for $8-10 an hour. The unemployment rate drops by a few percentage points. Then, in March, the harvest moves north to places such as Salinas. In the old days the pickers migrated, but these days they stay and collect unemployment benefits during the summer months.
Seasonal variations, however, are common to all farming areas. They don't explain a stubborn baseline unemployment of about 12% that never goes away, says Mr Duran. He zooms out further in Google Earth to display the single vast conurbation that is El Centro, Calexico and Mexicali, with one tentacle reaching toward Yuma, Arizona, which, at 23.1%, happens to have the second-highest unemployment rate in America after El Centro. Here is the answer, he says, pointing at the map.
El Centro is about 70% Hispanic, and Spanish is the dominant language on the radio and streets. But illegal immigrants from Mexico tend to move through Imperial County and beyond it. The Latinos who remain are mostly dual citizens or green-card holders, who go back and forth across the border with relative ease.
Many families live in both places, and many Mexicali mothers carpool to drive their children across the border to schools in El Centro, then recharge at Starbucks and Macy's before driving back to Mexico. A lot of the cars parked at the mall have Mexican license-plates. Timothy Kelly, the boss of the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation, estimates there are also some 40,000 to 60,000 people who live in Mexicali but work in El Centro.
By the same token, there must be people who live in El Centro, at least officially, and work in Mexicali making windscreens and refrigerators. Many of them might nonetheless collect unemployment benefit in El Centro at the same time. If we added the Mexicali jobs, then we would have a normal unemployment rate, argues Mr. Duran.
This explanation seems anecdotally plausible. Francisca German, a manager at One Stop, an agency that tries to help people find jobs, says that, of the 3,000 people or so who come through her door every month, many are not motivated to find jobs, but just need proof that they tried. Others, of course, make a genuine effort.
City of El Centro Aquatic Center Grand Opening 2019
The City of El Centro celebrated the grand opening of the new Aquatic Center
which will provide years of enjoyment for all residents.
El Centro State of the City
El Centro city mayor Cheryl Viegas-Walker addresses her constituents at the annual state of the city address.
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I-8 to ECRMC, Hamburger Stand, La Resaca & DMV, 233 N Imperial Ave, El Centro, California, GP080476
I-8 West to ECRMC, Rainbow Sports, Hamburger Stand, Central Union High School & DMV, 233 N Imperial Ave, El Centro, California, GP080476
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Agricultural Field
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24 October 2018
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Hay
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El Centro, California
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Irrigation Canal
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Tractor and Tiller
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Hay Wall
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Exit 120, Bowker Rd, Next Exit
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Hay
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Exit 120, Bowker Rd
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Bull Enterprises Inc, 1701 Bowker Rd, El Centro, CA 92243 omri.org (760) 353-9235
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Dolly Towing Honda Accord
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Open Road Allegro RV
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Interstate 8 West
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Exit 118B, CA-111 North, Brawley, Indio, SDSU Imperial Valley Campus
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Exit 118A, CA-111 South, Calexico, Mexico, Second Exit
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Exit 116, Dogwood Rd, Exit 1 mile
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4th St, El Centro, CA-86, Jct 1 1/2 mile
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Dogwood Rd, Next Exit
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El Centro City Limit, Pop. 44,364, Elev 39
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Valley Diesel, 48 E Dealwood Rd, El Centro, CA 92243
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Elms Equipment Rental, Inc., 580 E Dealwood Rd, El Centro, CA 92243 elmsrental.com (760) 353-4400
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Fun 4 All, 411 E Aurora Dr, El Centro, CA 92243 ecfun4all.com (760) 353-4111
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Containers For Sell & Rent
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Tiznado Pallets & Containers, 202 W Mineo Ave, El Centro, CA 92243 (760) 353-9572
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Railroad Track
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Brawley, Indio, Next Exit
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Holiday Inn Express
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Motel 6
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Carl's Jr
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Chevron
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Jack in the Box
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Exit 114, Imperial Ave, Next Exit
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Denny's
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Quality Inn, Rocky's, 7 Eleven
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7 Eleven, 1485 Ocotillo Dr, El Centro, CA 92243 7-eleven.com (760) 352-1090
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KFC
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CVS pharmacy
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ECRMC, UC San Diego Health Care Network
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dms Imaging
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ECRMC, Emergency, Main Entrance
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Skateboard Guy
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Swain Campbell Enz Insurance
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Rainbow Sports
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The Uniform Store
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Hamburger Stand, Tastee-Freez, Wienerschnitzel, 825 S Imperial Ave, El Centro, CA 92243 hamburgerstand.com (760) 353-4800
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Wilson Junior High School, 600 S Wilson St, El Centro, CA 92243 (760) 352-5341
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Central Union High School, 1001 W Brighton Ave, El Centro, CA 92243 spartansnet.net (760) 336-4300
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Whose House, Blue's House
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Police
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FedEx
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The Donut Palace
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Driscoll's
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ARCO
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Make America Great Again, Humble Yourself unto God, Free from the World Bondage
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Broadway Way
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La Resaca, 201 N Imperial Ave, El Centro, CA 92243, Seafood Restaurant, (760) 592-4955
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Brunners Inn & Suites, 215 N Imperial Ave, El Centro, CA 92243
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El Centro DMV, 233 N Imperial Ave, El Centro, CA 92243 dmv.ca.gov (800) 777-0133