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Jan 31, 2024 | 
holtvilletribune.com | Katherine Ramos
HOLTVILLE — Rain or shine, mud or dirt, Farm Smart was determined to carry on with its sixth annual Farm-to-Preschool Festival over the weekend to teach children and families the importance of knowing where their food comes from. Hundreds of families with toddlers in tow showed up to the University of California Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville on Saturday morning, Jan.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
KATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOKATHERINE RAMOS PHOTOBRAWLEY — Brawley couple Sal and Diane Ortiz have been coming to Cattle Call events ever since they began dating, and that’s been a tradition they’ve extended beyond the two of them to include their family.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
KATHERINE RAMOS VIDEOIMPERIAL — Art in its many forms was on display all weekend in a new event pioneered by Pioneers’ Museum that invited Imperial Valley residents to enjoy the day with arts and crafts at the museum. On Saturday, Nov. 4, a free Family Arts Day kicked off the two-day event, followed by paid-admission art demonstration with watercolors and calligraphy on Sunday, Oct. 5.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
EL CENTRO — Sixteen-year-old Zithandra Haro has always loved the idea of Comic Con and cosplay. Halloween is close enough, but she had never experienced expressing herself at a convention. When she heard about the Imperial Valley Entertainment Convention, Zithandra jumped at the chance to pull out her Sundrop cosplay from the Five Nights at Freddie’s series to show it off. She ended up being one of many winners of the cosplay contest, something that made her overjoyed and close to tears.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
IMPERIAL — Jason Hernandez of Westmorland was eager to start as a full-time college student after dual enrolling during his senior year of high school. On his first morning of classes as a freshman at Imperial Valley College, he could already tell he was going to have a good experience. “They have a really great staff here. The counselors are always helpful, and like, when I was just walking around, a guy picked me up on a go-cart,” Hernandez said on Monday, Aug. 14.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos |Delfino Matus
EL CENTRO — The sky was clear, the sun was bright, and for the first groups of Imperial Valley students to return to school, summer must have seemed over in the blink of an eye. High school students at Central Union, Southwest and Desert Oasis high schools, all of El Centro, made their way to their campuses for the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 10. In the morning, Southwest High had its Eagle cheer squad out to welcome the students on campus.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
EL CENTRO — End of summer blues were left in the pixelated dust this weekend as Imperial Valley youths competed in Central Baptist Church’s first-ever Mario Kart tournament. As soon as brothers David and Levi Duran heard there was a Mario Kart tournament happening on Saturday, Aug. 5, both knew they had to sign up. The Calexico residents knew they had a week to practice “religiously” after finding out about the tournament through social media, according to 16-year-old Levi.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
BRAWLEY — Five years after Imperial County’s first community air protection program was put in place for the El Centro-Heber-Calexico air-pollution corridor as part of the then-newly established Assembly Bill 617, a program for the Northend of the Valley is now organizing.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
holtvilletribune.com | Katherine Ramos
HOLTVILLE — Paint, soil, and laughter were in the air as families and toddlers had some hands-on agricultural fun during the Art on the Farm summer event put on by Farm Smart at the University of California Desert Research Extension Center on Friday morning, July 28. Known for bringing the farm to the classroom with K-12-age students, Farm Smart has been educating the youths of the Valley through outreach, field days, or this summer’s cooking classes since 2001.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
calexicochronicle.com | Katherine Ramos
HOLTVILLE — Paint, soil, and laughter were in the air as families and toddlers had some hands-on agricultural fun during the Art on the Farm summer event put on by Farm Smart at the University of California Desert Research Extension Center on Friday morning, July 28. Known for bringing the farm to the classroom with K-12-age students, Farm Smart has been educating the youths of the Valley through outreach, field days, or this summer’s cooking classes since 2001.
