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William Irvin DuBois Sr. (25 September 1916 – 7 April 2017) was an American farmer, philanthropist, centenarian, Navy lieutenant commander (ret.) and a state lobbyist. At the time of his death, DuBois was one of the oldest living persons in the Imperial Valley and one of the most successful water rights lobbyists in California.
In March 1906, the paper moved to nearby El Centro where, under the leadership of editor and publisher Felix G. Havens, it expanded both its potential readership and its title, becoming the Imperial Valley Press and the Imperial Press on March 3, 1906. Though no longer claiming the value of water within its masthead, the paper continued to ...
Gardena Valley News: Gardena: 10,000 Weekly Salinas Valley Tribune: Gonzales: New SV Media Inc. 850 Weekly Gustine Press-Standard: Gustine 209 Multimedia Weekly Half Moon Bay Review: Half Moon Bay: Coastside News Group 3,000 Weekly Selma Enterprise: Hanford: Lee Central California Newspapers Weekly The Healdsburg Tribune: Healdsburg: Weeklys ...
El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the 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 most populous U.S. city to lie entirely below sea level (−42 feet or −13 meters).
442/760 – Covers all of the El Centro metropolitan area as well as Palm Springs, Oceanside, Bishop, Ridgecrest, Barstow, and Needles; northern San Diego County; and southeastern California, including much of the Mojave Desert and the Owens Valley. Area code 760 split from area code 619 on March 22, 1997, and was overlaid with area code 442 in ...
Pages in category "El Centro metropolitan area" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... 1940 El Centro earthquake; 1979 Imperial Valley ...
The Imperial Valley (Spanish: Valle de Imperial or Valle Imperial) of Southern California lies in Imperial and Riverside counties, with an urban area centered on the city of El Centro. The Valley is bordered by the Colorado River to the east and, in part, the Salton Sea to the west. Farther west lies the San Diego and Imperial County border.
The 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes were two destructive shocks centered near El Centro, California on June 22. The earthquakes measured M s 6.25 and occurred nearly one hour apart at 19:59 and 20:57 PST. Both shocks were assigned VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Heavy damage occurred in the areas of Mexicali and El ...