🌱 Why Calexico East’s bridge upgrade just won a major regional award
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- Why Calexico East’s bridge upgrade just won a major regional award
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- Wednesday: Hot; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 100 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Hazy sunshine and hot, temps: high: 100, low: 69.
- Friday: Hot with plenty of sun, with a high of 100 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• I.C. Transportation Commission Project Among SCAG's Top (calexicochronicle.com) — Improvements at the Calexico East Port of Entry just earned a top sustainability award from Southern California’s regional planning agency, highlighting how crucial this crossing is for local jobs, healthcare, and family visits. The bridge widening project expands capacity, cuts wait times and emissions, and was coordinated binationally to keep border traffic moving during construction. 
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- Big 5 Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Assistant Manager Trainee- Part Time in Calexico. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
El Centro
- The wait is over: El Centro welcomes Raising Cane's with open arms (and long lines) (kyma.com)
- Raising Cane's set to make Imperial Valley debut in El Centro (kyma.com)
- Weekend roadwork to close stretch of Ross Avenue in El Centro (ivpressonline.com)
Holtville
- Vikings shut out Bulldogs behind strong all-around effort (thedesertreview.com)
- Imperial Valley students secure top honors at State Migrant Speech and Debate Competition (ivpressonline.com)
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