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Calexico, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Where Calexico stations land in the latest gas-price roundup
  • Calexico police booking follows reported Meadow Drive disruption
  • A Calexico-raised chef brings desert family traditions to Tucson

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Sunshine, temps: high: 86, low: 57.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Cheapest gas stations in El Centro (thepress.net) — The 76 station at 940 S. Imperial Ave. had the lowest listed Calexico price in a November 9 regional gas roundup, at $5.09 for regular. Walmart and 5 Brothers Fuel Stop followed at $5.18, with FillCo at $5.26. The GasBuddy-based figures are a snapshot, not a guarantee of today's prices.
   

2. COPS BRIEFS: Man booked on threats and fire alarm tampering allegations (ivpressonline.com) — Calexico police booked a 33-year-old man after a reported disruption on Meadow Drive on Nov. 8, according to sheriff’s records. Esteban Quintero Vargas faces allegations of battery and resisting an executive officer, with bail set at $10,000. The booking appears among several Calexico cases in the county roundup.
   

3. One of America's Most Brilliant New Restaurants Is in the Sonoran Desert (nytimes.com) — Calexico-raised chef Aaron Lopez is drawing on family food traditions at Ursa, his restaurant in downtown Tucson. Its 10-course tasting menu opens with barrel cactus fruit, an ingredient his great-grandmother candied, connecting his cooking to the Sonoran Desert and his Yaqui grandfather's pride in their roots.
   

4. Over 886 pounds of liquid meth seized from California commercial facility (tncontentexchange.com) — CBP says officers seized more than 886 pounds of liquid methamphetamine from a truck's fuel tanks at Calexico's commercial port of entry on October 22. The truck was entering the United States when a secondary inspection revealed discolored liquid that tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the agency.
   

5. Vietnam war veteran fights to stop his wife's deportation (nbcsandiego.com) — A woman held in Calexico faces possible deportation as her husband, Vietnam veteran Elton Stovell, campaigns to keep her in the United States. Blanca was detained at an immigration appointment. DHS says she was previously removed three times, while her family disputes that account and has gathered more than 1,500 petition signatures.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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