Imperial County

Charges were filed Tuesday against a Mexicali, Mexico, man accused of coordinating a smuggling run that ended with the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan nationals crammed in an SUV with more than a dozen others.

Federal investigators are asking for help to identify the people suspected of bringing in dozens of migrants packed into an SUV that was involved in a deadly crash near the U.S.-Mexico Border in Imperial Valley, California.

A coalition of San Diego County elected representatives introduced a bill on Monday to address water pollution along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The mother of a 16-year-old who was injured after a fatal crash in Imperial Valley that left 13 people dead traveled from Guerrero, Mexico, to visit her son hospitalized in San Diego. María Félix Martínez González along with her son, Santiago Angel Martínez González, 11, traveled from Mexico to San Diego on a humanitarian visa to visit José Eduardo...

A mother from Mexicali, Mexico, had her greatest fear come true on Thursday when she confirmed her husband was among the migrants killed in the deadly crash in Holtville, California.

Imperial County has confirmed the identities of 13 SUV passengers killed in a crash last Tuesday shortly after the vehicle and another SUV breached the border wall.

The injured woman was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where NBC 7’s Melissa Adan spoke to her heartbroken brother.

The Border Patrol says 13 people killed in a Southern California crash were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into the border fence with Mexico

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to launch its investigation Wednesday into a crash that killed 13 people and injured more than a dozen others in Imperial County as special agents from the Department of Homeland Security investigate the matter as a possible human smuggling attempt.

UC San Diego and Scripps Health doctors are treating several people who were injured Tuesday morning when an SUV and semi-truck crashed in Imperial County, killing 13 people.

Thirteen people were killed when an SUV collided with a gravel-hauling semi-truck near the U.S.-Mexico Border in California’s Imperial County Tuesday morning, according to officials.

The California Department of Public Health issued an order late Tuesday directing hospitals to delay non-urgent surgery in an effort to help the state’s strained health care system, but some San Diego County medical facilities had already gotten a head start.

California’s often-forgotten Imperial County is an example of how the coronavirus has been especially damaging to lower-income and Latino households

Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday urged Imperial County to reimpose stay-home orders amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests there as officials in several counties also expressed concern over rising positive test rates and hospitalizations. Newsom said Imperial County leaders would be permitted to decide on how to proceed, but if they don’t agree to act “I am committed...

The small border towns of El Centro and Calexico in Imperial County are getting national attention due to their growing number of coronavirus cases. Imperial County has a population smaller than the City of Chula Vista and has faced more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The pressure is on at the county’s largest hospital, El…

San Diego County residents turned in more than 6,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs at the DEA’s annual Prescription Drug Take Back event this weekend.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump centering on whether Mr. Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government during his reelection campaign.

Leaders of an Imperial Valley church are accused of promising homeless people shelter and instead stripping them of their rights and forcing them to work for up to nine hours a day.

Andy Ruiz Jr. scored one of the biggest upsets in boxing history with a 7th round TKO of Anthony Joshua in a fight Saturday night in New York. Ruiz Jr., who grew up in Imperial County, is the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion.

President Donald Trump is expected to address immigration Friday as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California to tour a section of recently replaced border fence.

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will be in Imperial County Wednesday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is seeking bright teenagers to apply for the San Diego FBI Teen Academy.