Calexico City Councilman Camilo Garcia bends down to pick up a piece of litter during the Calexico Earth and Arbor Day community clean up event on Saturday in Calexico. PHOTO VINCENT OSUNA
CALEXICO â Volunteers cleaned up cleaning trash from empty lots along Highway 98 Saturday as part of an Earth and Arbor Day community clean up.
The event was organized by the Kennedy Gardens coalition.
Participating organizations included Aurora High School, Vo Neighborhood Medical Clinic, the city of Calexico, Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and AmeriCorps.
Representatives from these community organizations and public agencies provided about 40 volunteers altogether. They met for a debriefing at John F. Kennedy Park.
City of Calexico welcomes new leadership
CBS 13 s Alexandra Rangel introduces us to the new City Council
CALEXICO, Calexico, (KYMA, KECY) - The City of Calexico will be seeing the biggest change of council members this coming year with four new board members taking office.
The City of Calexico will be ringing in the new board following the Imperial County Registrar of Voters certification of the Nov. 3 general election.
Gloria G. Romo, Javier Moreno, Raul Urena, and appointed councilmen Camilo Garcia were all elected into office by Calexico voters.
According to official results about 13,000 people voted in Calexico.
The city will also be thanking out-going board members for their service in a small ceremony Thursday.