Calexico travel guide

Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California, United States. The population was 27,109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Calexico is about 122 miles east of San Diego and about 70 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. Its name, a portmanteau of California and Mexico, like that of the adjacent town of Mexicali emphasizes its importance as a border city.
More than 60,000 people pass through Calexico per day. The Police Department of Calexico consists of about 8 patrol cars on duty at any one time. However their traffic department has about 25 employees that patrol and control traffic and intersections clogged by border commuters daily.
Major events every year are the Mariachi festival on March 25 followed by the SDSU "Perspective of the Latino Race" art exhibition on April 3.
Curtis Hanson's Losin' It was filmed in Calexico.
The band Calexico is named after the town. (...) more....