Hoodline

El Centro Farming Mogul Arrested, Accused of Murdering Estranged Wife in Pinetop Amid Divorce Dispute

Details on Michael Abatti's arrest for his estranged wife's murder amid their divorce and financial disputes emerge.

Officials hold press conference after California farming mogul arrested in eastern Arizona murder case

An El Centro, California, man, Michael Abatti, was arrested on Dec. 23 for the murder of 59-year-old Kerri Abatti, his ...

Pinetop murder suspect extradited from California, booked into Navajo County jail

A farming mogul accused of killing his estranged wife in Pinetop was booked into the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office jail on ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Child dies in El Centro after being left in vehicle amid heat wave

EL CENTRO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A child died in El Centro on Monday evening after being left inside a car, according to a press release from the organization, Kids and Car Safety. According ...
Forbes

President Trump Visits El Centro, California, An Area Hard-Hit By California's Minimum Wage Law

President Donald Trump is flying to El Centro, California on Friday, April 5 and then traveling five miles south to the border town of Calexico to inspect a newly completed section of the border ...
KPBS

California’s last beet sugar plant is closing. Can Imperial County keep the industry alive?

Ben Abatti III cradled the sugarbeet in his arm, slicing it open. The blade carved through the beet’s dusty, gnarled exterior, revealing a sweet white core. It was a hot mid-July morning. Abatti was ...