(After five years in construction, the new court is ready topen)....The new courthouse on Wake Avenue will begin operation on January 2nd.

The ceremony for the state of the art courthouse was held earlier this week. Attending the ceremony was California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, along with several other local, state and federal judges. The new courthouse will be in addition to the Old Superior Court in Downtown El Centro. It will replace the courts in Brawley and at the Valley Plaza. The El Centro facility is the first new courthouse to be constructed in California in the past two years. Construction began in 2018.