The normal quiet, steady flow of small town politics in the city of Dinuba, tucked away in the rural northeastern reaches of Tulare County, has taken on an ugly face that threatens to rip the fabric of the once-tranquil community. Many in this community of approximately 24,000 residents are shocked and angry over what they […]
With slightly less than six months to go before the voters’ ballots for the 2014 election cycle begin to trickle in, already two candidates can be counted as in the race to replace Sheriff Bill Whitman. Whitman technically still holds the title of Tulare County Sheriff–and for the time being is collecting his full salary–while […]
The members of Visalia’s Enrico Caruso Lodge of the Sons of Italy will be hosting an open-invitation ceremony at the lodge Sunday, October 20, renaming the garden area at the lodge to honor the outstanding lifetime achievements of Visalia native Pete Giotta. The featured speaker for the event is Visalia Mayor Amy Shuklian. Giotta, 83, […]
Lawyers for Gov. Jerry Brown scored a rare legal victory, albeit a small one, in the state’s long-running battle with federal judges over prison overcrowding when a panel of three federal judges agreed to a brief postponement of a looming Dec. 31 deadline for the state. The panel issued a wide-ranging order calling for state officials and inmate attorneys to meet and seek a long […]
With the recent Federal Court signing of a settlement agreement dispensing with the last lingering lawsuit still facing the city of Visalia and co-defendant VWR International, city leaders are looking to put a positive spin to the end of a tumultuous period in our city’s history. The pair of lawsuits filed in both state and […]
Interest among baseball-playing Visalia families is already heating up over who will be assigned the playing rights at four baseball diamonds at Visalia’s popular Riverway Sports Park. The only real problem, according to city leaders, is that the baseball fields won’t even exist for at least another 3-5 years. The four as-yet-to-be-developed diamonds are at […]
Tulare County officials are unsure of just how a federal court’s order for an early release of an additional 9,600 inmates from the state’s overcrowded prisons would affect Tulare County if it were carried out. Hoping to block the court’s order to release the inmates, attorneys for Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration filed papers with the […]
The Buck Rock Foundation will be hosting its annual open house and barbeque Sunday, September 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buck Rock Lookout in the Sequoia National Forest. The event, held annually the first Sunday in September since 2000, is free to the public and will feature the annual Blessing of […]
A project summary board hanging on the wall in the small but orderly offices of Hands in the Community (HNC) serves as a reminder to the unusually dedicated group of office volunteers of the impact their efforts are making in the community. For a great many people throughout Tulare County who have never heard of […]
The battle over the future of California’s 42 enterprise zones is heating up both up and down the state, causing Tulare County elected officials and business leaders a bit of concern over the future of the county’s own Sequoia Valley Enterprise Zone. Tulare County Supervisor Allen Ishida calls the effort to eliminate the enterprise zones, […]