Porterville’s City Council discussed privatizing the city’s trash services on April 21, introducing the idea to the public for the first time — but not to a group of major players. Visalia, Tulare, Hanford, and Porterville’s garbage services are currently handled owned and operated by city governments. According to the agenda packet, “The Refuse Division […]
What does California have in common with Iowa, New York, Montana, South Dakota, New Mexico and New Jersey? They all held primaries today, June 2 – and California was rife with political drama, similar to New York. There were 61 gubernatorial candidates running in California’s primary. That race has been one of the most watched […]
California is just wrapping up the most expensive gubernatorial primary in United States history. A month ago it appeared two Republicans in this heavily Democrat registered state might advance to the November General Election. Now it is more likely that two Democrats will advance, but we won’t know until tomorrow night! California also has one […]
Residents of Goshen and northern Tulare County came to meet and question their potential future Tulare County Supervisor at a forum for those seeking the Tulare County District 4 supervisorial seat. The forum was hosted by the Tulare County League of Women Voters and took place in the Community Center of the Goshen Village I […]
Porterville Resident Brock Neeley has filed a California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) complaint against Porterville City Councilmember AJ Rivas for not disclosing an economic interest on his California Form 700. Rivas was elected in November 2024 to represent District 3. “Every elected official and public employee who makes or influences governmental decisions is required […]
When the Avenal City Council was faced with a deadline to respond to a lawsuit alleging Brown Act violations at its December 11 meeting, and to set a date for a recall election, the council took decisive action – they didn’t show up. Kings County Supervisor Richard Valle, whose district includes Avenal, attended the meeting […]
2025 started out with the bird flu and ended with the partial release of the Epstein files, whose contents continue to shock the country. Let’s not forget the government shut down that only ended eight weeks ago, yet somehow seems like ancient history. College football surprisingly didn’t lose its passion this year even with NIL […]
Even before Porterville City Councilmember AJ Rivas took his oath of office, doubts over where he lived plagued his campaign. Concerned Porterville residents claim that when Rivas filed to run for city council last year in District 3, it was widely known that he actually lived in District 2 on San Lucia Ave. Those people […]
On October 17, Porterville Assistant Police Chief Dominic Barteau sent out a department wide memo saying, “Chief Castellow will be on medical leave for an undetermined period of time. To ensure continuity of operations I will be assuming the responsibilities of Chief of Police until his return.” On November 4, Captain Joshua Maniss sent out […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint a new Tulare Public Cemetery District manager on November 4, replacing the former manager Clara Bernardo. Tulare County took over management of the cemetery district in July of this year. The supervisors appointed County Administrative Officer Jason Britt as acting district manager, and Woodlake Cemetery […]