The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) held its official ground breaking for the High-Speed Rail (HSR) on January 6 in downtown Fresno. The ceremony took place at the site of the future Fresno train station, located on the corner of Tulare and G streets. The Authority is building 520 miles of track connecting San Francisco […]
On January 5, the Visalia City Council voted to allow council members to appeal planning commission decisions that involve project maps. The vote reverses a 2010 ordinance prohibiting council members from appealing those decisions. Council members Amy Shuklian, Warren Gubbler, and Greg Collins voted to remove the restrictions, while Mayor Steve Nelsen and member Bob […]
A family pet named Clyde, embroiled in a vicious dog case, was recently stolen from Tulare County Animal Control (TCAC). “Sometime during the evening of January 4, or morning of January 5, someone cut the fences at the adjacent building and then broke into the Animal Control facility. They cut into the dog’s kennel, took […]
Barbara Boxer Announces She Won’t Run For Senate In 2016 Senator Barbara Boxer announced last week that she would not be running for reelection in 2016. First winning in 1992, the 2016 race would have been for her fifth term. There is also speculation that, at 81, Senator Dianne Feinstein might decide not to […]
The Exeter Lions Club put on another successful citywide New Year’s Eve party with the help of Ben Weldon Insurance. The Doo Dah Parade started at 6pm and, as always, lived up to its name in creativity and entertainment. Parade entrants braved a remarkably chilly evening and, with more entries and attendees than last year, […]
Parlez-vous Exeter? If you don’t, you better start, if you like Haute Cuisine. With the Grand opening of Café Lafayette, the choices for “fine dining” just doubled in Exeter. Café Lafayette, at 151 South E Street, had its grand opening on January 3. Not a table was available and the bar was overflowing with patrons. […]
Farmersville Makes Local History The little guys in Tulare County continue to make history. Last month, it was Exeter and Lindsay who had sworn in a female majority to their city councils. Now in Farmersville, possibly the youngest council member ever to be elected in the county took office December 8. At only 22 years old, […]
The Tulare County Planning Commission held a public hearing December 10 to determine the future of CEMEX’ mining permit. The possible recommendations ranged from revocation to taking no action. Mike Spata, director of Resource Management Agency (RMA) started the proceedings by informing the commissioners that the amount of information concerning Stillwell Mine is voluminous. He […]
On Wednesday, December 10, the Tulare County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing concerning CEMEX’ conditional use permit at Stillwell mine in Lemon Cove. CEMEX is a Mexican-owned gravel mining company that has been accused of violating its permits since taking over RMC Pacific Materials in the early 2000s. Everyone concerned with the future […]
It’s Their Party and They’ll Cry if They Want To On November 4, Democrats won every statewide office and the majority of California’s Senate and Assembly. So why aren’t they doing some congratulatory high fives? Well, for a few reasons. For the first time in 20 years, Republicans defeated three Democratic incumbents in the California […]