The Visalia City Council continues to inch forward on new city ordinances that will allow retail cannabis sales inside the city limits, establishing fees and imposing taxes, but still has no plans to start issuing business licenses. City strategizing for new state laws concerning cannabis sales At the latest council meeting on Monday, March […]
There will be one less item on the November ballot after the Visalia City Council decided not to ask voters for approval of a new sales tax to cover the cost of unfunded capital improvement projects already in the works, including an aquatics center, the East Side Regional Park and the third and final phase […]
The multimillion-dollar fencing project at Riverway Sports Park will be complete by the end of March, but community dismay over limited access to the soccer fields and an apparent lack of answers from City Hall may linger long after the workcrews are finished and gone. Fences Meant to Give More Playing Time The original […]
During the next six years – through fiscal year 2031-32 – Visalia City Hall plans to spend billions of dollars to expand, improve and maintain the city’s infrastructure. That means the time for the public to give its input is now. Projects Represent Visalia’s Unnoticed Framework The City Council, in four meetings through April […]
A lawsuit pending in Tulare County Superior Court claims a 10-year-old autistic child was subjected to ongoing physical abuse at Maple Elementary School in Tulare. The student, referred to as Gianna in court documents, was enrolled in the Academic Collaborative for Exceptional Learners (AcCEL) on the Maple campus. The suit, which seeks compensatory damages, was […]
Visalia’s new Parks and Recreation Master Plan should be ready for the city council’s final consideration by spring of 2027. It will likely include a long-anticipated aquatics center, a new recreation center and ongoing development of the 148-acre East Side Regional Park. To make the future plans a reality, however, City Hall will have to […]
Narrowing a stretch of Visalia’s Tulare Avenue to improve bicyclist safety will proceed despite complaints from some residents who live along that busy crosstown corridor. Now, however, adjustments to the controversial plan are in the works that could ease the parking situation without creating undue risk to bike riders. Plan to Upgrade Bike Lanes […]
A nearly completed $4 million fence intended to protect the Riverway Sports Park might be too good at its job. Neighbors of the 83-acre, city-owned recreation facility say the spike-topped iron fence that now surrounds the park is keeping them from using it. Soccer Fields Need Protection The original plan for fencing at the […]
Former Mt. Whitney High School campus supervisor Sean Knox believes he was dismissed by the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) because of racial discrimination, and he is taking his one-time employer to court. Firing Followed Multi-Student Fight Knox being fired came in the wake of a fight on the MWHS campus on September 16, […]
Members of the Visalia City Council found themselves handling a pair of food-scarcity political hot potatoes at the Tuesday night meeting on November 3. Ultimately, the five-person board agreed to put off raising the cost of city-subsitized meals for seniors, while shooting down the idea of financial support for the Visalia Emergency Aid Council (VEAC) […]