The death of 57-year-old Guadalupe Garcia while in custody at the South County Detention Center in Porterville has been ruled a homicide following the review of body camera footage by medical examiners. The incident is currently the focus of a federal wrongful death case, which claims excessive force and neglect on the part of Tulare […]
Commercial air travel could return to the Visalia Municipal Airport after a long 10 years without passenger service. A final decision is still pending, however, and it lies in the hands of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). Passenger Flights or Cash? After the relationship with the last company to carry passengers to Visalia, […]
A group calling itself the Coalition for Transparency / Fiscal Accountability / Save Our General Fund has issued a report claiming irresponsible use of city funds at the Adventist Health Amphitheater at Zumwalt Park in Tulare. However, statements made in the report do not appear to match official records. Amphitheater Management the Core Issue […]
A California Highway Patrol officer claims members of the Tulare Police Department (TPD) violated his rights repeatedly during the fallout of a bad breakup with one of its officers. Michael Mota, a local patrolman for the CHP, claims he was wrongly evicted from the home he shared with TPD officer Lupita Hernandez based on false […]
The hospital expansion at Adventist Health Tulare – after more than a dozen years of delay and setbacks – will be ready to accept patients by 2028, says CEO of Tulare Local Health Care District Randy Dodd. “We just signed a contract for $3.5 million, a preconstruction contract,” Dodd said. “In January we’ll be able […]
The Tulare City Council approved an additional $160,000 to shore up the fledgling concert series at the Adventist Health Amphitheater in Zumwalt Park, bringing the total off-budget cash infusions from City Hall to $842,000 since December. The added funding is in addition to the $400,000 earmarked for concert expenses in the city’s 2025-26 budget, and […]
Visalia’s Sequoia Mall has had its share of severe ups and downs over the decades. By the end of the 2010s, it was nearly deserted, empty of customers and businesses alike. But it appears to be enjoying a slow upswing again, with the promise of future development that might see it regain a bit of […]
Among a slew of changes to rates and fees charged by Visalia City Hall for its services is a significant cost increase for non-residents who want to rent one of the city’s four community centers or participate in city-sponsored programs. The fee and rate schedule changes for all city departments were approved by the City […]
Visalia City Hall plans to spend $409 million during the 2026-27 fiscal year and $359 million in fiscal year 2027-28 according to a two-year budget approved unanimously by the City Council on Tuesday night, June 15. The spending plan includes a $110.4 million allocation for the general fund in its first year, and $110.8 for […]
Two members of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors made an unannounced exit during a ceremony honoring the work of LGBTQ+ support organizations during the board’s meeting on Tuesday, June 2. Supervisors Pete Vander Poel (District 2) and Dennis Townsend (District 5) apparently left the meeting to avoid being included in the presentation of the […]