The Tulare County Board of Supervisors unanimously sided with property owners and the Planning Commission, upholding an earlier decision and denying a citizens group’s appeal of a plan to construct a 15-person guest ranch on South Fork Drive near the southern entrance to Sequoia National Park. While this was the outcome sought by Mike Cannarozzi–the […]
Tulare native Drew Phelps–the Democratic candidate for the 26th District Assembly seat currently held by Devon Mathis–finds himself in high spirits as the March 3 election draws closer. Driving his elation is what he describes as broad-based support for his campaign, a claim supported by a large turnout for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at his recently […]
Editor’s note: A follow-up story on eco-friendly Sunshine Paradise Ranch coming in our December 19 issue. A group of foothills residents plans to take the county’s Resource Management Authority (RMA) to court to shut down a pair of guest ranches they say pose a threat to both the environment and neighbors’ peaceful country life. Already […]
Tulare City Councilman Greg Nunley has filed a pair of lawsuits against the city he serves, one of which demands a $16.5 million payout for defamation, slander and interfering with Nunley’s real estate development business. The second suit is an attempt to force the city to release an independent investigator’s report into alleged altercations between […]
Questions over the selection process for the Visalia Unified School District’s (VUSD) next superintendent seem to have brewed a minor civil war among members of the city’s education community. After dismissing former Superintendent Dr. Todd Oto in May, the VUSD’s Board of Trustees is now poised to select his replacement. However, a group of 30 […]
After much anticipation, the first of three recently approved cannabis storefronts is finally open in Farmersville, and business is booming. By the time Token Farms opened its doors, a line of hundreds of eager customers already stretched off the property and past neighboring businesses. “It’s great. It’s a huge line,” said Token’s owner Jennifer Mendonca. […]
A design oversight at Tulare County’s newest jail may be putting the civil rights of prisoners detained there in jeopardy. The problem, say defense attorneys, is a lack of interview rooms at the newly-opened South County Detention Center (SCDC) and the video conferencing system the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) has chosen as a substitute. […]
The City of Lindsay is looking for a new top administrator. Zigler Retires With the city finally standing on firmer financial ground, City Manager Bill Zigler decided it was time to hang up his spurs. Zigler, a 21-year veteran of the US Navy, started as a self-described “gray-haired intern” in the city’s Planning and […]
The mother of a 9-year-old boy says the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) isn’t doing enough to protect her son after he was attacked by bullies. Kelly Aguirre, whose son is a third-grader at Cottonwood Creek Elementary, says the boy was attacked by three other students while at recess on September 19, and the response […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors spent less than an hour discussing its $1.38 billion budget for 2019-20 before giving it unanimous approval at its September 10 meeting, and the union representing the majority of county-employed workers says that’s not good enough. “They’re purporting to set the county budget with very little input,” said Courtney […]