At one end of Caldwell Avenue in Visalia, a major development project appears to have stalled, while down at the other end another project years in the making may finally be coming to fruition. According to officials at City Hall, six months after winning an appeal to construct a downsized version of its project–a 24-hour […]
Tulare City Councilman Greg Nunley committed repeated, systematic fraud in land development deals with the city he serves, according to sworn statements of several of Nunley’s former business associates. ‘Landscape of Political Corruption’ View note The five statements–each given under penalty of perjury–were gathered by Visalia attorney Michael Lampe and presented to Tulare City […]
If the first two months’ revenue is any indication, Woodlake City Hall can expect to be rolling in tax money from the recreational cannabis business from now on. After counting up the receipts at Valley Pure–the only licensed recreational cannabis storefront between Los Angeles and the Bay Area–the city took in $46,397.14 from its 5% […]
Andrew Janz is worried about the American Dream. The 34-year-old, who is taking on Rep. Devin Nunes this November in the midterm elections as the Democratic challenger, says he wants to preserve the ideals that made this country a bastion of freedom and offered his family a pathway to success. He wants, he says, to […]
Editor’s note: This story has been extensively updated. Local news radio station KTIP AM 1450 will soon have new ownership, and Kent Hopper, the station’s operations manager and lead on-air personality, has been fired from his position. José Arredondo, owner of Tulare-based KGEN, a Spanish-language station, is in the process of purchasing the 70-year-old news […]
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Bakersfield Office is asking for the public’s opinion on a plan to open some 1.6 million acres of land in Central California to hydraulic fracturing–an oil and gas extraction method more commonly known as “fracking.” Environmentalists should definitely be very concerned the Bureau has started looking at fracking again, […]
On April 26, 2017, Ramiro Huerta — according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on his behalf — was assaulted in a surprise attack by several deputies of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department after he called for assistance to his rural Strathmore home. Now, more than a year after the incident, Huerta and his […]
Tulare City Councilman Greg Nunley threatened to have city employees fired, committed fraud in his business dealings with the city, and used his position on the Council for personal benefit, according to allegations in a lawsuit filed today, August 3, in Tulare County Superior Court. Also named as defendants in the civil lawsuit are several […]
With triple-digit heat promised by Saturday afternoon, July 28, the Assistance League Visalia members got an early start and were working fast. Two dozen or so of them–most of them women with a few eager children all gathered around long tables inside a cramped and dusty warehouse near Goshen–completed the largest part of the morning’s […]
Reports of lavish spending sprees paid for by donations–as well as Congressman Devin Nunes’ (R-Tulare) ongoing lack of face-to-face contact with his constituents–have opponents of the eight-term representative working harder than ever to unseat him. Viva Las Vegas! Details of Nunes’ free spending first emerged in a report issued last month by a pair of […]