Already at the center of national controversy, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is drawing even greater criticism on the local front as the GOP-controlled House Intel Committee voted this week to release a controversial memo penned by Nunes. Critics–including those running to unseat him, local political advocates, and a prominent county official–claim Nunes is acting recklessly, […]
Opponents of a 17,000-square-foot gas station planned for their south Visalia neighborhood say they’ve learned the development is worse than they first feared after receiving a tip from a whistleblower at City Hall. “This is going to be the biggest truck stop in town, even in the industrial park,” said neighborhood resident Robin Hernandez. Fleet […]
Drums banged, horns blared, and a crowd of a thousand or so activists of all stripes cheered, sang and chanted its way down Mooney Boulevard as Tulare County turned out for the 2018 Women’s March. Underneath the festive atmosphere, however, was a more serious mood. Those gathered–as their colorful signs and placards revealed–were clearly there […]
Poll numbers for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) are dropping quickly as constituents from both sides of the political aisle grow increasingly upset at the lack of access to their congressman. Close Race Early A survey of voters by the firm Public Policy Polling released Tuesday by the campaign to elect Democratic challenger Andrew Janz shows […]
The Lindsay City Council is joining a fight to protect the rights of California’s charter cities. At its final meeting of last year, Lindsay’s governing body voted 4-1 to pen a letter supporting the city of Arcadia’s fight against the California Voter Participation Rights Act (CVPRA). The new law, which went into effect at the […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is obstructing the ongoing federal investigation into possible conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, says the front-runner in the race to unseat the embattled local Republican representative. Nunes, says Andrew Janz, long-time prosecutor for the Fresno District Attorney’s office and a Democratic […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is facing new allegations of odd behavior in the nation’s capital and new opponents who want to unseat him at home in the wake of a House Ethics Committee investigation. ‘Hand-Me-Up’ With the primary election still months away, a host of candidates is coming forward with plans to unseat the long-time […]
The Tulare City Council behaved itself for an entire hour before the accusations and recriminations began at its November 21 meeting. At issue this time was an item seeking the removal of Councilman Jose Sigala from the board of the Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). Sigala’s removal was placed on the agenda by City Manager […]
With a new CEO at the helm, Kaweah Delta Medical Center is starting its largest expansion since the addition of the Acequia Wing in 2009, one that will see 33 new exam rooms in the emergency department, as well as new treatment facilities. “We will literally almost double the size of the ED,” said Gary […]
Wes Hensley remains Tulare’s chief of police and will stay on paid administrative leave, despite a formal statement of no-confidence delivered to the City Council Tuesday night by an attorney for the Tulare Police Officers Union. No Union Support for Command Roger Wilson, the union’s lawyer, told the Council that the executive committee of the […]