The revolving door at Lindsay City Hall continues to spin. The beleaguered Citrus Belt city has a new mayor—needed after the abrupt departure of the old one—but the City Council is still short one member and applications are being taken for a finance director for the second time this year. Kimball Takes Charge Just two […]
When voters in the Kingsburg area go to the polls next week, the fate of the city’s former hospital will be in their hands. More than a decade ago, the Kingsburg Tri-County Health Care District went broke and eventually closed the city’s only hospital. Now, the new tenants want to buy the building they’ve already […]
Mayor Ramona Villarreal-Padilla has quit the Lindsay City Council. The announcement, which took her fellow council members flat-footed, came abruptly at the end of the October 11 meeting. After offering apologies for the coming surprise, Padilla dropped her bombshell. “Today will be my last day as mayor for the city of Lindsay,” she said. “I […]
This article has been corrected to reflect errors in a referenced Financial Times article. In the third paragraph below the “Total Recall” subhead, “Department of Justice” has been changed to “Office of the Inspector General,” “physician contracts” has been changed to “physician rental space,” and the paragraph was expanded to provide clarity. Sherrie Bell likes […]
Kuyler Crocker, 29, is one of the two remaining candidates vying for the District 1 seat on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. He and Dennis Smith will contend in a runoff election November 8. Though he won’t turn 30 until December of this year, Kuyler Crocker thinks he’s the right man to fill the […]
Dennis Smith, 64, is one of the two remaining candidates vying for the District 1 seat on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. He and Kuyler Crocker will contend in a runoff election November 8. In the June general election, Smith received 21.56% of the votes; Crocker received 19.11%. District 1 covers central Tulare County […]
For five years, from 1968 to 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival was about the hardwest working band in rock ‘n’ roll. Bad Moon Rising, Born on the Bayou, Down on the Corner, Proud Mary, Lodi, Commotion, Green River, Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, all these original Top 40 hits and more, enough to […]
Controversial Lindsay City Councilman Steve Mecum has resigned. The councilman notified City Hall of his departure by email earlier this month. The resignation became effective July 12. Interim City Manager Bill Zigler said they have had no other word from the often absent council member. Mecum gave no reason for his resignation in the surprise […]
The Tulare Police Department and the Yes on Measure I campaign are telling very different stories about an incident that may or may not have happened at the campaign’s downtown office earlier this month. In a Visalia Times-Delta article published on July 3, Stuart Pfeifer, a spokesman for the Yes on Measure I campaign was […]
Rick Trojan thinks marijuana has given cannabis a bad name it doesn’t deserve, so he’s launched a nationwide mission to repair its damaged reputation. In June, his Hemp Road Tour stopped in Visalia between visits to major hemp manufacturers and meetings with legislators who can help change the way the plant is viewed by the […]