Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree to Speak at the Neighborhood Village June 9

Salt + Light, a Tulare County-based nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness through community, compassion, and innovation, is thrilled to announce a special evening with Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and recipient of the 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom. The event, titled A Night with Father Greg, will take place on Monday, June 9. […]

Arts Visalia Presents: Simply Intricate Oddities by Kaitlynn Webster and A Reference Interpretive by Benny Jordan

This June, Kaitlynn Webster showcases an exploration of time in an immersive installation while artist Benny Jordan will exhibit a selection of his skillful charcoal portraiture. The exhibitions will take place June 5 – 28, 2025. A free Opening Reception featuring a live charcoal drawing demonstration by Benny Jordan will be held on Friday, June […]

Visalia Chamber Leadership Update

We would like to share a brief update regarding a leadership transition at the Visalia Chamber of Commerce. Our current CEO will be stepping down, effective June 2nd. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we wish Matthew Mingrone the best in his future endeavors. While leadership transitions are a natural part of any organization’s […]

Valley Voice, area news outlets recognized at California Journalism Awards

This article was updated on May 19 after the California Journalism Awards website was edited to add additional categories. Valley Voice staff earned seven awards in the 2024 California Journalism Awards, hosted by the California News Publishers Association (CNPA), which judged the Voice against similarly-sized publications. The awards were presented at the yearly California Journalism […]

Study finds that subsidence, groundwater over-pumping could limit future water deliveries without action

A recently released technical report concludes that the sinking of land in the Central Valley due to over-pumping of groundwater, referred to as subsidence, has restricted the amount of water the State Water Project (SWP) can deliver in a year by 3 percent. By 2043, if no action is taken, the current trajectory of subsidence, […]

Three Adventist Health hospitals in the Central Valley earn Leapfrog ‘A’ grades

Three Adventist Health hospitals in the Central Valley earned “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. The “A” grades were awarded to Adventist Health Hanford, Adventist Health Selma, and Adventist Health Tulare. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across […]

From voice to action: Visalia Unified prioritizes community-driven change

As the 2024-2025 school year winds down, Visalia Unified School District is turning feedback from students, staff, and families into action, using it to launch pieces of action items to be implemented as part of the district’s first comprehensive strategic plan, Forward 2030: A Community-Driven Blueprint for the Future. The journey toward this plan began […]