Cell Phone Alerts amidst ongoing record heat yielded immediate relief to California’s energy grid

A press release from the California Office of Emergency Services With extreme weather stretching California’s energy grid and threatening public health and safety, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services issued an emergency alert at 5:45 pm, asking residents to conserve power. As a result of this action, the California Independent System Operation (CaISO) saw an immediate […]

Friends of College of the Sequoias bringing a four-year University Center to Tulare County

The College of the Sequoias Board of Trustees along with its sponsoring group, Friends of College of the Sequoias, have launched a campaign for General Obligation Bond Measure C which will be placed on the November 2022 ballot. The $95-million-dollar bond will provide funding for a University Center to be built on the southeast corner […]

Tulare Historical Museum Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Community Event

The Tulare Historical Museum will host its 3rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Sat., Sept. 24th from 12-4pm. The event will feature live music, folkloric dancers, raffles & prizes, outdoor food, museum and fire truck tours, and community booths. Live music will be performed by Rosalinda Verde Alexander at 2pm. Rosalinda was trained to […]

Sex in a Small Town: Dating after 50

I suppose at this point in my dating career, I should consider retiring. If this really was a career, I would have already quit–or more likely been fired. My destined-to-fail dating career started at age 12 when I kissed a boy named Darren Gotter.  I feel ok using his real name because I’m sure he’s […]

Witnesses return to knocking on doors

Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their trademark door-to-door ministry beginning September 1; the two-and-a-half-year suspension of the work will end just in time for the launch of a global campaign featuring an interactive program for Bible study. The decision to resume their door-to-door ministry marks the complete restoration of all pre-pandemic in-person activities for the nearly […]