As the early-morning sun rose higher over the Valley farm, Veronica Mendez García and other farmworkers cut grapes in the leafy vineyard. A few minutes before 8:00 a.m., García left her mother in the field. She walked to a nearby break table with her laptop and logged into a class at Fresno Pacific University. García […]
The 4-person shotgun scramble represents a major fundraising event for Tulare-Kings Right to Life. Entry fee is $175 per person, which entitles the participant to 18 holes of golf on one of Central California’s finest courses, plus a dinner banquet at the VCC dinning room. Check-in begins at 10:30 a.m. with tee-off at 12:00 noon. […]
Tulare County Animal Services announced today a $75,000 grant investment from the newly named Petco Love, to support its lifesaving work for animals in Tulare County. Petco Love is a nonprofit organization leading change for pets nationally by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its […]
First and fore most the Visalia Breakfast Lions (VBL) would like to thank the City of Visalia Administration and our mayor along with several Tulare County Board of Supervisors for helping to make the car show happen. This was an outdoor event that brought a little piece of joy to our city. There were 250 […]
Exeter Union High School’s musicians will gather for their first performance of the year at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27 in the stadium. After more than a year of practicing music virtually due to the pandemic, students and Director Kirk Clague are anxious to bring their talents together in front of a live audience, at […]
Tulare Union High School (TUHS) in Tulare, Calif. has been named one of two Community Choice Winners in the 11th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest. The contest encourages teachers and students to solve real-world issues in their community using classroom skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). As a Community Choice Winner, TUHS […]
The Valley Voice earned eight awards in the California News Publishers Association’s (CNPA) 2020 California Journalism Awards competition, which judged the Voice against similarly-sized online publications. Because the Voice’s last print edition was in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all entries were in the digital category for publications with a monthly unique visitor […]
A press release from the Marisa Wood for Congress Campaign Public school teacher, mother, and grandmother, Marisa Wood announced she will run for Congress against Representative Kevin McCarthy. Marisa has spent the last 20 years serving the Bakersfield community and working with children, and now she’s taking on McCarthy to fight for the women and […]
An article by CalChamber Relying on a “once in a lifetime” surge in state revenues, Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a revised state budget for 2021–22 roughly $40 billion larger than what he proposed in January, and a whopping $65 billion, or one-third, larger than the budget adopted last summer. The contrast between the devastation […]
A Press Release from the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office Nearly 50 years ago, residents in the city of Visalia were the target of a prowler and experienced a series of burglaries, over 100 in all, that left homeowners and law enforcement perplexed. Drawers were rummaged, underwear was strewn throughout the home, and small, often […]