Valley PBS announces additions to board roster

Valley PBS has added five members to the Board of Directors as part of the ongoing mission to provide diversity and governance expertise to the board. The five new members are architect Ralph Goldbeck AIA; Clint Olivier, chief executive officer of BizFed Central Valley; Andy Souza, chief administrative officer with Immanuel Schools; Marcelino Valdez, commodity […]

Flows to increase; water districts cry foul

The Newsom administration has informed regional water districts that it will move forward with a plan to increase flows from San Joaquin River tributaries in an action that may create more water uncertainty for farmers. A notice from the California Natural Resources Agency and state Environmental Protection Agency represents a departure from the state’s earlier […]

Tickets available for the production of Disney’s The Lion King Jr.

Journey through the African savannah with Simba as he overcomes his fears and becomes the king of Pride Rock in the Theatre Company’s production of Disney’s The Lion King, Jr. The musical will be performed outdoors November 17-20 at the Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center amphitheater in Visalia. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for […]

Celebrant Singers to play at Porterville citywide praise & worship concert

Jon Stemkoski’s Celebrant Singers, a Visalia-based internationally-known Christian music ministry, will present a community-wide concert, “An Afternoon of Musical Praise,” on Sunday, November 14 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 165 Mill Street in Porterville. The concert is free of charge, and a free-will offering will be received. Group founder, Jon Stemkoski said, […]

CDC approves Children 5 – 12 receive pediatric Pfizer COVID vaccine

A statement from the Centers for Disease Control CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine. CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million children in the United States in this age group and allows providers to begin vaccinating them as […]