After a year of acclaimed virtual concerts, the Sequoia Symphony goes back to a “live in concert” season with the movie “Star Wars” with the orchestra playing the music while the audience watches the film at the Visalia Fox Theatre on Oct. 15 and 16. The symphony has had great success in past seasons showing […]
Next Saturday, residents will have a chance to say good-by to the Old Lumberyard during the Arts Consortium’s 11th Annual Taste the Arts festival. That’s because right afterwards, Self-Help Enterprises will take possession and begin building a low-income housing complex on the site. The lumberyard will be no more. When the Arts Consortium decided to […]
Attention all gents and gals, It’s time to grab your closest pals. Christmas Tree tickets are selling fast, This annual event is unsurpassed. December 3rd is sure to be the bee’s knees, Join us for a step into the roaring ’20s. We’ll drink champagne, and dance under the stars, toasting our bourbon, whiskey, and smoking […]
Local historians are almost positive that Fort Visalia, where the town of Visalia began in 1852, is located at the Old Lumberyard at Oak and Garden streets. Thanks to state-of-the-art GPR detection equipment being brought to Visalia on Oct. 12, they hope to find out for sure. The Old Lumberyard will soon be torn down […]
The Tulare County Fair drew a record number of attendees and generated much-needed funding to support the 2022 fair, announced CEO Dena Rizzardo. “We are so grateful for the attendees, the entertainers and the exhibitors who participated and helped make the 2021 fair a huge success,” Rizzardo said. “And our youth benefitted from a very […]
Within the City of Tulare, it was determined that there are in excess of 199 Homeless people. This census was dated 2019. We all know that in today’s world (2021) that number is wishful thinking. A trip out No. J Street will prove to be an eye opener. Just west of the rail road tracks […]
In Tulare County, arts education is stepping into the spotlight thanks to the support of a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE). The Tulare County Office of Education has been awarded a five-year, $1.7 million grant under the USDOE’s Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) program. For this highly competitive grant, the department […]
For the first time in 20 months, the TCOE Peña Planetarium and Science Center is reopening its doors to the public. The center welcomes its first students this month, and already has bookings from schools in Tulare, Kings, and Fresno counties. Also in October, the planetarium resumes public shows with the first showings on October […]
A new state law effective next year would effectively ban single family housing lots in an effort to ease the state’s housing crisis. While the law would allow more units to be built on a single family parcel, local cities are pushing back against the idea. The Hanford City Council September 21 unanimously passed a […]
The Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) is undergoing a leadership shake-up as one of its board members and its CEO depart. A board member pivotal to the district’s transformation, Senovia Gutierrez, is resigning as her work duties take her outside of the district’s boundaries. Separately, the district’s CEO Sandra Ormonde has resigned, and the […]