At its first meeting of the new year, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors renewed the Arts Consortium’s designation as the county’s official arts council through 2018. The organization originally received this designation in October 2010, and it has been renewed as needed ever since. The Arts Consortium was created as a result of the […]
Matt Gehrett sees the issue of families and personal technology as an educator and a parent—how the same mobile devices that open us to a universe of knowledge isolate us from the people and the world around us. Having been there himself, Gehrett, Ed.D., director of the M.A. in educational technology program at Fresno Pacific […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors started the business of the new year with the election of a chairman and vice chairman for 2018. Steven Worthley was elected chairman, and Kuyler Crocker was elected vice chairman. Both were elected unanimously, 5-0, a voting trend that continued through the meeting. Worthley, who has previously served as […]
“The Planets” is composer Gustav Holst’s most famous piece, with each movement named after a planet of the solar system. The Sequoia Symphony will kick off its spring season by performing the piece on Saturday, January20 at the Visalia Fox Theatre. Parts of the piece have been used in many film and advertising soundtracks. Music […]
Celebrate Visalia Annual Chinese New Year Fair 2018, Year of the Dog! Sponsored by Center for Integrated Medicine and the Asian Cultural Society on Saturday, February 17, 12:00 – 4pm at 816 W. Oak Avenue in Visalia. Bring your friends and family to this educational and cultural–and free–program. Activities at this year’s program include the […]
Boys of Broadway, a revue of the songs of leading men through the years, opened Friday, January 12, at the Ice House Theatre in Visalia. The Visalia Players first show of 2018 is light-hearted entertainment at its best, written and directed by Leeni Mitchell. Mitchell’s ability to produce musical hits is well known to Ice […]
Relevant given the current political environment is You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide for Making Change Happen by Eric P. Liu—founder of Citizen’s University and former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Liu characterizes his book “an argument about how power works in civic life and a guide for exercising […]
California Citrus Mutual, together with the California Citrus Research Foundation and the University of California, Riverside are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for research space in the newly built Biosecurity Level 3 (BSL-3) Lab near UC Riverside. Qualifying projects must be specific to the Asian citrus psyllid and Huanglongbing, the devastating […]
On Tuesday, January 16, United States Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) joined with Representatives Will Hurd (TX-23), Pete Aguilar (CA-31) and Jeff Denham (CA-10) for a press conference to introduce a commonsense, bipartisan legislative solution for dreamers while simultaneously protecting our nation’s border. H.R. 4796, the Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act protects DACA recipients […]
Temperatures throughout most of the Central Valley citrus belt failed to reach predicted lows Thursday night and Friday morning. In the coldest of areas, temperatures dipped to 26 degrees, although for much shorter durations than originally anticipated. Generally, temperatures hovered in the 29 to 31 degree range for most of the night and early morning. […]