Spirit and Bravo Farms are excited to announce the first of a series of authentic evenings at Bravo Farms Smokehouse in downtown Visalia. You won’t want to miss this evening of local flavors and inspiration, happening tonight from 6-8pm! Spirit and Bravo Farms will host this exclusive event of tasting locally inspired foods presented directly […]
Tulare County Sheriff’s Volunteers in Patrol serve as extra eyes and ears in the community and perform duties that don’t require a sworn officer. They deter crime just by their uniformed presence in the community, said Sheriff Mike Boudreaux. “We don’t know how many times someone was about to do something criminal and changed his […]
The Supreme Court recently blocked the extension of DACA and DAPA, a decision Congressman David Valadao not only supported, but advocated for. Earlier this year, Valadao aligned himself with Donald Trump’s hateful anti-Latino policies when he voted to send an amicus brief on behalf of the House of Representatives to the Supreme Court on the […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced a bill in the House of Representatives today encouraging the Department of the Interior to advance its plan to sell two leases for energy development in the Arctic. The Arctic lease sales are included in the Department of the Interior’s draft […]
Let’s be clear about this: HCCA and the TLHCD board are dedicated to transparency. The Board has cooperated with the grand jury every step during its important examination of the $85 million bond, which was used to fund the first stage of construction of our vital new hospital tower. Instead of using this information to […]
Much has been written lately pertaining to the Grand Jury Report entitled “Tower of Shame” and a subsequent response on the part of the Tulare Regional Medical Center entitled “Sins of the Father” in which the TRMC Board attempts to place all the blame for the problems surrounding its troubled past on previous administrators and […]
The TRMC Board’s response to the Grand Jury is full of contempt against this august body. But we, the former members of the board of Tulare Local Health Care District, are not surprised by this response. The allegation that the current board was not seated until May 2015 is blatantly incorrect. The present member Parmod […]
The Enforcement Division of the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) launched an investigation in April into an alleged violation of the Political Reform Act by Assemblyman Devon Mathis. The assemblyman was investigated because he did not list a rental property on his 2015 annual Statement of Economic Interests (SEI). In May, the FPPC found that […]
The Tulare Local Health Care District Board today filed its response to a Tulare County Grand Jury report about the first phase of construction of a new hospital tower for Tulare Regional Medical Center. The Board said the grand jury report was incomplete, misleading and based on speculation and opinion, instead of facts. “By its […]
Las Vegas – it’s known for being a premier location for adult entertainment. But, it is also very family friendly, with an abundance of theme parks, museums and shows for kids of all ages. Just an hour flight from Fresno-Yosemite International, or a five-to-six-hour-drive from the South Valley, makes it a great place for a […]