Starting next month, California dairy farmers will earn more money for milk used to make cheese, as a result of a temporary change in the state milk pricing formula that calculates the value of dry whey. The California Department of Food and Agriculture ordered the change, which will be in effect for one year, after […]
Now that the Governor has signed SB277 into law that mandates all children are vaccinated or they will not be allowed into public or private schools, the backlash has started. Yes Senator Pan is a pediatrician in his other life, but that should mean he has the knowledge of those children who have had adverse […]
Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted to put sheriff deputies on Lake Patrol at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success. Kern and Tulare are the only counties in the state to patrol their lakes by civilians. Currently, the Lake Patrol unit is under the county’s General Services Department. The civilian attendants are represented by Service Employees […]
On June 18, a Visalia police officer, responding to an “anonymous tip” forced his way into the home of Mary Jane Bryant on suspicion of elder abuse. According to Bryant, she ordered the police officer to leave her property, but he responded that she had given him permission to enter the premises. Despite Bryant’s protests, […]
On July 8, three Special Masters for California’s Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) filed their Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law regarding their inquest of Judge Valeriano Saucedo of Tulare County Superior Court. Pivotally, the tribunal found Tovar’s testimony at trial compelling while alternately characterizing Saucedo’s testimony as lacking in credibility. Indeed, the tribunal […]
As the California drought continues, higher yields per acre, coupled with the critical need to use water more efficiently, are making silage and alfalfa growers take another look at both subsurface and ground level drip irrigation solutions for their crops. “Yields and water use efficiency are driving demand for this technology,” Todd Rinkenberger, Regional Manager […]
Governor Brown signed into law the most controversial bill in the 2015-2016 Legislative Sessions, SB277 – Mandatory Vaccines. “I find it disconcerting that Governor Brown did not show the same consideration to the people who have dedicated their personal time and energy to oppose this bill as he did in his first term with AB2109 […]
For more than 10 years, Visalia’s Convention Center has served as a yearly gathering place for California’s Job’s Daughters. It is commonly known as Grand Bethel of California. Mrs. Carol Ann Hayden is this year’s Grand Guardian, and Mr. Doug Anderson is the Associate Grand Guardian for the State of California. “Any Grain of Sand […]
The wells around the county are failing, miserably. And the issue is a lot more complicated than originally imagined. During a meeting with Tulare County Chief of Administration, Jean Rousseau, citizen advocates, Amy Dickinson Campbell and Eric Campbell, attendees learned that a local farmer drilled a new well to the depth of 1,200 feet and […]
Have you visited Mooney Grove Park recently? If you have, you have probably seen the park to be in fairly despicable shape. It’s true that the drought has significantly impacted the condition of the park and the health of the trees, but there seems to be another issue that is causing negative impact to the […]