Tucked off the coast in San Luis Obispo County are old sand dunes dotted with coastal oaks. The 90 acres of the Los Osos Oaks State Nature Preserve is a haven for wildlife including five major plant communities and an abundance of birds. Plant communities include coastal sage scrub, central coastal scrub, dune oak scrub, […]
In honor of Cesar Chavez’s birthday, the Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety (CAPS) held a press conference in Visalia regarding banning chlorpyrifos. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed a ban on a pesticide linked to nervous system damage in children. Farmers are now allowed to use chlorpurifos which is sprayed on more than a dozen […]
The people who post anonymously on social media behind the façade of the inappropriately-named “Citizens for Hospital Accountability” abuse our First Amendment right by spreading lies and misinformation to harass and defame good people. Stop and think about what is happening with Tulare’s public hospital. The political circus that has erupted from the escapades of […]
A hospital spokesperson addressed this response in response to a request for comment from a Voice reporter. In the interest of ensuring we are able to represent all sides, we are publishing the full comment from HCCA. This is in response to your recent e-mail requesting a statement from the Hospital regarding the California Department of Public […]
“Wit,” which opens at the Ice House theatre in Visalia on March 3, is a beautifully written play about the metamorphosis that can occur when one realizes she is not immortal. Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama depicts the journey of a highly educated, academically overachieving woman who has been diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian […]
Lacy J. Dalton is performing a benefit concert to support her wild horse sanctuary in Nevada called Let’em Run Foundation. The Concert is March 11 at 7:30 at the Lindsay Community Theater. Tickets are only $20 each, but additional donations for the horse sanctuary would be appreciated. For best seat selection get tickets early at […]
Erik Gonzalez has become well known in the community for his spray paint and graffiti art that he is making mainstream with his Urbanist Collective. The Collective puts on art demonstrations at the Old Lumber Yard in Visalia, and Erik works with many youth groups, focusing on education and showing youth they can excel with […]
In January, many thousands gathered across the United States for the Women’s March. The event was also suffused with controversy: what groups and organizations should have been allowed to participate in the official event in Washington, D.C., and what, exactly, constitutes an authentic feminism in the early 21st century? Such ethical questions are often central […]
The Western Classic Junior Dairy Show began in 2012 and has been held annually every year since at the Kings Fairgrounds in Hanford. It is a junior-only dairy cattle show, allowing youth ages 5-21 to participate. In late 2011, due to tough economic times and decreased funding from the State of California, the Great Western […]
To show dairy cattle it takes patience, practice, and hard work. It starts by finding or breeding the most ideal show cow or heifer, based off a nationally used scorecard. For milk cows, the breakdown is: Frame 15%, Dairy Strength 25%, Rear Feet and Legs 20%, Udder 40%. The judge places the class of cows […]