Over the last decade, 9-1-1 calls in Visalia have risen dramatically, with police responding to 145,000 calls last year alone. Firefighter equipment has aged and both police and fire staffing levels have stayed the same despite increased demands from a growing population. City streets and roads are deteriorating due to lack of funding for ongoing […]
The 70th Annual Fatima Celebration honoring Our Lady of Fatima will be held October 1 and 2, with rosary and mass being said throughout September 26-30, beginning at 7:00, at St Aloysius Church in Tulare. This year’s Fatima Queen is Faith Nunes, a 15 year old sophomore at Mission Oak High School, and the daughter […]
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today unanimously voted to adopt an investigative report on Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to China and then Russia after stealing 1.5 million classified documents. The result of a two-year inquiry, the report describes Snowden’s background, likely motivations, and methods of theft, as […]
The Visalia Rawhide and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed on a two-year Player Development Contract extension today, ensuring that the D-backs will remain in the California League through 2018. Mike Bell, Director of Player Development for the Diamondbacks, was happy to see the affiliation continue. “We have been in Visalia for ten years now & are […]
The Vasquez Family will hold a Community Meet and Greet at their Mexican deli and store La Mejor in Farmersville for Ruben Macareno, a candidate for State Assembly on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Farmersville Meet and Greet is the fifth in as many weeks. The campaign has had events in Tulare, Dinuba, Porterville, Visalia and […]
Tickets are on sale for Kaweah Delta Breast Center’s 5th annual Pink Tea Party, whose “Alice in Wonderland” theme will transform the Visalia Convention Center on Sunday, Oct. 23, with national speaker, author and breast cancer survivor Dr. Sheri Phillips Prentiss. The event’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Sheri, a physician, national spokesperson for Susan […]
The Tulare County Symphony kicks off its 2016-17 season with the traditional Pops in the Park concert at Zumwalt Park in Tulare on Saturday, September 10. The orchestra will play Americana music and marches, movie music, a medley of Big Band music and a salute to the Armed Forces. Vocalist Charlotte Garcia da Rosa will […]
Many of us associate Edgar Allan Poe with works like “The Tell-Tale Heart” or “The Raven” (“Nevermore!”). Indeed, Poe was the nineteenth century American master of the mysterious and the macabre, perhaps our first great horror writer, and certainly one of the finest short story tellers in the American tradition. This week the COS Great […]
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is proud to announce that Raquel Garcia (Fresno Pacific University – Visalia Campus), Phil Cox (Tulare County Board of Supervisors) and Kim Batty (KB Concepts) have signed on as instructors for the Visalia YEA! class of 2016-2017. YEA! is an innovative program that transforms local middle and high school students […]
On what was the first day of school for many Tulare County kids, Ruiz Foods was busy handing out backpacks full of school supplies. The company worked in tandem with CASA of Tulare County for their 2016 Back to School Drive. Ruiz Cares is a program that allows employees to give back to their community […]