Taste the Arts, the area’s biggest annual celebration of the artistic diversity and cultural heritage of Tulare County, returns to Downtown Visalia on Saturday, October 11, beginning at 11am, with a free, all day festival of artists and performers stretching from Garden Street on Main, north to School Street, and into the old Lumber Yard. […]
When one thinks of an art exhibit, one usually has an expectation of sterile gallery walls – an institutionalized, bureaucratized world where creative expression is reserved for the elite few, the indoctrinated professional artists. With “Taking Art to the Streets,” Arts Visalia looks to upset that notion a bit by involving the public directly in […]
The next Kings County Military and Veterans Coalition meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 14, at 2pm at the Kings County Government Center, 1400 West Lacey Blvd, in Hanford. The meeting is held in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Administration Building. With approximately 12,000 veterans and several thousand active duty personnel, Kings County has […]
Legendary Latin band Malo will headline the 2nd Annual Menudo Festival at the Visalia Convention Center on Sunday, October 19. Malo is celebrating over 40 years of performing worldwide and has shared the stage with celebrated groups such as the Rolling Stones and Queen. The band’s 1972 hit single, “Suavecito,” is described as the “ultimate […]
In April, the Visalia City Council adopted Stage 4 water restrictions in response to the most significant drought in generations, faced not only our city, but the entire state. And, you have made a difference! Since the Stage 4 water restrictions took effect April 17, Visalians have conserved an average of 12% from April through […]
The Visalia Police Department has been named the winner of the California Law Enforcement Challenge Award, which is sponsored by the California Highway Patrol in partnership with the California Office of Traffic Safety and the California Office of Alcohol Beverage Control. The California Law Enforcement Challenge is a competition between similar sized and types of […]
The longest running annual food tasting event in the Central Valley, the 21st Annual Taste of Downtown Visalia, will be held from 5-9pm on Tuesday, October 7. Downtown Visalia’s eclectic family of restaurants will open their doors and offer a taste of their new menu items or fan favorites. A ticket allows guests to sample […]
Kaweah Delta Health Care District and members of its medical staff will present physician, historian and prize-winning author Victoria Sweet on Thursday, October 16, at the 2014 Norman Sharrer Symposium at the Visalia Fox Theatre. Dr. Sweet, author of God’s Hotel: a Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine, will discuss […]
“Stop Supervisor’s raises! Deliver the water!” Virginia Gurrola, candidate for the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, told supporters at a meet-and-greet event in Downtown Visalia last week. “My election is not about me. It’s about you. It’s about you finally having a voice on the board of supervisors.” Gurrola is running to represent the 5th […]
The draft of the Matheny Transportation Infrastructure Plan is now available for public review and comment through October 24. The plan is online at www.tularecounty.ca.gov/rma/index.cfm/whats-going-on/matheny-tract-transportation-infrastructure-plan/. Printed copies will be available for review at the Tulare Public Library, 475 N. M St., Tulare; Palo Verde Elementary School, 9637 Ave. 196; Tulare County Resource Management Agency, 5961 […]