Kaweah Delta Health Care District’s fourth rural health clinic opened on January 9, to serve patients in Dinuba. The 5000 square-foot clinic, located at 855 West Monte Vista Drive, is open from 8am to 5pm on weekdays but closed for lunch between12-1pm. With 12 exam rooms, the clinic will provide patients with family medicine, pediatric […]
Can you imagine what it’s like for children to go to bed sleeping on the floor every night? Have you been without lights or a refrigerator? What if you needed groceries, but had no way to get them? Unfortunately, these are not imaginary situations for families in Tulare/Kings County. Are you okay with this? We […]
Students from the Visalia/Tulare Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) were introduced to seven local CEOs on Thursday, January 15, all of whom volunteered their time to discuss with the students their roles, companies, background, and to offer them helpful business and networking advice. The CEOs shared how they got their start in business to this next […]
Two new exhibits will be on display at the Kings Art Center’s Marcellus and Members Galleries, located at 605 N. Douty Street in Hanford. Beginning on January 31, paintings by Dale Laitinen and drawings by Bridgette Cervantes, which can be viewed until March 21. Featured in the Marcellus Gallery will be “WATER”–The Watermedia of Dale […]
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is expected next month to decide whether it will fund the City of Visalia’s grant application for $583,053. The city hopes to establish a 16-passenger shuttle bus service between Visalia and Fresno this fall. In applying to the District, the city contends that such a public transportation […]
Works by three prolific painters were highlighted during the January 9 opening exhibition of 2015 at Arts Visalia. Titled Expressions/Impressions, the exhibition featuring paintings by Abby Rubinstein, Betty Berk and Mona Fox Selph will be on display through January 30. Brilliant colors and expressive brushwork form the basis of the majority of the works of […]
Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his 2015/2016 budget proposal at the state capitol last week. Brown will need to work with the state assembly and senate to get the final budget passed, hopefully in June. Because Democrats hold a majority in both houses he does not need Republican votes. But if the budget calls for any […]
Hanford’s 9th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, hosted by the NAACP Hanford Unit 1039, will feature United States Congressman David G. Valadao, 21st Congressional District, as the keynote speaker. The January 19 event, kicking off at 10am, will include music and entertainment provided by students from local schools and many other groups. Admission […]
During the January 6 Tulare County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, Supervisors Steve Worthley and Mike Ennis were sworn-in for another four-year term. Worthley ran unopposed for District 4 while Ennis beat out challenger Porterville City Council Member Virgina Gurrola in District 5. The BOS also elected a new chairman, selecting Worthley for the top […]
Many city appointments were named at the January 6 meeting of the Hanford City Council. Mayor Russ Curry proposed the following, which were all approved with little discussion necessary. Those included were: Bill Gundacker – Kings Mosquito Abatement District, Dorothey Callihan-Weiss – Kings County Commission on Aging, Demeatrus Robinson and Jack Schwartz – Tree Commission, […]