The Tulare & Kings Counties Suicide Prevention Task Force, in partnership with the Kings County and Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s Offices and the Police Chiefs’ Association of Tulare County, have announced the launch of the LOSS Team to assist those impacted by suicide deaths. The Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors, or LOSS Team, was […]
Tulare County’s Information & Communications Technology Department (TCiCT) is hosting its Second Annual Digital Photography Contest. The purpose of the contest is to ask the public to help showcase the beauty of Tulare County in a variety of ways. Photographers of all ages and skill levels are eligible to participate. There are four different classes […]
Every Thursday in December until Christmas, Visalia and Exeter will be buzzing with downtown holiday activities. Visalia Downtown Open House season kicks off with a special showing of “102 Dalmatians” at the Visalia Fox Theatre on December 5. Moviegoers will be treated to a skit featuring Notorious Visalians at 5pm, with the movie to follow. […]
Zoning classifications and property descriptions are meant to organize and clarify, but they often just confuse. Land use in Tulare County is divided into thirty-one zone classifications. All zoning designated with an “R” is residential. For example, “R-1” is zoned for single-family residential and “R-2” is zoned for single-family residential or two-family dwellings (like duplexes). […]
We are in the holiday season and many of us think of what we might do to help others. There are many, many persons throughout the United States who are in medical need of a stem cell transplant after other cancer therapies have failed. Modern technology has made donating stem cells much like donating blood. […]
Last winter, I dedicated a column to an explanation of the new Common Core State Standards. In fact, I started with, “A big change is on the horizon for California schools: the implementation of Common Core State Standards.” In September, I read about a recent Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the public’s attitudes toward the […]
An additional 197 square miles in Tulare County have been placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detection of three psyllids near Exeter, Lemon Cove and the unincorporated area southeast of Porterville. Along with an additional 37 square miles of quarantine in Kern County, this brings the total quarantined area in […]
The city of Visalia, faith-based organizations and service providers are coming together to deal with the issue of homelessness in Visalia. A broad-based outreach plan kicks off this month with faith-based partners to discourage individuals from giving money to panhandlers with the “Change That Counts” campaign, urging support instead for those who help the homeless. […]
According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), about one in four adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year. Additionally, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada. However, between 70 and 90 percent of the individuals who are treated for their illness experience a […]
This fall, the Tulare County Office of Education’s Behavior Health Services (BHS) program expanded the reach of its successful Intervention Resource Classroom (IRC), first piloted at Lindsay High School last semester. The Lindsay High School pilot, known as the Green Zone, is a safe and highly supportive classroom where students with identified behavior management issues […]