The Tulare County Library celebrates Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros: Children’s Day/Book Day with a special storytime of Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Lenor Garza branches. Storytime participants can make their own luchador masks and enter for a chance to win the book, Lucia the Luchadora. Visit www.tularecountylibrary.org/calendar to find the location closest […]
The mission of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters has been singular and unwavering for more than 100 years: to uphold and protect our democratic system, and to ensure the right of every American to vote. Upholding our cherished democratic system means preserving our Founding Fathers’ genius invention, consisting of three co-equal branches of government […]
Visit Arts Visalia this May to see the paintings of Adam Longatti and Austin Mckinzie. Both Longatti and Mckinzie have dedicated their artistic careers to interpreting the Central Valley landscape and frequently paint on site together to create individualized interpretations of local landscapes. This exhibition will take place from May 1 – 31, 2025. A […]
The Center for Art, Culture, and History—Exeter (CACHE) will be hosting a new local history talk by CACHE’s board president, Dwight Miller, from their quarterly series CACHE Chats: Tales of Exeter and Beyond. Dwight’s discussion is scheduled for Monday, May 12th, at 5:30 p.m. in the upstairs conference room, and the topic is “Brushstrokes of Exeter […]
Kaweah Health celebrated its Rehabilitation Hospital’s 30th anniversary with an Open House on April 10. From its humble beginnings with just 14 beds, the program has expanded to include 45 licensed beds for mobility and self-care rehabilitation, 16 Skilled Nursing beds, cardiac rehab, a wound center, a 32-bed subacute hospital, and six outpatient clinics throughout […]
This year, Tulare County Special Olympics organized four events to encourage more students and adults to participate in the games. The games began March 28 with Special Olympics in Visalia. This month, Porterville held its Special Olympics on April 4, followed by the North County games at Dinuba High School on April 11. Tulare County’s […]
On the heels of a vote in the House of Congress last week to advance Republican leaders’ rushed plan to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, Bakersfield residents held a rally and press conference at Rep. Valadao’s district office. Their message: put our families over tax breaks for billionaires by voting NO on any budget plan […]
The Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation and Kaweah Health Continuing Medical Education will present the 42nd Annual Norman Sharrer Symposium at College of the Sequoias in Visalia this spring. “Starting a Comfortable Conversation” will take place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the COS theatre. The event will focus on effective advance care planning […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, acknowledging the tens of thousands of American children suffering from abuse and neglect. These children often enter dependency court, a closed, confidential system that protects the privacy of youth experiencing abuse or neglect at the hands of family. But if you could sit in court for a child’s […]
Two Visalia senior living communities have been highlighted by the U.S. News & World Report for providing exceptional care for seniors in 2025. Quail Park of Shannon Ranch was recognized as a Best Independent and Best Assisted Living Community and Quail Park Memory Care Residences of Visalia was recognized as a Best Memory Care Community. […]