Last week, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report highlighting the scientific evidence behind the accelerating global climate crisis and the implications it has for extreme weather and disaster events. The report comes at a time when California is experiencing more frequent, reoccurring and record-setting heat events and continues […]
At the July meeting of the Tulare County Ag Advisory Committee, two key recurring themes were discussed at length, that are long term chronic issues in our county – rural dumping of trash and rural dumping of animal carcasses. Rural dumping of trash including discarded appliances, mattresses, tires, and household waste is a significant problem […]
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is launching the third Community of Interest (COI) public input meeting for Zone F-(Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare). Your input is vital to the success of the Commission. We need your Communities of Interest information to respect the boundaries of your communities during the redistricting process. We still have time […]
Don’t miss the Gleaning Seniors fall yard sale happening Thursday, Friday, Saturday, September 9, 10, 11, 2021. The hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 12 Noon and the sale is located at 28600 Rd 156 between Walnut and Caldwell. The purpose and objective of the “Gleaners” is to help overcome economic hardship for our senior […]
The 2nd Annual California Youth Ag Expo is set to be held August 4-8, 2021 in Tulare, California at the International Agri-Center®. This livestock show allows California 4-H and FFA exhibitors to showcase and compete against one another with their beef, dairy, sheep, goats, and hogs in the most elite show the west coast has […]
The community of Tulare is elated to announce the Welcome Home Celebration of the hometown hero, Richard Torrez, Jr., Olympic Super Heavyweight Boxing Silver Medalist. The festivities will kick off on Saturday, August 21 at 6:30 pm with a motorcade from where his boxing career began, the Tulare Athletic Boxing Club that his grandfather was […]
Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his aromatic stone fruit orchard, showing off sweet nectarines that thrive in the microclimate and rich soils in his corner of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Weighing on his mind is the drought and the possibility that the water he needs […]
Judging from her answers during her council interview newly selected District 1 Council Member (central) Liz Wynn said she would provide some leeway in following the General Plan if an economically important project were at stake. During her August 12 interview District 4 Council Member Greg Collins (northeast) asked her, “There’s a project that would […]
Bring Organics to the 8/21 Clean Up Event in Visalia and Receive Compost for Free Visalians who bring organics to drop off at this month’s Dump On Us clean up event can now receive free compost in return. Beginning at the Saturday, August 21st, 2021 event, Visalia residents who dispose of green/organic waste materials are […]
A Press Release from Kaweah Health On Wednesday afternoon, with hospital capacity stabilizing at 95 percent, Kaweah Health called off its two-day internal emergency due to rapid hospitalizations, and opened its newly expanded Emergency Department. “Our hospital capacity issues have not been fixed. We’re still going to have volume issues, but we’ve worked really hard […]