Car shows, car rallies, car cruise nights – they’re popular all around the country, and there’s no shortage of events around the South Valley from springtime through fall. What’s the attraction? The love of cars. “It is fun going out seeing other people cars and talking to people about cars,” said Matt Case, a Visalia […]
Masons of Tulare’s Olive Branch Masonic Lodge, the oldest active fraternal organization in the city of Tulare, held their 14th Annual Public Schools Night Patriotism Essay Contest on April 26. The Lodge sponsors the event each year for the entire fifth-grade classes within the Tulare City School District, supplying all of the prizes for the […]
For one night while the Rawhide played the Colorado Rockies affiliate, Rawhide Ballpark played like it was Coors Field. Marty Herum drove home a season-high five runs for the Rawhide and Daniel Lockhart had the go-ahead bases-loaded hit for the second time in the last four games as the Rawhide erased a 7-2 deficit in […]
Registration for the Junior Giants baseball league will take place on May 8 starting at 9:00 am. The Junior Giants, a flagship program of the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, is a FREE, non-competitive baseball league for boys and girls ages 5-13. The Junior Giants use baseball as a forum to encourage young people and […]
Despite what the president may say, DREAMers are not immune to being picked up by ICE agents. On February 14, a CNN report on the detention of 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina in Tacoma, Washington following his arrest in his father’s home, observed that “The case raises questions about what it could mean” for the 750,000 […]
If you know Sam Sciacca, you know he tells a good story. He is, indeed, a good salesman, and he loves downtown Visalia. Sciacca did not have an easy childhood. The Visalia native was the only child to immigrant parents from Sicily, although he does have a half-sister. His dad, who was a farmer, worked […]
With Oakland’s second ranked prospect AJ Puk cruising on the mound and the Rawhide trailing 3-2, Gregor Blanco led off the eighth inning by working the count full and slapping a single the other way. Puk also went full to Jason Morozowski before the right fielder doubled down the right field line to score Blanco […]
A day after the Rawhide had captured some late-innings magic to orchestrate an eighth inning comeback against Modesto, Visalia couldn’t manage to get their offensive rhythm going and had a quiet afternoon at the plate. Modesto took advantage of Jose Almonte’s wildness in the third inning and then never looked back, winning the final game […]
Heading into the top of the eighth inning, Visalia was staring down a 2-1 deficit and a strong back-end of the Modesto bullpen that had shut the Rawhide down last weekend at Rawhide Ballpark. Gregor Blanco led off the inning by slapping a double the opposite way into left-center field and was promptly scored by […]
Visalia had taken a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth and for the second straight night had turned to closer Bud Jeter to lock down the save. But Jeter, who typically exhibits pinpoint command, was not his usual self and walked the bases loaded, only throwing a total of two strikes to the […]