The College of Sequoias Adjunct Faculty Association hosted a forum at Brandman University in Visalia on October 7 for the two candidates on the November ballot for Ward 1 of the COS Board of Trustees. Incumbent Greg Sherman and challenger Laurel Barton, a former Visalia City Council member, participated in a forum that showed little […]
Last month, Governor Jerry Brown went all the way to Hollywood to sign AB 1839, by Assembly Members Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Raul J. Bocanegra (D-Los Angeles). The new legislation, which passed with bipartisan support, triples funding for the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. Funding for the new program will be $230 […]
After postponing a decision about the proposed Elderwood Heights development twice, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors finally took a vote at their September 23 meeting. Their decision was to send the plan back to the planning commission, and it was based on an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. “The property is zoned to do […]
Forbes Magazine just published a list of the least educated cities in the U.S. and Visalia placed sixth. According to the WalletHub survey it cited, of the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the country, the Visalia area (which includes Tulare and Porterville) ranked 148th in percentage of high school diploma holders, 148th in percentage of […]
Tulare County jobseekers are becoming more professional and focused, and possibly younger, according to the differing opinions of the company representatives who interacted with them at the 23rd Annual Tulare County Job Fair, hosted by Tulare County Employment Connection at the Visalia Convention Center on September 24. “They’re more professional than in previous years, in […]
By a 3-2 vote, the Visalia City Council voted at its September 15 meeting to recommend to the Department of Transportation that Portland-based SeaPort Airlines provide Essential Air Service (EAS) to Visalia Airport. EAS is a federal program that guarantees a certain level of scheduled air service to communities that would otherwise have lost access […]
Separate groundbreaking ceremonies were held on September 10 for two new Tulare County Office of Education buildings: an administration building/conference center and a new planetarium. The new three-story administration building, at 6200 S. Mooney Blvd. in Visalia, will include 66,000 square feet of office space. Its offices will serve the Tulare County superintendent of schools […]
The August 29th Frampton’s Guitar Circus concert, which would have brought Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy and Randy Bachman to town to perform at a revitalized Oval Park in Visalia, was cancelled the week before it was to happen, an apparent victim of staging logistics. “Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus performance at Oval Park in Visalia, CA […]
The City of Visalia’s Air Service Subcommittee is expected to decide soon which of five airlines will provide service to the city’s airport. After filing for a 45-day extension, the decision on which company to recommend to the Visalia City Council is now scheduled for September 15. The current air service contract expires at the […]
OK, I’ll admit it. I drove down to San Diego last month to spend some time at Comic-Con. And I will also admit that it wasn’t my first time. That having been said, I felt uneasy about it this year. Maybe it’s because I just hit 60 and wondered if I really belong at such […]