With the City Council mulling changes to decades-old zoning ordinances, the commercial landscape of Hanford could be in for some changes that may alter the flavor of the city’s unique downtown business district. At an evening town hall meeting February 24 at the Civic Auditorium, preserving the charms of Hanford’s downtown business district while keeping […]
Operations at West Coast ports are returning to their normal pace after a contract deal was struck between dockworkers and shippers, but California agricultural exporters say their business won’t be back to normal for quite some time, as they deal with the enormous backlog of shipments that must be cleared at the ports. The International […]
The Public Employees Relation Board (PERB) has ruled in favor of the Tulare County Employee’s Union versus the county. PERB has ordered Tulare County to “make whole” workers who were denied flex promotions and/or merit step increases that had been expressly promised them in a labor contract in 2011. Service Employees International Union, Local 521 […]
The last lawsuit challenging the County of Tulare’s current general plan was settled last week during the Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting. In addition, the County has successfully implemented a key part of its general plan in regard to County areas outside of the City of Porterville. On August 28, 2012, the Tulare County […]
The late Exeter police officer Daniel Green, 31, was laid to rest Tuesday, February 17, following a funeral service at the First Assembly of God Church in Visalia filled to capacity with family members, fellow officers, friends and those who just wanted to pay their respect. The funeral procession lined with hundreds of motorcycles and […]
Dressed in a small, tight white cap and a flowing white thawb, the traditional garb of devout Muslims of Northern Africa, it was clear Khider Abdelkader had traveled a very long way to participate in the 2015 World Ag Expo at the International Agri-Center in Tulare last week. Abdelkader, general director of Av Khider, a […]
The news out of San Francisco on Friday, February 6 was not auspicious for oceangoing commerce. Nor was it good for the lengthy inland chain of producers, manufacturers, packers and truckers who send goods of all kinds to market at the nation’s West Coast ports. The Pacific Maritime Association announced that the weekend’s vessel loading […]
The much anticipated SeaPort Airlines had its first flights arrive and take-off from Visalia on February 9, with planes nearly full. The new airline service ties the South Valley with direct flights to Burbank and Sacramento, seven days per week. Flights are available four times a day, weekdays, with one flight to each destination on […]
The Visalia City Council and the Visalia Planning Commission held a joint meeting on February 3 at the Convention Center to update the city council members about major planning issues. Josh McDonnell, city planner, presented an update on the increase in building permits, progress on the general plan and the city’s sign ordinance that, after […]
In the suit against Tulare County Animal Control (TCAC), the county has decided to demand a jury trial. Paul Grenseman and Julia Jimenez filed suit in Tulare County Superior Court against five Tulare County employees on November 10, 2014. The plaintiffs are suing the county for discrimination, racial/ethnic and sexual harassment, failure to prevent discrimination […]