The Tulare County Board of Supervisors is expected to leave the Sequoia Valley Economic Development Corporation as early as next month. The county has been providing about $80,000 annually to the EDC, which has served as the marketing and business recruitment organization for communities in the county since 1983. The EDC claims a significant role […]
It was recently disclosed that the final sales price of the Sequoia Mall was $10,750,000. David Paynter of Paynter Realty & Investments was the buyer. He bought the property under the recorded name of Caldwell Mooney Partners II LP. The Tustin developer made a 14.4% down payment of $1,550,000 and financed $9,200,00 using two different […]
This is the first part of a two-part series on saving Mooney’s Grove’s cats. The first part focuses on a volunteer group implementing the Trap and Release Program. Part two will focus on the county’s response and moving forward. During the November 5th Tulare County Supervisors meeting, Dr. Larry Weber, a retired pharmacist, made an […]
There wasn’t a dry eye in Visalia’s City Hall on Tuesday, November 26, as the Visalia City Council convened to select a new mayor and vice mayor. During a special session of the city council, Visalians gathered to witness a changing of the guard, but got so much more. Outgoing Mayor Amy Shuklian started the […]
Despite the higher cost per vote and lower voter turnout in odd-numbered year elections, there is little or no interest in Tulare County in moving elections to coincide with state and national elections. The state election code gives districts the power to change the date of their elections. This was to help districts that had […]
Galaxy Theatre officials convinced Tulare city planning commissioners last week to allow them to sell alcohol to Tulare movie-goers, despite concerns raised by members of the public. In a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Tulare Planning Commission agreed to a one-year trial to make sure Galaxy can exercise adequate control of customer activities inside the theater […]
Following the last few months of controversy, Porterville’s City Council and those in its LGBT community are looking ahead to the future. Proclamation Debate and Controversy Beginning in June, the council placed itself in the middle of considerable controversy over its LGBT Pride Month proclamation and the actions following it. In June, then-mayor Virginia Gurrola […]
No striking differences separated the group of five men running for Visalia City Council during the two voter forums last week put on by the Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters (LWV), respectively. Both forums allowed for audience questions, and during the chamber event, the candidates were asked what makes them different. […]
In 2009, Warren Gubler, along with nine other challengers, ran for one of three contested Visalia City Council seats. In that year of discontent, the three incumbents were not re-elected, and Gubler, in his first term, brought a business-friendly, tax-hostile approach to the city council. Consider, in a nutshell, that in excess of 700,000 square […]
Lawyers for Gov. Jerry Brown scored a rare legal victory, albeit a small one, in the state’s long-running battle with federal judges over prison overcrowding when a panel of three federal judges agreed to a brief postponement of a looming Dec. 31 deadline for the state. The panel issued a wide-ranging order calling for state officials and inmate attorneys to meet and seek a long […]