A split vote of the Visalia City Council on Monday, August 12, altered the city’s municipal code to again make camping in city parks, recreation areas and other public spaces illegal. State-Forced Change to City Code Doesn’t Help Homeless The changes to sections 12.32 and 12.35 of Visalia’s municipal code allow police to resume […]
“Seven Generations: A Conversation with Greg Collins,” will be at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 210 W. Center Ave., Visalia. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Water has always been important for Greg Collins, maybe even more than most people. Whether as a swimmer, competitive water polo player and coach, urban planner, […]
Editor’s note: On Monday, July 29, Valley Voice reporter Dave Adalian – on behalf of EarthSky.org – talked with meteorologist and climatologist Daniel Swain. Swain – called the “Carl Segan of weather” by Stanford Magazine – holds both a doctorate in Earth system science from Stanford University, as well as a degree in atmospheric science […]
Governance of the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) switched hands abruptly on Monday evening, as it and the Kings County Water District (KCWD) officially parted ways. The changing of the guard happened during a Mid-Kings GSA special board meeting held in conjunction with the Kings County Board of Supervisors and the Hanford City Council. […]
Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) to introduce the Avian Influenza Research and Response Act. The bill aims to address the ongoing detection of highly pathogenic avian flu in dairy cattle. “As a dairyman, I’ve been closely following this situation since the first case of avian influenza was detected in U.S. […]
The Visalia Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the State of Local Government Luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at The Hyde (formerly known as the Lamplighter Conference Center). This highly anticipated event will bring together key figures from the County of Tulare and the City of Visalia to discuss the most pressing […]
A system used by Fresno-based Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) to negotiate checks malfunctioned overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, July 16-17, causing multiple instances of checks being debited twice against customers’ accounts. Employees Alerted to Possibility of Errors The small banking institution – which operates branches in Tulare, Kings and Fresno counties – apparently became aware […]
Kings County Superior Court Judge Kathy Ciuffini issued a restraining order to temporarily halt state-mandated probationary groundwater monitoring and reporting requirements for all water users in the Tulare Lake Groundwater Subbasin. The order was issued Monday, July 15. Lawsuit Seeks Stop to State Intervention The order is the first handed down in a lawsuit […]
In two comprehensive giant sequoia regeneration studies, announced today by the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition, researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center found that some areas affected by recent mega-fires may not have enough seedlings to grow the next generation of millennia-aged trees. Extreme wildfires have killed up to 20% of the […]
The Visalia Blue12U All Stars Baseball team is on the cusp of a historic journey as they prepare to compete in the 2024 Cal Ripken 50/70 World Series in Branson, Missouri. This exceptional group of boys has claimed three consecutive Central California Cal Ripken State Championships, winning as 10, 11, and now 12-year-olds. Their remarkable […]