Demolition last year of Visalia’s first apartment building, the Odell-Mor, kicked off efforts to change the city’s municipal code so Visalia won’t lose even more parts of its history. The Visalia City Council directed the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee to revise the Historic Preservation District Ordinance to protect historic structures and sites from future destruction […]
A non-profit organization based in the Central Valley is making life better for the people of Tulare County and the surrounding areas. The Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) was created in 2002 by its namesake, who worked with Cesar Chavez to found the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta is famous for her efforts to improve life […]
Hospitals in Kings and Tulare counties are bleeding money in the wake of the COVID pandemic, with the area’s major healthcare providers – Adventist Health, Kaweah Health and Sierra View Medical Center – all operating well into the red in 2023, according to publicly available budget data. The local trend is very much in line […]
Author’s note: The following story is based in part on my recent experience helping a close friend attempt to navigate her way through suddenly finding herself homeless in the midst of a severe mental-health crisis. The names of key individuals described and quoted in the story have been changed to protect their privacy. The events […]
In 2017, the Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) grounds were in such bad shape it launched a grassroots movement that resulted in the office staff absconding into the night and the resignation of the entire board. Five years later, with a new board of trustees, more groundskeepers, and a new staff at more than double […]
Longtime Exeter resident and community organizer Vicki Riddle has announced her candidacy for Exeter City Council District D. She has received the endorsements of State Senator Shannon Grove, Assemblyman Devon Mathis, Assemblyman Vince Fong, District Attorney Tim Ward, and Supervisor Larry Micari. “I have seen Vicki’s lifelong dedication to Tulare County and developing leadership skills […]
As many other hospitals across California are expected to do this year, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District (Kaweah Health) Board of Directors has approved a fiscal year 2023 operating budget that projects an operating loss for the coming fiscal year – the first time in Kaweah Health’s history. The new budget, which becomes effective […]
Elizabeth “Liz” Wynn has announced her candidacy for the balance of the term vacated by the untimely passing of Councilmember Phil Cox. Wynn was appointed to fill the seat in August 2021, from among a long list of applicants. Her record of community service, her background in planning, her commitment to the Planning Commission, and […]
This article was updated June 27, 2022 to include Oxitec’s response. A mosquito infected with the potentially deadly West Nile virus (WNV) was captured last week in a trap in southwest Visalia, the first identified this year. Cases of WNV-infected mosquitoes in the Delta Mosquito Vector Control District (DMVCD) – the local agency tasked with […]
California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson today applauded President Joe Biden for signing the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law. Passed by the House of Representatives on Monday by a vote of 369-42, the measure seeks to address export backlogs and supply chain disruptions that have severely impacted agriculture. “Today’s signing by President Biden […]