The Tulare Local Healthcare District is proud to announce that Kevin Northcraft, long-serving Board President of the District, has been named Trustee of the Year by the Association of California Healthcare Districts (ACHD). ACHD works with numerous state and local entities to support the important role California Special Healthcare Districts play in responding to the […]
A former Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) sergeant assigned to the South County Detention Center allegedly tried and failed to record a female officer of the Porterville Police Department as she used the facility’s bathroom in the spring of this year, according to court records. Michael Martins, the former deputy, pleaded not guilty at his […]
Raids on businesses, masked law enforcement abducting people off the street, detainees packed off to detention centers … those dramatic images capture people’s attention and headlines. And the chilling effect of even the possibility of a visit by agents of ICE (was there ever a more apt acronym?) continue to fuel the hysteria. Those images […]
The 2024 Crop & Livestock Report is in for Tulare County, and the numbers don’t lie. The latest breakdown indicates an increasing consumer demand for the top five highest-grossing commodities produced in the county, despite a decrease in overall acreage usage. Tulare County reported an agricultural production value of $8.3 billion for 2024, representing a […]
Democratic leaders want voters to approve an unprecedented off-calendar change in the state’s congressional district boundaries this November to favor their party, and the possibility has local leaders firmly divided on the nakedly partisan move. Tilting a Tilted Playing Field Proposition 50 calls for replacement of the congressional districts drawn by the nonpartisan California […]
For fifty years, Visalia Unified provided three bus stops inside the bucolic Oak Ranch development, just north of the St. John’s River – until now. Beginning this year, children in the development will be picked up and dropped off at a busy intersection. The children attend Elbow Creek Elementary, Valley Oak Middle School, and Golden […]
For more information on Springville residents’ concerns, see our previous article, “Beleaguered Springville residents square off again in ongoing battle with Del Oro Water Co.“ The Del Oro Water Company says the 12.88% rate increase it has requested from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is actually a rate decrease. But customers in the company’s […]
The series kicked off this week in Dinuba, where local entrepreneurs connected with advisors and support organizations. Upcoming expos will take place in Lindsay, Visalia, and Tulare later this month. These events are free and open to the public, offering resources in English and Spanish, with a commitment from partners to connect entrepreneurs with additional […]
he Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County is proud to announce that Dr. Jean Twenge, acclaimed psychologist, researcher, and best-selling author, will serve as the keynote speaker at the INNOVATORS by Design 2025 Conference, taking place on October 8, 2025, at the Visalia Convention Center. A leading voice in generational psychology, Dr. Twenge will deliver […]
Former Porterville Police Officers, Ana Isabel Moreno and Anthony Luckey, have filed suit in federal court against their former employer, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, racial discrimination, and violations of their constitutional rights. The cases, which name both the City of Porterville and Police Lieutenant Bruce Sokoloff as the primary defendants, have drawn increasing attention in […]