On October 17, Porterville Assistant Police Chief Dominic Barteau sent out a department wide memo saying, “Chief Castellow will be on medical leave for an undetermined period of time. To ensure continuity of operations I will be assuming the responsibilities of Chief of Police until his return.” On November 4, Captain Joshua Maniss sent out […]
Members of the Visalia City Council found themselves handling a pair of food-scarcity political hot potatoes at the Tuesday night meeting on November 3. Ultimately, the five-person board agreed to put off raising the cost of city-subsitized meals for seniors, while shooting down the idea of financial support for the Visalia Emergency Aid Council (VEAC) […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint a new Tulare Public Cemetery District manager on November 4, replacing the former manager Clara Bernardo. Tulare County took over management of the cemetery district in July of this year. The supervisors appointed County Administrative Officer Jason Britt as acting district manager, and Woodlake Cemetery […]
A Tulare group home for girls and young women aged 11-21 has allegedly been a nexus for reports of fights, underage intoxication, vandalism, and sexual trafficking of minors by minors, according to the City of Tulare. City officials are now trying to shut it down, at least temporarily, after the home was the subject of […]
California’s Proposition 50 passed by a wide margin in an election that was watched nationwide as a bellwether to the 2026 midterm elections. Media outlets called the election minutes after polls closed after the California Secretary of State’s office posted preliminary results. As of 10:00pm tonight, the vote was 64.5% in favor and 35.5% against […]
The Tulare Public Cemetery District is currently without a manager after Clara Bernardo was dismissed from her employment by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on October 30. The supervisors currently act as the Tulare Public Cemetery District’s board. After a closed-session special meeting on October 30 to consider the “Discipline, Dismissal or Release of […]
The Porterville City Council is one step closer to funding lawsuits by residents against the State of California after voting to bring a new “Individual Liberty” ordinance back to a future meeting. While the ordinance lays out a number of hot-button social and political issues that council members want to take a stand on, it […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to oppose California’s Proposition 50 in a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Eddie Valero absent, at their October 14 meeting. Supervisors Pete Vander Poel, Amy Shuklian, Larry Micari and Dennis Townsend voted to adopt the resolution. Currently, California has a non-partisan commission to draw congressional districts with […]
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 […]