House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes issued the following statement today about the FBI’s decision to recommend that Hillary Clinton not be prosecuted for mishandling classified information: “According to Director Comey, the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton has revealed ‘extremely careless’ handling of classified information by Clinton and her aides, and their […]
Tulare County Sheriff’s Volunteers in Patrol serve as extra eyes and ears in the community and perform duties that don’t require a sworn officer. They deter crime just by their uniformed presence in the community, said Sheriff Mike Boudreaux. “We don’t know how many times someone was about to do something criminal and changed his […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced a bill in the House of Representatives today encouraging the Department of the Interior to advance its plan to sell two leases for energy development in the Arctic. The Arctic lease sales are included in the Department of the Interior’s draft […]
After staying in third place since the June 7th primary, Emilio Huerta, candidate for the 21st Congressional District, finally pulled ahead of Fowler Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Parra. Rep. David Valadao continues his dominating lead with 55.7% of the vote while Huerta now has 22.8% and Parra has 21.5%. Huerta and Parra are battling for second […]
The battle between Visalia and Fresno over which city will win the anticipated Nordstrom distribution center came to an anti-climatic end as Nordstrom put off its decision until 2020. A letter from Nordstrom to Visalia Mayor Steve Nelson and Visalia City Manager Mike Olmos said: “I want to thank you for working so closely with Nordstrom […]
After a grueling three-week trial, it only took 45 minutes for a jury to come to a verdict on a suit against Tulare County, Paula Mendoza and Yessica Ozuna, both employees of Tulare County Animal Control. Paul Grenseman and Julia Jimenez filed suit in Tulare County Superior Court, against the County of Tulare, in November […]
After 38 years Visalia has new a new sign ordinance. At the June 6 city council meeting, the vote was three to two in favor, with council members Amy Shuklian and Greg Collins voting no. While Shuklian and Collins voted no they were mostly satisfied with new sign ordinance. Updating Visalia’s sign ordinance has been […]
Measure K, the proposed public safety tax, suffered a tough loss during the June 7 primary while both incumbents retained their Kings County Supervisor seats. Measure K needed two-thirds of the vote to pass but just missed the mark by receiving 66.35%. The measure came within 40 or 50 votes of its goal. A few […]
All documents referenced in this story can be found at our TLHCD/HCCA Documents page. Tulare Regional Medical Center’s Board of Directors filed its response to the Tulare County Grand Jury on May 31, writing a full-throated critique of the Grand Jury’s report, which it characterized as a mix of inaccuracies and misplaced blame. The five-page […]
Final results for the 26th District State Assembly race showed only a 583 vote difference between second place Democrat Ruben Macareno and third place Republican Rudy Mendoza. Assemblyman Devon Mathis was the clear winner Tuesday night with 44.1% of the vote. Macareno had 28.7% and Mendoza had 27.3% of the vote. The top two vote […]