The second annual West Hills Metric Century cycling event is coming to Coalinga again on March 21. The event will cover 61 miles or nearly 100 kilometers and will attract bicycle enthusiasts from Fresno and Kings counties. “Now that this has become an annual event I want to see it grow as a fundraiser for […]
The late Exeter police officer Daniel Green, 31, was laid to rest Tuesday, February 17, following a funeral service at the First Assembly of God Church in Visalia filled to capacity with family members, fellow officers, friends and those who just wanted to pay their respect. The funeral procession lined with hundreds of motorcycles and […]
Dressed in a small, tight white cap and a flowing white thawb, the traditional garb of devout Muslims of Northern Africa, it was clear Khider Abdelkader had traveled a very long way to participate in the 2015 World Ag Expo at the International Agri-Center in Tulare last week. Abdelkader, general director of Av Khider, a […]
The news out of San Francisco on Friday, February 6 was not auspicious for oceangoing commerce. Nor was it good for the lengthy inland chain of producers, manufacturers, packers and truckers who send goods of all kinds to market at the nation’s West Coast ports. The Pacific Maritime Association announced that the weekend’s vessel loading […]
The much anticipated SeaPort Airlines had its first flights arrive and take-off from Visalia on February 9, with planes nearly full. The new airline service ties the South Valley with direct flights to Burbank and Sacramento, seven days per week. Flights are available four times a day, weekdays, with one flight to each destination on […]
Unseasonably warm temperatures with a ridge of high pressure holding any potential weather systems from entering California have only added to the drought situation, especially for the Valley. And the chance of any sizeable amount of rainfall in the immediate future is bleak. “It’s looking grim, at least for the next 7 or 10 days,” […]
The Visalia City Council and the Visalia Planning Commission held a joint meeting on February 3 at the Convention Center to update the city council members about major planning issues. Josh McDonnell, city planner, presented an update on the increase in building permits, progress on the general plan and the city’s sign ordinance that, after […]
RadioShack, known by many baby-boomers as the go-to place for electronics in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 5, following 11 consistent quarterly losses. The well-known chain will be closing at least 1,784 of its 4,297 stores throughout the nation and Mexico. Included on the list for closing […]
The news out of San Francisco on Friday, February 6 was not auspicious for oceangoing commerce. Nor was it good for the lengthy inland chain of producers, manufacturers, packers and truckers who send goods of all kinds to market at the nation’s West Coast ports. The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced that the weekend’s vessel […]
While Fresno County was celebrating the official ground breaking of the California High-Speed Rail on January 6, Tulare County was debating whether to sign a cooperative agreement with that same entity. During the Tulare County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Resource Management Agency staff had originally recommended that the TCBOS sign the agreement. But as the […]