Sixty police officers have been fatally shot in the U.S. in 2016, 20 of those in ambushes, according to a Fox News U.S. report published on November 24. Most notably was the Dallas ambush on July 7. At the end of what had been a peaceful protest, one sniper took the lives of five officers, […]
The Hanford City Council held a work session November 15 to hear a presentation by community development director, Darlene Mata, and Police Chief Parker Sever about two Canadian medical marijuana facilities. Mata and Sever visited the two facilities in October. City Manager Derrel Pyle, Police Chief Sever, and Police Captain Pat Crowe visited a third […]
Upwards of 75 parents, teachers and advocates for social justice marched on November 16 in protest of draft regulations they say fall short of protecting California schoolchildren and staff from exposure to hazardous agricultural pesticides, particularly for Latino schoolchildren who are far more likely to attend the most impacted schools. The 4pm march, led by […]
On November 16, the Real Mooney Grove Project and Mary Bryant sent notice to Tulare County Supervisor Phil Cox, Tulare County Parks Director Neil Pilegard and the County of Tulare that they are filing an emergency restraining order in the California Federal Court Eastern Division to stop all unlawful activities at Mooney Grove Park. The […]
Dr. Parmod Kumar’s days on the Tulare hospital board may be numbered. During the November 8 election, Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) board incumbents—Chairwoman Sherrie Bell and Linda Gadke, who have been central to several controversies there—were rejected harshly at the polls, losing their seats by a two-to-one margin. Now, a recall of Kumar […]
Every day police officers and sheriff deputies put their lives at risk in order to perform their jobs and protect their communities. With recent civil unrest, protesting, and sometimes rioting with Black Lives Matter marches, and, now, #notmypresident marches, there is more risk to law enforcement around the country. And as if that wasn’t enough, […]
Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) leaders are going to have to find another way to pay for new construction if they want to keep their doors open, and at least one former detractor says they can do it without asking taxpayers for more money. During a special election in August, voters said no to […]
Some may have found the result surprising, others may have found it expected, but in a more than 50% margin over either of her opponents, Patricia Griswold won the District Area 5 seat for the Visalia Unified School District. “I was, like, shocked” Griswold said. “You don’t ever know. I did a lot of canvassing […]
Two of Tulare’s contentious races finally came to a close on election night: Kevin Northcraft and Mike Jamaica came out ahead of their incumbent opponents, Sherrie Bell and Laura Gadke, in the Tulare Local Healthcare District election. Northcraft and Jamaica came in with 65.94% and 63.15% of the vote, respectively, according to final Tulare County […]
Election night started out on shaky ground for Tulare County as some polling places ran out of ballots and voters were forced to vote electronically. Other sites around the county were copying ballots for the unexpected huge numbers that showed up. At around 10:15pm voters in parts of Visalia and Lindsay were still waiting to […]