The Visalia Rotary Community Foundation will soon award a record $127,500 in grants to local organizations, including the largest grant ever awarded by the foundation. The foundation is a joint effort of five Visalia Rotary clubs and the grants are a result of donations to the foundation by Rotarians and non-Rotarians. Including the 2013 grants, […]
This is part one of a two-part series on CEMEX gravel mines drying up neighboring wells. Is anyone grateful for the drought? CEMEX is. Founded in Mexico in 1906, CEMEX, one of the world’s largest building material suppliers and cement producers, runs operations all across the globe. It is conveniently blaming the drought on the […]
On Monday July 7, Tulare County employee negotiators and Shelline Bennett, the lawyer representing the county, returned to the negotiating table. All the employees’ hard work, outreach and testimonies paid off as the county offered a one-year contract with a 3% raise. The county employees then made an undisclosed counteroffer that Bennett was supposed to […]
On July 14, construction of the California High-Speed Rail began in Fresno with demolition and ground-clearing operations as part of Construction Package 1. This is the first length of track to be laid in the state, stretching 29 miles from Avenue 17 in Madera to East American Avenue in Fresno. Ceding space for the line […]
Project Based Learning in the Great Outdoors (PBL-GO) is a new teacher training program scheduled for August 3-6 in the Sequoia National Park. The program is designed to immerse teachers in the great outdoors and prepare them to lead their own PBL unit involving outdoor field trips and topics. Circle J-Norris Ranch, the field study […]
Tulare County employees turned up the heat last week on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors (BOS), conducting a protest march outside the council chambers and taking their message to Sacramento. During a special evening session of the Tulare County BOS on June 24th, the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Local 521 organized a march […]
The National Weather Service (NWS) is predicting an El Niño for later this year, but don’t expect it to end our drought – or even have much of an impact. The NWS has called for a “moderate” El Niño Watch, which means it is unlikely to significantly change our rainfall. “I would say it does […]
An effort is underway to establish a library in London, an underserved community of 2,134 in northern Tulare County. “The overall purpose for this library is not just simple literacy but to improve the lives of the people of London,” said Robert Isquierdo, the main force behind the Library for London Project. Community organizations such […]
Recently, a case of West Nile Virus was reported to Tulare County Health and Human Services. The individual impacted was hospitalized and is now recovering. Delta Vector Control District reported that 36 mosquito pools and 21 dead birds have tested positive for West Nile. During the summer months, community members should be on guard and […]
Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, of Tulare, issued a critical response to the approval of the new state budget plan. “The majority party’s budget plan reflects their misguided priorities – spending increases, more pet projects and new programs that will put Californians on the hook for higher future spending,” Conway said in a statement. “It […]