At the Central Valley Tea Party meeting on August 20, a special guest speaker attended–Assemblyman Devon Mathis. Mathis took the time to review the several bills he has introduced which are in the process of going through the legislature. Most of his bills concentrate on the drought because, as he said, “I haven’t paid attention […]
Eagle Mountain Casino is pleased to announce its 15th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament Thursday, October 15 to be held at Rio Bravo Country Club in Bakersfield. There will be four sponsorship options of $350, $2,000, $3,500 and $5,000. Registration begins at 8am and Shotgun starts at 10:30am. An awards banquet and a raffle will follow […]
At the August 25 Tulare County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, the board voted to open escrow for the purchase of the Cigna building on Akers and Tulare Avenue and across from the Lifestyles Gym. The sales price for the two-story, 180,679-square-foot building is $16.97 million. The county intends to make this a cash deal. Cigna […]
There are close to 1,800 total 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) entries in the Tulare County Fair this year. A small niche of those come from the Fernandes family, members of Oakdale 4-H in Tulare. The Fernandes’ are a family of dairy farmers. It is only natural that their children are involved in […]
The consequences of the drought is not just felt by those residents whose wells have gone dry, but also by those small communities that have become a reliable source of water for them. Jack Flores, a resident of an unincorporated community called Village Gardens west of Porterville, approached the Porterville City Council and the Tulare […]
Despite excellent results from a voluntary water conservation program already in place, harsher measures and stiffer fines could be on the way for water users in Lindsay. At a meeting of the City Council on August 11, the foundation was laid for adding two sections to the city’s plan to conserve water. The effort is […]
As if the drought weren’t bad enough, water users in and around Visalia may soon be paying more at the tap. California Water Service, in paperwork filed with the state’s Public Utility Commission, is proposing a series of rate increases starting in 2017 that would see its customers paying $6.79 more each month by 2019. […]
The Food Freedom initiative has been officially filed and the Urban Farmers for Food Freedom has five months left to gather approximately 8,000 signatures to qualify for the June, 2016 ballot. Fewer signatures are needed to get on the November ballot. The initiative would allow any “family household” to keep up to six chickens and […]
Daniel Lawrence spent a year living on the streets of Tulare, and what he experienced is helping drive a movement to protect the rights of indigent people in the South Valley. The Union of Hope, a newly-formed group championing the plight of the homeless, hopes to become both a guardian of their rights and see […]
After the Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner got done presenting the county’s record-breaking production numbers, Supervisor Pete Vander Poel summed it up, “in less than 10 years Tulare County has doubled its ag value.” Marilyn Kinoshita, agriculture commissioner, made a point to say during her presentation that, in the face of the states’ worst drought in […]