Life hasn’t settled down for Jonathan Smith, or his father Michael Koonce, since Smith’s arrest and alleged beating by the Tulare Police Department on August 25. On that morning, Smith had an altercation with the Tulare Police Department in the parking lot of Feltech Auto Repair. According to Smith and a witness, he was pulled […]
Any fear of the Salinas Californian overshadowing the Visalia Times-Delta (VTD) was put to bed last month. After 144 years of publication, the Salinas Californian announced that it was going to transition from a daily to three days a week, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The change starts September 28. Since their announcement, the Salinas Californian […]
At the September 22 Hanford Planning Commission meeting, it will be decided if the undeveloped part of Hidden Valley Park can be designated as surplus under the 2002 General Plan. If the 18.1 acres of Hidden Valley Park is designated as surplus, the City Council can vote to sell the property. If Hanford citizens think […]
Marijuana dispensaries are no longer something new, but the possibility of conceding for one to open within the city limits of Porterville is coming. In 1996, the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) passed, making it legal within California to use the drug for medical purposes. It was the first state to do so. With that, […]
With the city facing a major deficit with no way to cover the gap, the Lindsay City Council is considering a gamble that could see them clear of red ink. Facing budget shortfalls on the order of $450,000 annually for the foreseeable future, the city has already been forced to send home its workforce two […]
After several months of holding public meetings on the now adopted Ordinances, Tulare County Animal Services staff are releasing their new name as they get down to the business of caring for animals and serving community residents, recruiting adoptive and foster families, reaching out to community partners for a greater level of collaboration, and embarking […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors has officially established Step Up as a formal advisory committee. In doing so, the Step Up Committee will solidify the future of the program which seeks to address issues that affect all youth in Tulare County. More specifically, the committee’s focus is to redirect youth from truancy, suspension and […]
A 300,000-square-foot cheese factory finally has the go-ahead for construction in Tulare after clearing a final hurdle in a years-long approval process. At its August 18 meeting, the Tulare City Council OK’d the sale of a 59-acre plot at the corner of Paige Avenue and Enterprise Street, adjacent to the city waste-water treatment plant. Purchasing […]
Jonathan Smith, a longtime resident of Tulare, left his home Tuesday morning, August 25, to cash a check and stop at the hardware store. But a funny thing happened on the way to the bank. His twenty minute errand turned into a seventeen-hour ordeal and he didn’t make it home again until 2:30am the next […]
Residents of Exeter may see a hike in their sewer, water and refuse rates sometime around the end of this year. The proposed increases are needed to keep the city services funding in the black and to cover maintenance of the sewer and water systems, said Daymon Qualls, director of Public Works for the city. […]