SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. – After a seasonal winter closure, the Cedar Grove area in Kings Canyon National Park is set to reopen to visitor day use on Friday, April 25, at 7 a.m. The reopening is a collaborative effort involving the National Park Service, California Department of Transportation, and Pacific Gas and […]
Miles Louis Shuper, 80 died April 15, 2025 at University of California San Francisco hospital. He’d been transferred there five days earlier due to “complicated” medical issues. As Miles desired God protected him from “lingering” and he now resides “safe at Home” – in his forever Heavenly home. Miles was born to Milan Shuper and […]
The Kaweah Delta Health Care District has agreed to settle a class action suit brought on behalf of more than 6,000 current and former employees who claim the district underpaid them for years. The settlement will cost the district more than $500,000. Employees from 2019 to 2024 in Payout Included in the class are […]
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Court research by Robert Lewis, Lauren Hepler, Anat Rubin, Sergio Olmos, Cayla Mihalovich, Ese Olumhense, Ko Bragg, Andrew Donohue and Jenna Peterson Ivan Dimov was convicted of reckless driving in 2013, after fleeing police in Washington state while his passenger allegedly dumped heroin […]
The Tule River Parkway Association welcomes you to the second annual Flower Treasure Hunt at the Tule River Parkway Saturday April 12, 2025, 9:30 am – 2 pm at the Tule River Parkway Jaye Street Parking Lot Join us for fun in nature and an opportunity as an individual, family or small group to play. […]
It’s the public’s right to know versus the police’s need/desire for secrecy. With fewer outlets to provide news to an information-craving public, a form of citizen journalism has arisen to fill the void. The Visalia Stringer and The Visalia Watchdog have become popular Facebook and Instagram sites for keeping people informed of police activity in […]
Starting February 26, the Kings Water Alliance (KWA) is offering free residential well nitrate testing in Kings County. A rural household in Armona is the first to request testing as KWA expands services into Kings County. Nitrate is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, and cannot be boiled out of water. Testing is the only way to […]
After a finding by state authorities that a series of failures and neglect led to the untimely death of a patient in the Kaweah Health Medical Center emergency department, the family of the dead man is seeking damages from the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Tulare County Superior Court. In legal filings, the district […]
The Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) has settled its lawsuit against a former member of its board of directors, Dr. Parmod Kumar. Kumar, who was removed from office in a 2017 recall election, was alleged to have encouraged the use of district funds to pay for a private lawsuit against another physician. Kumar has […]
The Visalia Police Department has encrypted its transmissions as of March 20 – marking the end of real-time reporting for media outlets focusing on Visalia, including the city’s popular online outlets like Visalia Stringer and Visalia Watchdog. The encryption conversion also means that regular citizens with radio scanners or listening through online platforms like Broadcastify […]