Valley Voice Icon Passes

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 […]

License to Kill

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 […]

Visalia Stringer, Watchdog, the VPD and Encryption – TC Voices @ 210 tackles privacy vs. free press Tuesday, April 8

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 […]

Radio silence: Visalia Police fully encrypt radio channels

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 […]