On September 27th, Assemblyman Devon Mathis held a public safety forum in the Visalia Veterans Memorial Building. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward, and Visalia Chief of Police Jason Salazar were on the panel addressing concerns surrounding new legislation and current efforts to ensure public safety. The meeting was held […]
The Tulare County League of Women Voters hosted a forum September 27 inviting Tulare County Superintendent of Schools candidates Tim Hire and Craig Wheaton to debate the issues facing our schools. State Assembly District 26 candidates Devon Mathis and Jose Sigala were also invited and their portion of the forum will be featured in our […]
In a democracy, elections are the public’s way of hiring its representatives. Campaigns are, essentially, job applications. And candidate forums are job interviews. This is an opportunity for the voters to see and hear candidates’ views on crucial issues. To that end, our co-sponsoring civic organizations are presenting a number of forums in advance of […]
Editor’s note: This story has been extensively updated. Local news radio station KTIP AM 1450 will soon have new ownership, and Kent Hopper, the station’s operations manager and lead on-air personality, has been fired from his position. José Arredondo, owner of Tulare-based KGEN, a Spanish-language station, is in the process of purchasing the 70-year-old news […]
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Bakersfield Office is asking for the public’s opinion on a plan to open some 1.6 million acres of land in Central California to hydraulic fracturing–an oil and gas extraction method more commonly known as “fracking.” Environmentalists should definitely be very concerned the Bureau has started looking at fracking again, […]
On April 26, 2017, Ramiro Huerta — according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on his behalf — was assaulted in a surprise attack by several deputies of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department after he called for assistance to his rural Strathmore home. Now, more than a year after the incident, Huerta and his […]
A new draft ordinance document was distributed and discussed at the Tulare County Animal Services (TCAS) Advisory Committee meeting on August 9. The goal of the advisory committee is to update the county’s regulations concerning domestic animals and protect them within the unincorporated area of Tulare County. Copies of the draft ordinances and new standards […]
“My brother, his girlfriend, my wife and I visited this place looking for a dog for our parents…… We counted north of 100 dogs crammed into pens appropriate for only a couple, living in feces. Several dogs had open wounds, one dog in particular had a festering sore on his foot. The dogs were clearly […]
In December of 2017, Adrienne was enjoying a party at a co-workers house when toward the end of the evening she was raped. She did not know her rapist and would not be able to identify him. Her mother drove her to Kaweah Delta emergency room to get a rape kit examination. Adrienne and her […]
Matt Darby, a candidate for Tulare County District Attorney (TCDA) and his supporters claim Tim Ward, the incumbent, engages in “pay to play politics.” Ward’s supporters claim Darby is playing just that – politics. Voters will have their say June 5. Darby has highlighted three cases where Ward allegedly used his position as District Attorney […]