On April 14 the Tulare County Board of Supervisors (BOS) reviewed the Tulare County Grand Jury report on Mooney Grove. Members of the public have been approaching the BOS for more than a year, during which time the condition of the park has actually declined. In response to public concerns and criticisms about the management […]
Judge Valeriano Saucedo is one of Tulare County’s longest-serving family law judges. Saucedo became Tulare County’s first Hispanic judge when he was appointed to the bench in 2001. His wife Teresa concurrently served as Tulare County Counsel during her husband’s reign “of power”. Judge Saucedo’s infamous rise to office as a California judge ended (for all […]
At the April 7 Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting, Jean Rousseau, county administrative officer, presented the county’s mid-term budget. The General Fund Fiscal Outlook for 2015-16 looks cautiously positive as the county is steadily recovering from the Great Recession. Rousseau attributed Tulare County’s positive financial position to its conservative approach to spending and saving […]
Four members of the Tulare County Democratic Central Committee who were removed or had their voting rights stripped, have been reinstated following a California Democratic Party review of the TCDCC’s actions. An eight-page finding by the CDP’s Compliance Review Committee issued March 16, states the procedure used to remove the four TCDCC members — Albert […]
At the March 24 Tulare County Supervisors’ meeting a group of concerned citizens spoke out during public comment about the condition of Mooney Grove Park. The group, affiliated with The Real Mooney Grove Project, gathered before hand to protest in front of the chambers. Amy Dickenson from Visalia said she felt that the park, if […]
County officials have detailed their top priorities derived from the Tulare Lake Basin Disadvantaged Community Water Study. On February 18, Tulare County Supervisor Allen Ishida and Senior Administrative Analyst – Water Resources Denise England testified before the State of California’s Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials during an Oversight Hearing on “Tulare County’s […]
Divided by questions of loyalty and the right to raise funds under the Democratic Party name, a gap has appeared between the leaders of the Tulare County Democratic Central Committee and members of the area’s three largest Democratic organizations. The schism first became public earlier this month, when Ruben Macareno, chair of the publicly-elected TCDCC, […]
On March 10, a “Case Management Conference” was held in the suit against Tulare County by former Tulare County Animal Control (TCAC) employees Paul Grenseman and Julia Jimenez. A date for a jury trial was set for December 7. Before the trial, a court ordered mediation must be accomplished no later than October 22, to […]
On Wednesday Night, March 11, the Tulare County Library held a reception to kick off their “Women in Tulare County History” exhibit. To honor this eclectic group of 10 women, a photograph and profile of each of their lives is displayed on the second floor of the library outside the Annie R. Mitchell History room. […]
Trying to change the image of the small community of London is the mission of Robert Isquierdo and the community’s residents. Many people who live in Tulare County don’t even realize that a London, California exists, but that is all about to change. London’s Second Annual 5k Run to raise funds for the community library […]