Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted to put sheriff deputies on Lake Patrol at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success. Kern and Tulare are the only counties in the state to patrol their lakes by civilians. Currently, the Lake Patrol unit is under the county’s General Services Department. The civilian attendants are represented by Service Employees […]
The wells around the county are failing, miserably. And the issue is a lot more complicated than originally imagined. During a meeting with Tulare County Chief of Administration, Jean Rousseau, citizen advocates, Amy Dickinson Campbell and Eric Campbell, attendees learned that a local farmer drilled a new well to the depth of 1,200 feet and […]
Have you visited Mooney Grove Park recently? If you have, you have probably seen the park to be in fairly despicable shape. It’s true that the drought has significantly impacted the condition of the park and the health of the trees, but there seems to be another issue that is causing negative impact to the […]
At the June 2 Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting, item 17 of the consent calendar was pulled for separate discussion. Amy Dickinson-Campbell, from the Real Mooney Grove Project, requested that the item be pulled so they could discuss why the well failure at Mooney Grove constitutes an emergency. Dickenson-Campbell pointed out that the particular […]
There may be trouble on the Tulare County Republican Central Committee. Or, there might not be. It depends on who you ask. “There’s always things like that you get on any central committee,” said Committee member Dennis Smith, who expressed surprise at the suggestion all was not well among members of the Committee. “I’m not […]
After the April 2 and May 7 Valley Voice articles concerning Mooney Grove, complaints about the park have continued. Pam Mayo decided to take her foster child to Mooney Grove and ended up regretting her decision. “I am a CASA, a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children,” she said. “The judge orders a CASA […]
Expand and refit, or go out of business. That’s the choices faced by the Kaweah Delta Medical Center. In 1994, the magnitude-6.7 Northridge Earthquake shook Southern California, leaving devastation in its wake. Among the buildings damaged or destroyed were 11 of the area’s hospitals, rendering them unable to care for the wounded, as well as […]
The California drought has affected many things here in the South Valley. But it will not take away the traditional fun at the lake for Memorial Day! “Our lake is doing really well,” said Phil Deffenbaugh, park manager at Lake Kaweah. ”As of a week ago, we still had more water than a year ago.” […]
Tulare County Animal Control (TCAC) is planning changes to their policies, procedures and county ordinances regarding the way that division of Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency interfaces with the pet owners of Tulare County. Residents of unincorporated areas of Tulare County can expect to hear about proposed changes to Tulare County Animal Control […]
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 […]