Penny*, just in her early twenties, is already a survivor of sexual abuse by a family member. “I was angry and bewildered about life and why I had to live these experiences…I just didn’t know how to deal with it,” she says. Penny became suicidal and was treated for post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from the […]
On September 24, the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s office announced that one additional Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) had been detected on a trap south of the city of Exeter. Six days later, two additional ACP were detected on traps north of Eckert Field near Strathmore and northeast of Ducor. These detections were confirmed by the […]
For the first time ever, Tulare County has a budget over $1 billion. Several factors, including an increase in property taxes, increased state revenues and debt pay-downs, contributed to this–which has allowed the county to give most employees a three percent pay raise, unfreeze some positions and increase the reserve fund by $2 million. Both […]