A California Highway Patrol officer claims members of the Tulare Police Department (TPD) violated his rights repeatedly during the fallout of a bad breakup with one of its officers. Michael Mota, a local patrolman for the CHP, claims he was wrongly evicted from the home he shared with TPD officer Lupita Hernandez based on false […]
On the Nov. 3, general municipal election ballot, the City of Tulare’s proposed local sales tax measure will officially appear as Measure A, as designated by the Tulare County Registrar of Voters. Placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the City Council on June 2, Measure A asks voters to consider a 1-cent […]
The hospital expansion at Adventist Health Tulare – after more than a dozen years of delay and setbacks – will be ready to accept patients by 2028, says CEO of Tulare Local Health Care District Randy Dodd. “We just signed a contract for $3.5 million, a preconstruction contract,” Dodd said. “In January we’ll be able […]
The Tulare City Council approved an additional $160,000 to shore up the fledgling concert series at the Adventist Health Amphitheater in Zumwalt Park, bringing the total off-budget cash infusions from City Hall to $842,000 since December. The added funding is in addition to the $400,000 earmarked for concert expenses in the city’s 2025-26 budget, and […]
In less than two weeks, Tulare will complete its $12.5 million project to shelter the city’s unhoused population — surpassing the Navigation Center in Visalia in both price and scale. The Tulare Cares Emergency Shelter, located at 530 East O’Neal Ave., has the potential to hold 400 guests and is roughly 25,000 square feet, with […]
Residents and businesses in Tulare now have more options to recycle their unwanted mattresses and box springs for free with a new site joining Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program. Woodville Landfill now allows free drop-off of mattresses, box springs and futon mattresses from California residents and businesses at 19800 Road 152, Tulare, from […]
The Tulare City Council voted June 2 to place a one-cent increase to local sales tax measure on the November 3, 2026, ballot for voter consideration. If approved by a majority of Tulare voters, this measure would increase the City’s existing Transactions and Use Tax by one cent, from 0.5% to 1.5%. The measure is […]
Former CEO of the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) Yorai Shimon ‘Benny’ Benzeevi can no longer practice medicine in the state of California. The Medical Board of the California Department of Consumer Affairs announced today, May 7, that the disgraced onetime emergency room doctor agreed to surrender his physician and surgeon’s certificate. The agreement […]
A weedy 10-acre field on Mooney Boulevard – once home to a rural winery in what used to be the outskirts of town – is now open for development as high-density housing in Tulare. The change, however, split the Tulare City Council and is upsetting residents already living there. Del Lago Residents Object The […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors is seeking interested individuals to serve on the Tulare Public Cemetery District Board of Trustees. If you are interested in serving, please visit the Clerk of the Board website and complete an application. Qualifications to Apply: Must be a registered voter within the district and must not have been a […]