Anyone who has suffered the pain of losing a loved one during the corona virus has also had to go through the pain of not being able to have a traditional funeral or graveside service. To cope, many families have postponed the funeral. But bodies can’t wait until the country decides to open up to […]
A Message from Randy Dodd, President, Adventist Health Tulare Walk through our hospitals, and you’ll notice something: silence. Our hospital corridors, usually bustling with caregivers and patients, have been unusually empty these past few weeks. Many of the beds in our inpatient units have gone unfilled. The number of patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes […]
The Tulare Public Cemetery District held an in-person meeting April 23 at its district office. The meeting took place despite the fact that two trustees and some members of the public requested that the meeting be canceled unless the district provided for remote participation. With the board members sitting under an outside arbor at separate […]
To comply with state and local stay at home orders, every public meeting in Tulare County has been held online or canceled. Smaller public boards such as irrigation districts or cemeteries are only required to meet once a quarter and many of those have rescheduled their meetings to June. Not the Tulare Public Cemetery District. […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District will vote Wednesday on whether to send a complaint against its former attorney, Bruce Greene, to the State Bar of California. Greene is a Los Angeles-based partner at the firm Baker Hostetler. He and the Baker firm simultaneously represented the district and Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA); HCCA previously managed the […]
A lawsuit against past members of the Tulare Local Healthcare District board and the district’s former legal counsel has a trial date, nearly two years after the suit was filed. Documents in the case additionally reveal that the Tulare County District Attorney’s office served a warrant on the district seeking documents related to its former […]
A press release from Patrick Isherwood Moving towards the November 2020 election, Patrick Isherwood announced his candidacy for Tulare City Council District 5. A lifetime resident of Tulare, Patrick and his wife Khrystal have three children who attend Alpine Vista and Mission Oak High School. “My decision to run for City Council is based on […]
The Tulare County Complete Count Committee has been working hard to make sure everyone participates in the 2020 Census. Leading the charge on the Complete Count Committee are Barbara Pilegard (BPilegard@tularecog.org) and Roberto Brady (RBrady@tularecog.org.) Letters are being sent out March 12 to invite residents to log into a website and fill out their census […]
There will be no payout of $16.5 million for Tulare Councilman Greg Nunley from the city he represents. There will be payouts, however, for three of the five Tulare Police Department officers who sued the city following the release of a confidential report by Councilman Carlton Jones in 2018. Nunley, City Settle Suit Following the […]
On Sunday it was reported that Adventist Health Tulare had placed one patient in isolation as a precaution after showing symptoms similar to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. The hospital was taking extra precautions when a patient showed symptoms of the Corona Virus and was following the Center for Disease Control protocols. Tammie Weyker-Adkins, spokeswoman for […]