Tulare Mayor Carlton Jones had a chance to explain his controversial social media comments on Thursday night — and hoped to ignite a wider conversation in the community through a privately-held town hall forum. He hopes to hold more, and encouraged the audience to host their own and invite him. Jones told the public […]
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) has been hit with another lawsuit — this time, from the Southern Inyo Healthcare District. While the district is repeating many of its officials’ prior allegations, this is the first time that the Southern Inyo district has filed suit against HCCA. It also included Vi Healthcare Finance, a healthcare financing company […]
Two members of the Tulare Police Department’s command staff returned to work on May 29. Tulare Police Captain Fred Ynclan and Lieutenant Jerod Boatman are back on the job after being placed on paid administrative leave November 7 of last year. While they were under formal investigation, the reason for their being placed on leave […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District has an emergency on its hands. Residents within the district’s boundaries are likely well aware of that — but the board voted Wednesday night to make it official and declare an emergency and disaster. The idea came from Assemblyman Devon Mathis, multiple board members said, and if their plan is […]
Tulare City Councilman Jose Sigala has issued a press release regarding his request for an agenda item for the June 5 council meeting allowing an open discussion for council with regard to reorganization of the mayor. It reads: “This morning Tulare Council Member Jose Sigala made a formal request to the City Manager Willard Epps, […]
Tulare Mayor Carlton Jones announced on his personal Facebook page Friday night, he would host a town hall meeting at the Tulare Senior Center, 201 N F St. on Thursday, May 31, from 7-9pm. The town hall comes after his comments on agriculture gained significant attention, in the community and in the press. In his announcement, he […]
Tulare’s hospital board is working toward finding a new management partner that could potentially enter into a long-term lease of the hospital. That process could get harder after news broke that the board may have lost its chance for $22m in emergency funding from the state — and as the state’s Department of Healthcare […]
The odds of the Tulare Regional Medical Center receiving $22m in emergency funding are down significantly after the proposal to fund the hospital was left off of a committee meeting agenda. At 10:30am, the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will decide whether or not to fund a laundry list of […]
This story has been updated with a comment from Interim City Manager Willard Epps. Comments by Tulare Mayor Carlton Jones have spread like wildfire after he claimed that agriculture “strips the natural resources and contaminates our ground water and air” and “causes asthma and valley fever, cancer and kills bees.” His comment’s got agricultural leaders […]
The city of Tulare just may get a third Sister City thanks to one councilman’s heritage. Jose Sigala has asked other council members to support the possibility of partnering up with a city from the state of Jalisco in Mexico. “In my district, there are a lot of people who immigrated from, or who have […]