A Press Release from Kaweah Delta Medical Center With COVID-19 numbers on the rise across the nation and throughout the State, Kaweah Delta Medical Center, the largest acute care hospital in Tulare County, announced Thursday it was caring for 81 COVID-19 patients – the highest number of COVID-19 patients the hospital has cared for to […]
A Press Release from VUSD VISALIA, CA – As per the Governor’s Executive Order today, all Visalia Unified School District schools will begin the fall semester through full distance learning. We will continue our planning to offer two options to families (hybrid model or continued full distance learning) so that when it is feasible, we are […]
As the number of COVID-19 patients being cared for at Kaweah Delta Medical Center reached an all-time high of 68 patients on Tuesday, the hospital’s chief executive officer has invited the military to lend a hand. Kaweah Delta has accepted the U.S. Department of Defense’s offer to send a team of 20 military healthcare workers […]
Thanks to community donations, Kaweah Delta is using a new device to help save lives, which is also helping protect healthcare workers from being exposed to COVID-19. Kaweah Delta is the first hospital in Tulare County to purchase the Lucas 3 Chest Compression System, an automatic CPR device, for use in its emergency department (ED). […]
Students in the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) will attend class on a part-time basis when they return to campus next month during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At a special meeting of the VUSD trustees held Tuesday, July 14, Dr. Tamara Ravalin presented the district’s best guess at what the class schedule for the 2020-21 […]
Kaweah Delta Medical Center at capacity? Are all COVID-19 designated beds at the Medical Center full? Is the hospital requiring members of The Lifestyle Center, its fitness center, to wear face masks? Is the hospital profiting off COVID-19 patients because it gets paid more for COVID-19 patients? These are just some of the questions that […]
Board members received an earful at a special Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) board meeting on Tuesday night. The meeting was held to discuss two items, both of which related to the concerns of student protesters, and both of which were presented by Brandon Gridiron, the district’s Administrator for Equity and Student Services. The first […]
The Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) board held a special meeting Tuesday night centering around equity, inclusivity and combating racism in the district. The agenda held only two items: the first, a report on inclusivity in the district, showed board members the efforts that district staff have made — and have yet to make — […]
A recall effort against John Crabtree, President of the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) board, has begun. Crabtree represents Area 4 of the district, and his term would naturally be due to end in 2022. Area 4 encompasses a large swath of northwest Visalia, including Goshen. Crabtree, first elected to the board in 2013, is […]
A Press Release from the Tulare County District Attorney’s office The Office of the Tulare County District Attorney received reports from the Visalia Police Department for filing considerations regarding an incident that occurred on May 30, 2020, near the intersection of Mooney Blvd. and Caldwell Ave. in Visalia. The reports listed the driver of the […]