The fight isn’t over yet, but activists have won the first round in the battle to prevent the city’s largest gas station from being built in their southeast Visalia neighborhood. PC Split on ARCO Decision Stunned and thrilled members of Oppose ARCO rejoiced as the Visalia Planning Commission voted 4-1 Monday, April 9 to […]
Neighbors fighting to block the construction of what could eventually become the city’s largest gas station will be legion when they finally take their case before the Visalia Planning Commission on Monday, April 9. The public hearing is scheduled for 7pm, and will be held at the Visalia Convention Center, 303 E. Acequia Avenue, to […]
Bibliophiles of Tulare County owe Sandy Parmelly a deep debt of gratitude. When the American Association of University Women’s Semi-Annual Book Sale begins April 18 at the Sequoia Mall in Visalia, it will mark the 14th year Parmelly has overseen sorting of the tens of thousands of books collected, boxed, stacked, sorted then sold at […]
The battle lines have been drawn, demands have been made and now a date is set for the next skirmish in a war to keep what could become Visalia’s largest gas station out of an upscale neighborhood at the southern end of town. Another ARCO Already operating a pair of ARCO filling stations in the […]
The Visalia City Council wants to seize on the food truck movement before it passes the city by. During its February 5 work session the council discussed two overlay districts for food trucks similar to the micro-brewery district approved in 2016. The two food truck overlay districts would be in the Industrial Park and in […]
Opponents of a 17,000-square-foot gas station planned for their south Visalia neighborhood say they’ve learned the development is worse than they first feared after receiving a tip from a whistleblower at City Hall. “This is going to be the biggest truck stop in town, even in the industrial park,” said neighborhood resident Robin Hernandez. Fleet […]
It’s back to a suit and tie for Randy Groom, who admittedly had grown accustomed to the more relaxed and casual atmosphere of Exeter, where he served as city manager for seven years. Following the retirement of Mike Olmos, Groom’s been hired as city manager for Visalia, where he formerly served as city clerk and […]
Drums banged, horns blared, and a crowd of a thousand or so activists of all stripes cheered, sang and chanted its way down Mooney Boulevard as Tulare County turned out for the 2018 Women’s March. Underneath the festive atmosphere, however, was a more serious mood. Those gathered–as their colorful signs and placards revealed–were clearly there […]
One year after nationwide Women’s Marches in reaction to the inauguration of President Donald Trump, protests have once again sprang up nationwide — including an event in Tulare County. Men, women and children came together at College of Sequoias’ Visalia campus, marching for women’s rights and in opposition to the Trump administration. Early estimates counted […]
With a new CEO at the helm, Kaweah Delta Medical Center is starting its largest expansion since the addition of the Acequia Wing in 2009, one that will see 33 new exam rooms in the emergency department, as well as new treatment facilities. “We will literally almost double the size of the ED,” said Gary […]