The Visalia City Council moved quickly to get the issue of the city’s maligned new logo back on the agenda, allowing a community discussion regarding how to move forward. Though this is an evolving issue, residents are ready to jettison the new logo while the city council is suggesting the possibility that the new logo […]
Cannabis, for medical and recreational use, has become widespread in California since a series of laws legalized it over the past 25 years. Except, that is, in Visalia. That could be changing. Visalia took the first steps this week in approving a ballot measure that would allow the city to collect tax revenues from cannabis […]
Travelers heading down Akers Street, between Riggin Avenue and Ferguson Avenue, will experience traffic impacts starting Monday, June 3 as contractors perform utility connections for the Sycamore Heights Subdivision. “Crews will be excavating to connect sewer and storm drain. This work is necessary to ensure development in the area is connected to all essential utilities,” […]
The Visalia Fox Theater has a free summer movie series thanks to some generous local sponsors! The Princess Diaries on June 9 will cost five dollars but includes a meet and greet with Miss California 2023 Sabina Lewis. At each movie, tickets will be sold to win a basket of Fox goodies and a poster […]
Visalia Animal Services is celebrating the first Adopt-a-Pet Day in California on Saturday, June 1 with free adoptions and special, extended hours. “We are proud to be joining the first ever California Adopt-a-Pet Day,” said Candace Harrington, Animal Services Manager, City of Visalia. “We work year-round with our community to find loving homes for […]
This article was updated May 17 at 4:00pm The unveiling of the new City of Visalia logo — likely assumed to be relatively uncontroversial — has ended up being anything but. The introduction of the “modern” logo unleashed a firestorm of ridicule and criticism across social media that ranged from “a five year old could […]
The City of Visalia unveiled their new logo on their Facebook May 7 and the reaction has been less than positive. Withering criticism has flooded in with comments such as, “This is so sad, it looks like a 5 year old designed it,” and “Just re-checked the calendar…nope, not April 1st.” In just two days […]
Signs alerting drivers to upcoming traffic changes have been installed near the intersection of Walnut Avenue and McAuliff Avenue in Visalia. The intersection is being changed from a two-way to four-way stop. “It was determined through traffic studies that turning this from a two-way stop to a four-way stop can improve safety and address a […]
Community Services Employment Training (CSET) is proud to host the 52nd annual Senior Day in the Park (Senior Day) on Friday, May 10, 2024. Senior Day is the social event of the year for hundreds of seniors in Tulare County. The annual event takes place 9 AM–2 PM at Mooney Grove Park in Visalia and […]
People of a certain age might remember the predictions of the future when we would all get around in flying cars. Today’s predictions: Not so much. The future now looks like one in which people depend less on the individual passenger cars and more on means of innovative public transportation, some of which haven’t even […]