This article has been updated to accurately reflect the jail time the three men could face. Jail time could be on the horizon for three men accused of plundering the Tulare Local Healthcare District and its hospital, the Tulare Regional Medical Center, with the three facing a combined 46 charges. The full complaint is available […]
Press Release Tulare CA—July 31, 2020—The President and Vice-President of the Tulare Local Healthcare District, Kevin Northcraft (District 4) and Mike Jamaica, (District 2) respectively, have jointly announced they will be seeking reelection in the November 3, 2020 general election. Both were elected by over 60% of the vote in a controversial election in 2016. […]
A Press Release from the City of Tulare Both the City of Tulare and the Tulare Local Hospital District are pleased to announce that, as of June 18, 2020, the line of credit provided to help the district rebuild has been paid in full, with interest. In December, 2018, the Tulare Local Health Care District […]
Tulare’s hospital has new leadership with a checkered past. In a surprising move, Randy Dodd, Tulare Adventist’s president, resigned his position effective May 15. Despite the apparently amicable parting of the ways, rumors that reached the Tulare Local Health Care District’s (TLHCD) Board of Directors hinted Dodd had been fired. Adventist Health Central Valley Network […]
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 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 baby boy joined his family and the Tulare community on Feb. 29, Leap Year day, a special day because it happens only once every four years. Baby Younis, born to parents Mr. and Mrs. Ali Abdullah, arrived at 6:46 p.m. Saturday, measuring 22 inches in length and weighing 7 pounds and 1 ounce. He […]
Volunteer work by Mid Valley Pipe & Supply owner George Tristao sent a crew, including his son and employees, to clean up and organize construction materials at the front of the Tower construction site. “I was approached by The Tulare Hospital Foundation and as a Tulare resident I wanted to help out. I’ve been involved […]
Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) put a lot of effort into healing itself during 2019, and the results are encouraging, says Tulare Adventist President Randy Dodd. Rebuilding a Reputation After reopening in October of 2018, 2019 marked the first full calendar year of operation for the resuscitated medical facility, a year that saw much […]