The Porterville City Council could soon consider a “Protect Women’s Safe Spaces” ordinance proposed by Porterville Mayor Greg Meister. The proposal has drawn the attention of LGBT advocates in Porterville and Tulare County who say that it’s discriminatory. At the end of the council’s February 18 meeting, the council unanimously voted in favor of Meister’s […]
A raucous demonstration that started around noon today was still going strong at 5:00pm on the corner of Mooney and Caldwell. The demonstrators were protesting border patrol raids and the detention of immigrants up and down the Central Valley. About 200 demonstrators lined Mooney Boulevard in Visalia waving Mexican flags, holding signs condemning Elon Musk, […]
What do you do after serving in the California Assembly for 10 years? In Devon Mathis’ case, it’s open a public relations agency. Mathis’ new business, Azimuth PR, leads a network of public relations professionals with him at the helm. “We are a dedicated team of public relations professionals driven by a shared commitment to […]
The year 2024 ended with President Donald Trump getting elected for a second term and President Jimmy Carter’s passing at 100 years old. Now that’s a study in contrast. And pat yourself on the back for surviving the longest election season in history, or at least it felt that way. All the friends you have […]
Five nonpayment lawsuits were filed against Toor Farming this year, and after The Valley Voice broke the story on November 6, three of them were dropped by the companies who sued Toor Farming – presumably because the farming company paid its debts or set up arrangements to do so. Beekeeper Robby Robinson told the Voice […]
A Tulare County judge denied an initial attempt to legally prohibit abortion services at FPA Women’s Health in Tulare, part of a chain of clinics providing abortion and family planning services throughout California. The clinic opened October 1 at 1068 N. Cherry inside the Tulare Medical Center, a complex of doctors’ offices and businesses near […]
Attorneys for FPA Women’s Health, a chain of clinics providing family planning and abortion services, have responded to a lawsuit attempting to close their newly-opened Tulare clinic at 1068 N. Cherry. The Tulare Medical Center Property Owners’ Association, which governs the Tulare Medical Center complex where FPA is leasing its clinic space, filed suit at […]
Two grieving daughters filed suit early this year against the Tulare Public Cemetery District, alleging that the district buried their mother in a different location in 2006, placed her headstone in the incorrect location, and only discovered the error in 2023. In the filing, Ena Vasquez & Yvette Hernandez allege that the burial plot mix-up […]
Robby Robinson, a beekeeper from Leonard, Texas, threw some clothes in his back pack, rustled up some food, kissed his wife goodbye early one October morning and headed to California. His goal was to ask Bitta Toor why he hadn’t been paid for his services. “I just wanted to talk to him face to face. […]
After a quick and convincing win for President Trump that had been anticipated to take weeks to decide, the local races produced few surprises. The one exception was Visalia Unified School District incumbent Megan Casebeer Soleno falling to newcomer Kenneth Dejonge. Dejonge received 60.28% to Casebeer-Soleno’s 39.72%. Two seats were up for re-election for Visalia […]