Miss California celebrates 100 year anniversary, crowns winner, at Visalia Convention Center

Miss California celebrated its 100 year anniversary at the Visalia Convention Center Saturday night, June 15, by crowning Kimberly Vernon, Miss Santa Clara County as Miss California 2024. Miss San Fernando Valley, Mikaela Harris was the first runner up. Two contestants from the Central Valley made it into the top 12 with Miss Fresno County, […]

GUILTY!

A jury of seven men and five women found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. This is the first time in American history that a current or former president has been convicted of a felony. The jury deliberated for less than 12 hours. To reach a conviction the […]

Fong beats Boudreaux in May 21 Special Election for CD20

Assemblymember Vince Fong beat Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux in the May 21 Special Election for Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Congressional District 20’s term. McCarthy resigned last December two months after his ouster as House Speaker. According to the Fresno Bee Fong will resign his AD32 seat to finish McCarthy’s term that ends early January. Unofficial […]

Adventist Tulare shutters labor & delivery five weeks early

After a precipitous drop in births, officials with Adventist Health Tulare announced in March they would temporarily close their obstetrics department on June 6. Not long after that announcement, hospital officials ended up moving that date up to April 30. “Adventist Health Tulare paused labor and delivery care effective April 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m,” […]

Visalia introduces new logo

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 […]