At the Visalia City Council’s meeting on August 2, the council voted to remove some protections for agricultural land from the city’s general plan. The 2030 General Plan is the city’s blueprint for development. The three backers of removing the program said the Agricultural Mitigation Program was either unworkable or could be offset by other […]
A Public Health Advisory from Tulare County Getting vaccinated and wearing a mask are the best ways to prevent COVID-19 infection, including from the new Delta variant. This variant is markedly more contagious than the U.K. variant and more than twice as contagious as the original SARS-CoV-2 virus. Research shows the vaccines are effective against […]
After an extended period of COVID darkness, the Visalia Players are mounting an abbreviated season in 2021-22, bringing live theatre to our community. A Night in Vegas, is the theater’s season opener August 7, 2021, 6:30pm. Jamie Hitchcock stars in this gala evening of Frank Sinatra hits so dust off those party clothes languishing in […]
Downtown Visalia will see traffic lane closures beginning the evening of Sunday, July 25th as California Water Service begins the next phase of their water main replacement project. A temporary closure will take place at the intersection of Main and Encina Streets. “California Water Service is scheduled to start the jack and bore segment of […]
Although the city of Hanford’s attempts to silence an outspoken planning commission member may be interpreted as a violation of his free speech, the city attorney Ty Mizote said Jason Kemp Van Ee was reprimanded for inaccurate and possibly biased statements on social media. Jason Kemp Van Ee decided to resign without taking legal action. […]
The International Agri-Center®, World Ag Expo®, and the Central Valley Toyota Dealers presented a check in the amount of $68,400 to the Guilds of Valley Children’s Healthcare on July 9 in Tulare, CA. While COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2021 World Ag Expo® live event, the Guilds of Valley Children’s Healthcare created pandemic-friendly ways […]
The Tulare County Library Job Center, the library’s new one-stop-shop for job seekers, is now available. The library’s virtual hub empowers anyone unemployed, underemployed, or looking for a career change to access virtual and local resources and programs. Patrons can access the virtual Job Center 24/7 on the Tulare County Library website at https://www.tularecountylibrary.org/job-center. The […]
Summer productions are back for the Tulare County Office of Education’s Theatre Company, but with a twist. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on performers and audiences, this year’s production of Little Women: The Musical has a small cast of 10 and was filmed so it could be streamed at a later date. Theatre Company director, Bethany […]
Adventist Health in the Central Valley and Minor League Baseball’s Visalia Rawhide are once again teaming up to encourage more community members to receive the COVID–19 vaccine. The first 100 people to receive the vaccine at participating Adventist Health medical offices, or at the Adventist Health Mobile Care Unit on game day, will receive two […]
Back in May, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sequoias (BGCS) held their annual Tulare COMIX fundraiser—becoming one of the first fundraisers in the county to be held in-person coming out of COVID-19. Generous Tulare community members stepped up and doubled the amount of funds normally raised—donating a total of $132,000 in benefit of the […]