Foreign interference in the U.S. electoral process represents an assault on the American people and their constitutional right to vote. When foreign states direct hackers, trolls, money launderers, and misinformation to subvert or cast doubt on our elections, they threaten America’s sovereignty, democratic institutions, and national security. They undermine the vote and the voice of […]
A Press Release from VUSD VISALIA, CA – As per the Governor’s Executive Order today, all Visalia Unified School District schools will begin the fall semester through full distance learning. We will continue our planning to offer two options to families (hybrid model or continued full distance learning) so that when it is feasible, we are […]
In a world where achieving a state of sustained joy may seem elusive—even impossible—for many, millions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their invited guests in some 240 lands will “attend” a global convention this summer with the theme “Always Rejoice”! For the first time in their history of holding conventions, Jehovah’s Witnesses have moved this highly […]
The youth in our county have been denied classrooms, groups of friends and usual activities for over 4 months due to COVID 19. Are they bored? I would say “yes”! Another epidemic is occurring in our state and bored youth are its perfect target. The epidemic is teen vaping. A lot of people, including the […]
Bank of the Sierra announced today that it will host a bank-wide food drive throughout Central and Southern California. The food drive will start on Monday, July 6 and end on Friday, July 31. The Bank will accept donations of nonperishable food, such as canned items, at any of its 40 branches. The food will […]
Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy’ Democratic challenger Kim Mangone, announced that she raised $360,000 in the second quarter of 2020 in the race for CA-23. The haul for Mangone is more money raised in a single quarter than every single McCarthy previous challenger has raised in their entire campaigns combined. “This campaign is officially putting Kevin […]
As the number of COVID-19 patients being cared for at Kaweah Delta Medical Center reached an all-time high of 68 patients on Tuesday, the hospital’s chief executive officer has invited the military to lend a hand. Kaweah Delta has accepted the U.S. Department of Defense’s offer to send a team of 20 military healthcare workers […]
Thanks to community donations, Kaweah Delta is using a new device to help save lives, which is also helping protect healthcare workers from being exposed to COVID-19. Kaweah Delta is the first hospital in Tulare County to purchase the Lucas 3 Chest Compression System, an automatic CPR device, for use in its emergency department (ED). […]
The attacks on the integrity of our local police create the atmosphere where we may soon suffer from the “Ferguson Effect.” In August, 2014, a Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer killed a young black man. That city and St. Louis area was then rocked by weeks of riots and mob violence. A grand jury investigation concluded […]
After I read Harper’s open letter on “Justice and Open Debate”, I discovered that it immediately got a lot of hate. Some said that it was vague. And that it shed little light on what specifically the letter meant by “intolerance of opposing views”. Others, like culture critic Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times, […]