Warming Center Approved by Visalia Planning Commission

The Visalia Planning Commission held a special meeting December 18 to review a request for a temporary conditional permit of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as a low-barrier warming center. This is Reverend Suzy Ward’s third successful attempt at receiving the city’s approval. The planning commission unanimously approved the temporary use of the church from December […]

League of Women Voters, AAUW celebrate centennial of womens’ right to vote with noted author

As we enter an election year with full female participation—in terms of both candidates and electorate—it’s hard to imagine what the United States was like before the 19th Amendment secured women the right to vote. Author Angelica Shirley Carpenter will bring it to life, through her newest book, Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist, […]

Visalia Unified board confident in budget

The VUSD Board of Education members look forward to a bright future despite a budget deficit of $5.28 million. The need for competitive education in the Valley and in Visalia itself was a major concern at the special meeting on December 3 in Visalia. With an unexpected addition of 313 students, the addition of Denton […]

President Trump Letter to Speaker Pelosi on Impeachment

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: I write to express my strongest and most powerful protest against the partisan impeachment crusade being pursued by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.  This impeachment represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat Lawmakers, unequaled […]

Senator Cramer (R) Blocks Armenian Genocide Resolution at Trump Administration Request

A Press Release from Armenian National Committee fro America WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan U.S. Senate majority was blocked again today from voting for the Armenian Genocide Resolution, S.Res.150, by with Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who, acting on behalf of the Trump Administration, enforced Erdogan’s veto against honest U.S. remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, reported the […]