Barry Hamlin, a native of Porterville who has theater experience across the state, has been selected as the new managing director of the Visalia Fox Theatre. He has a lot of ideas for the Fox. “The Finish the Fox program has its sights on several projects involving the audio and lighting systems, which will help […]
Main Street Hanford will present its third annual St. Patrick’s Celebration on Saturday, March 15, from 5-8pm in downtown Hanford. This popular event will include a microbrew tasting at 18 downtown businesses, Irish music, plenty of food, shopping and fun. Ticket holders will be able to taste Firestone Walker Brewing Company Walker’s Reserve, Barrel House […]
Imagine you buy a property, maintain it, pay taxes on it, fix things, pay bills etc and then read the following nightmare going on, all around Visalia, including the Oval. You arrive at your property first thing in the morning, and you observe a huge pile of human excretement, you notice things broken, stolen or […]
Fitch Ratings, which has provided independent and prospective credit ratings for 100 years, has downgraded to ‘B’ from ‘B+’ the rating on $15,230,000 series 2007 fixed rate bonds issued by the Tulare Local Health Care District, doing business as Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC). The bonds have been placed on Rating Watch Negative. Tulare Regional […]
ImagineU Children’s Museum will host “Masquerade,” its second Dreambuilder’s Bash, on Saturday, March 8, at 5:30pm at the Visalia Convention Center. The evening will include interactive entertainment, a silent and live auction and a Cajun dinner provided by the Vintage Press. The event will support the museum’s educational activities, crafts and events. Attire is “creative […]
The Central Valley Woodie Club, the local chapter of the National Woodie Club, has scheduled its eighth annual “Woodies in the Valley” event for March 7-9 in Visalia. “This is not an ordinary car show,” explains Club President Wayne Yada. “It is limited to only wooden-bodied cars, which were only made in this country from […]
The Lindsay Theater will welcome country music legend Lacy J. Dalton and her group, the Dalton Gang, to the South Valley at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 15, as a part of its concert series. Dalton’s music is a product of her wide-ranging musical tastes. Her early influences were the classic country music of the ’40s, […]
Boyz II Men will take the stage at Tachi Palace in Lemoore on Thursday, March 20, for a 7:30pm show. The trio is known for such hits as “I’ll Make Love to You,” “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday,” Motownphilly” and “End of the Road.” Boyz II Men’s clean-cut “retro nouveau” image, synchronized […]
The Sixth Annual Visalia Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament to benefit Leadership Visalia will be held at Valley Oaks Golf Course on Friday, March 21. Leadership Visalia is the chamber’s business leadership development course, designed to benefit participants as well as the community. Leadership Visalia was started in 1986. The four-person scramble begins with a […]
The Pentagon’s budget proposal for next year was announced last week by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. In an interview with The New York Times, Hagel argued that to meet today’s national security needs, the Department of Defense (DoD) must shift its focus and capabilities away from “fighting grinding ground conflicts” and towards “new arenas […]