Along with the continued drought comes Tulare County Emergency’s Services reach out for those who have water issues. In Eastern Porterville there is a cluster of those, whose wells have gone dry. On March 6, the agency along with CSET and United Way volunteers, and Tulare County firefighters spent the day going door to door, […]
The late Exeter police officer Daniel Green, 31, was laid to rest Tuesday, February 17, following a funeral service at the First Assembly of God Church in Visalia filled to capacity with family members, fellow officers, friends and those who just wanted to pay their respect. The funeral procession lined with hundreds of motorcycles and […]
The much anticipated SeaPort Airlines had its first flights arrive and take-off from Visalia on February 9, with planes nearly full. The new airline service ties the South Valley with direct flights to Burbank and Sacramento, seven days per week. Flights are available four times a day, weekdays, with one flight to each destination on […]
Unseasonably warm temperatures with a ridge of high pressure holding any potential weather systems from entering California have only added to the drought situation, especially for the Valley. And the chance of any sizeable amount of rainfall in the immediate future is bleak. “It’s looking grim, at least for the next 7 or 10 days,” […]
What started as a display show for local farmers in a quiet little agricultural community in 1968 has grown for nearly 50 years to become the largest agricultural show in the world. And, with its 1,500 exhibitors and 100,000 visitors, it has come to mean so much not only to the agricultural community, but to […]
While the flu has hit epidemic proportions in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) it has yet to reach its peak, especially in the West Coast. California generally is on the tail end of the flu timeline, and cases are on the rise and will worsen well into February. “It’s not […]
Like many police departments across the country, some South Valley police departments are considering personnel body or lapel cameras for their officers. The Lemoore Police Department has been using body cameras for close to 10 years. It started with two for traffic police, but quickly grew to four when the department discovered how useful the […]
A parade will travel down Exeter’s Pine Street just before the end of the year. And, while it may not as glorious as the Rose Parade in Pasadena the following day, the Exeter Lions Club’s 3rd Annual Doo-Dah Parade on New Year’s Eve offers a unique way to say goodbye to 2014. “It’s just a […]
Every fall, thousands of sandhill cranes, along with other migratory birds, return to the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge to spend the winter. The refuge, located in the southern part of Tulare County and maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), provides a warm safe-haven, wetland habitat for the birds through the winter months. […]
From Rome to Hong Kong, India to New York, and now to Visalia, the Earth Harp, the largest stringed instrument, along with its inventor, musician William Close, will be at the L.J. Williams Theatre on Saturday, September 27, for two benefit performances. Close agreed to the exclusive Visalia performances when he learned ticket sales were […]