Former Tulare hospital executive Dr. Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi will avoid jail time and serve 463 days of probation in Los Angeles County after pleading no contest to six felonies and two misdemeanors. The charges stemmed from acts undertaken when he and his company, Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, managed Tulare Regional Medical Center and the Southern Inyo […]
Two grieving daughters filed suit early this year against the Tulare Public Cemetery District, alleging that the district buried their mother in a different location in 2006, placed her headstone in the incorrect location, and only discovered the error in 2023. In the filing, Ena Vasquez & Yvette Hernandez allege that the burial plot mix-up […]
Robby Robinson, a beekeeper from Leonard, Texas, threw some clothes in his back pack, rustled up some food, kissed his wife goodbye early one October morning and headed to California. His goal was to ask Bitta Toor why he hadn’t been paid for his services. “I just wanted to talk to him face to face. […]
The owner of the Downtown Visalia Certified Farmers Market says the city’s new limit on the events requiring street closures is aimed at hamstringing her popular weekly gatherings. City leaders, however, say it’s a case of a personality conflict and self-interest. City Seeks Limits to Road Closures for Events At the center of the […]
Residents of Westlake Village Mobile Park say they will do anything it takes – including court action – to stop the construction of a 172,000-square-foot Sam’s Club in their backyard. And they say they have the backing of the park’s ownership. Mega Box Store Plan Approved, Appealed Westlake Village is located at 2400 Midvalley […]
After a quick and convincing win for President Trump that had been anticipated to take weeks to decide, the local races produced few surprises. The one exception was Visalia Unified School District incumbent Megan Casebeer Soleno falling to newcomer Kenneth Dejonge. Dejonge received 60.28% to Casebeer-Soleno’s 39.72%. Two seats were up for re-election for Visalia […]
Former Lindsay Police Chief Richard Carrillo and former Lindsay Finance Director Salvador Guzman have separately sued the City of Lindsay. Both claim they were fired wrongly in retaliation for whistleblowing on alleged financial malfeasance by city staff. In his lawsuit, Carrillo says he reported what he found to the Tulare County District Attorney’s office, and […]
The audience got schooled on the issues facing students and teachers at tonight’s Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) forum put on by the League of Women Voters Tulare County. Kenneth DeJonge and Megan Casebeer Soleno answered questions from the panel and audience for more than an hour in the boardroom at the Visalia Unified […]
Future neighbors of a proposed 172,000-square-foot box store near their homes are mounting a last-minute battle to prevent its construction. Residents of the Westlake Village Mobile Park at 2400 Midvalley Avenue in Visalia – which bills itself as a lake-dotted “nature paradise” for seniors – say their peaceful community is facing a threat to its […]
FPA Women’s Health, a chain of clinics that provide family planning and abortion services, recently opened a Tulare location at 1068 N Cherry St. FPA, and the owners of 1068 N Cherry, are now being sued by the property owners’ association on the grounds that abortion clinics aren’t allowed at the location. The 1068 N. […]