Porterville Looks Forward After Proclamation Debate

Following the last few months of controversy, Porterville’s City Council and those in its LGBT community are looking ahead to the future. Proclamation Debate and Controversy Beginning in June, the council placed itself in the middle of considerable controversy over its LGBT Pride Month proclamation and the actions following it. In June, then-mayor Virginia Gurrola […]

State Officials Poised For Prison Overcrowding Ruling

Lawyers for Gov. Jerry Brown scored a rare legal victory, albeit a small one, in the state’s long-running battle with federal judges over prison overcrowding when a panel of three federal judges agreed to a brief postponement of a looming Dec. 31 deadline for the state. The panel issued a wide-ranging order calling for state officials and inmate attorneys to meet and seek a long […]

Sequoia Mall Escrow to Close on November 15

Escrow on the Sequoia Mall is set to close November 15th, according to John Dubois, an owner of Core Commercial, the listing broker on the property. “I’m fairly positive the sale will go through” said Dubois, “The buyers have passed through several stages where they have put down significant amounts of non-refundable money. They seem […]

Beware of ObamaCare Scams

The Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission are warning consumers not to be fooled by people trying to take advantage of confusion over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as ObamaCare. Scammers are using the implementation of the ObamaCare as the latest opportunity to steal people’s identities, said Gabriela Mendoza, Better Business […]