The City of Visalia has asked a judge to settle a dispute between it and First Pitch Entertainment (FPE), the owners of the Visalia Rawhide baseball team, over who should bear the costs of improving Valley Strong Ballpark. “First Pitch Entertainment claims that City of Visalia taxpayers must spend up to an additional $10 million […]
Just 13 months after he began the job, Phil Smith is out as CEO of the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD). Smith was removed from the position by a unanimous vote of the board of which he was once a member at a meeting held Monday, December 12. CEO Smith Released Smith was […]
Tuesday saw the swearing in of newcomers and incumbents to the Visalia Unified School Board. Those members taking the oath of office were Walta Gamoian from Area 1, Paul Belt from Area 2, Joy Naylor from Area 3, Todd Oto from Area 4, and Randy Villegas from Area 6. After the swearing-in, Gamoian was chosen […]
This is part one of a two part series. Tony Reid – a seasoned defense attorney and private detective turned author – says the former Tulare County District Attorney knowingly framed an innocent man for the murder of 13-year-old girl in 1975 to save his political career. Innocent Man Framed? Reid’s new book, 12/26/75, details […]
“No to kids” is a common outlook for the rising Gen Z population in the United States, but this is as much a global phenomenon as it is a growing ideology in the United States. Generation Z is historically setting a new record with fewer childbirths in recent years. Younger women, in addition to men, […]
The Tulare County District Attorney’s office may be forced to recuse itself from the long and winding cases against three former Tulare hospital leaders if the attorneys’ claims of bias against District Attorney Tim Ward hold up in court. Attorneys representing Dr. Yorai ‘Benny’ Benzeevi, Bruce Greene and Alan Germany filed a motion on Tuesday […]
Editors note: According to a letter sent Friday afternoon to the Valley Voice by a reader who received it from the Diane Freeman, County Counsel for Kings County, “Per Government Code §6254(b), records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public agency is a party, or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6, are not […]
Money and incumbency normally win elections, but the 2022 General Election was a mixed bag. While Visalia’s four city council races kept the status quo in tact, Exeter, Hanford and Tulare Local Healthcare District voters decided to make some changes — this happened on the national scene, also, with traditionally Republican and Democrat seats flipping. […]
After a broadcasting career spanning more than half a century, Kent ‘Hop’ Hopper, whose deep and iconic voice has haunted the invisible airwaves here in the San Joaquin Valley has signed off after his final broadcast. Last Show Streaming Now The last edition of Hopper in the Morning – the Pulse of the Valley […]
A university center is coming to College of the Sequoias in Visalia, now that Measure C passed in the recent Tulare County election. The university center will host 4-year universities providing bachelor’s and master’s programs. Fresno State already has a small university center on the Visalia campus, but the new university center is slated to […]