In a press release at the end of March, Adventist Health Tulare announced it had received a coveted renewal of its accreditation by “one of the world’s leading certification, assurance and risk management provider(s), but one patient’s experience contradicts that assessment. By awarding its re-accreditation, DNV, the company that surveyed Adventist’s patient safety standards in […]
Eddie Valero, currently the Chair of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, is facing three challengers in the June 7 Primary. The top two will advance to the general election November 8. Two of the five districts are up for re-election but only Valero, who represents District 4, is being challenged. District 5 is represented […]
Finding common ground is not the theme for this year’s Kings County District Attorney race. His challenger Sarah Hacker has accused current district attorney Keith Fagundes of being soft on crime, anti-women, and of having a high office turnover — among other accusations. Fagundes denies those allegations, and has come forward to defend his record […]
An investigation by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the Tulare County High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Task Force (HIDTA) has resulted in the arrest of five local men and the seizure of dozens of pounds of potent and potentially deadly narcotics. Six Arrests Total A spokesperson for the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said four […]
Farrah McWilliams — mother of 5-year-old Jackson, an autistic student enrolled in the Tulare City School District (TCSD) — supposes that she’d get more satisfaction from talking to the bricks in the school building walls than she’s gotten from the TCSD’s administrators during her years-long legal battle to secure the education her son is guaranteed […]
When the Visalia Historical Society learned about a collection of historical farm pieces left outside Mooney Grove, they decided to recruit high schoolers to restore the equipment as an educational project. After working for a year to sort through the collection, the group decided to keep and preserve around 150 of the items for the […]
There was “a lot of negativity and viciousness going on when (Greg) Strickland and (Sarah) Hacker (were) in (the) DA’s office.” —Keith Fagundes, incumbent Kings County District Attorney “This type of office should be upholding the law. My goal, if elected…is to get rid of retaliation and hostility and harassment, to insert an environment of […]
The Hanford City Council voted for a reorganization at its March 15 meeting, choosing a new mayor and vice mayor. Councilmember Francisco Ramirez requested a reorganization be put on the agenda during the March 1 council meeting after public outcry over how then-Mayor Dianne Sharp handled an unruly crowd at a town hall concerning low […]
Planned Parenthood will not move forward with plans to move from its current location in downtown Visalia to a more visible location on Mooney Boulevard. Staff with the Orosco Group withdrew their application on Friday. The decision also means that a planned public hearing at the Visalia City Council meeting on March 7 will no […]
Dr. Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi will ask a Tulare County court on March 18 to reduce his $4.1m bail to zero, according to filings written by his attorneys. Separately, officials with the Tulare County District Attorney’s office moved to freeze bank accounts in his name in Israel. In August of 2020, Benzeevi was charged with a […]