Tulare may turn to the courts to finally force completion of the Del Lago Subdivision. Nunley-Owned Company Defaults Begun in the first decade of the 2000s, the subdivision reached a point in 2015 when upgrades to the area surrounding it should have been completed. Owners of Del Lago Place–a limited liability corporation and one […]
Junior Alvarez’ pet dog, Beau, died Tuesday after spending the weekend inside Orange Cove’s animal shelter. Alvarez said that when he finally saw Beau on Monday morning there was no food, water or bed in his kennel. He said his dog was sitting in urine and feces on a freezing concrete floor. Sgt. Jose Puga […]
Despite the turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) will see a budget boost of nearly $20 million over the previous school year. According to numbers presented to the school board by Jim Sullivan, administrator of VUSD Family and Community Services, the district’s coffers should contain around $387 million from […]
The most fearless editor in Tulare and Kings Counties, Joseph Oldenbourg, passed away suddenly early this morning from an aneurysm. The Valley Voice team is deeply grieving the loss of a true and loyal friend, a passionate warrior, an old soul, and one of the biggest hearts we will ever know. And he could turn […]
The Director of the Rural Communities Resource Center (RCRC), Mary Jane Galviso, wrote a press release last week regarding its fight to acquire USDA food commodities from FoodLink for Tulare County. Its efforts were met with a letter of denial, stating that FoodLink was “at capacity.” And when Galviso appealed to the state and Tulare […]
Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-26) may soon be back in court, once again facing allegations a member of his staff was harassed and then wrongfully terminated. Dismissed with Prejudice The case–originally filed in May of 2018 by Janie Sustaita, a former field representative in Mathis’ Visalia office who claims she was harassed because of her […]
Tulare County once again came behind Kern County in ag production, while Fresno County retained the crown as the number one crop producer in the nation. Fresno County This is the second year in a row that Fresno County has taken first place with $7.7 billion agriculture production for 2019. According to Fresno County […]
The Tulare County Elections Office has certified results of the November 3 general election, and two incumbent politicians are on their way out after their races were decided by single digits. In Tulare, Steve Harrell has edged out incumbent City Councilman Carlton Jones by just seven votes, while at the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) […]
Twenty-eight employees at the Tulare County Department of Child Care Services (DCCS) will lose their jobs one week before Christmas. The layoffs–intended to close a $2.1 million budget gap at DCCS–were announced to workers last week then approved just seven days later by a 4-1 vote of the county supervisors on Tuesday, November 17. An […]
Cases of COVID-19 in Tulare County have spiked by more than 75% in the last two weeks, and officials fear the trend will continue into the winter months. 1,000-plus New Cases The Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency (TCHHS) reported 482 new cases of COVID for the week ending November 9 and 625 for […]