More than 400 employees of the Tulare Local Health Care District did not receive their scheduled paychecks today, and those who have not walked out are scrounging for supplies to continue treating patients in their charge. Only 95 checks, all written to the District’s lowest-paid employees, were delivered on Thursday, September 28. The rest will […]
Even when Mayor Carlton Jones doesn’t show up, controversy doesn’t stop for the Tulare City Council. Only this time, it seems it was much ado about nothing. At the meeting held September 5, Councilman Jose Sigala prompted a discussion on last year’s travel budget for members of the Council. The item, which was to be […]
Heath Care Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) is starting to crack. The once lockstep silence from employees at the company overseeing day-to-day operations at Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) is breaking as it becomes apparent HCCA’s days in charge are numbered. Rumors are flying, the District Attorney seems to be taking an interest, and if that weren’t […]
On September 5, President Trump rescinded DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, established through an Obama executive order in 2012. DACA allowed undocumented children of immigrants to remain in the country for a two-year period of time. DACA recipients have since been allowed to have their status renewed at two-year intervals. Also referred […]
Tulare Public Cemetery District will soon have a brand new board. Long-time board member Patricia Colson submitted her letter of resignation on September 8 and Phil Vandegrift reportedly handed in his resignation to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on September 11. Antonia Chavez resigned a few days after the contentious July 12 board meeting. […]
Not all the guests at the Tulare Public Cemetery are resting in peace. The recent appointment of two new board members and a group called Caring Cause has changed the atmosphere from “business as usual” to one of change, and some would say, of contention. Elaine Hollingsworth grew up in Tulare and started the Facebook […]
Exeter has apparently become the next location on the hit list of some attorneys having made it their mission to get all of California’s cities and school districts to “comply” with the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). In a letter addressed to Exeter City Manager Randy Groom, dated July 14, 2017, Kevin Shenkman, an attorney […]
For two long hours, the Tulare City Council argued, debated, talked over each other, and eventually directed staff to formulate an update streamlining the city’s rental policy for the Council Chambers at the Tulare Public Library. At the end of discussions lasting nearly two hours at the August 15 meeting, the main sticking point ironically […]
The City of Woodlake is ready to break ground on a highly anticipated project for its local community. About four years ago, the city council and staff started actively discussing the need for a facility to be utilized by all age groups from seniors to school-age children, said City Manager Ramon Lara. The city currently […]
An issue of competing agendas for Tulare’s hospital meeting cleared itself up Wednesday, when officials with Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) abruptly cancelled Wednesday’s scheduled regular meeting. But one was still held anyway — by Kevin Northcraft, Mike Jamaica, and Senovia Gutierrez. Linda Wilbourn and Richard Torrez were absent again — because Wilbourn had resigned and […]