Tulare County Public Health is organizing and sponsoring a variety of community-based vaccination clinics in rural and underserved communities of Tulare County. Anyone age 16 and older is eligible to get vaccinated at these community vaccination clinics, no appointment necessary. The COVID-19 vaccine is FREE and available to everyone, regardless of immigration status. “We are focused […]
Hanford City Council Member John Draxler announced at the April 20 meeting his intentions to resign. Draxler was elected in 2018 beating out incumbent David Ayers by four points. At the beginning of the pandemic Draxler said that he and his wife bought a second home in Sacramento near his daughters and grand children. Because […]
A Press Release from the office of Congress Memeber David Valadao Today, Congressman David G. Valadao along with House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Representatives Ken Calvert, Mike Garcia, Darrell Issa, Young Kim, Doug LaMalfa, Devin Nunes, and Michelle Steel released the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s decision to declare a drought state […]
Phil Arballo’s campaign to unseat Devin Nunes reported raising $272,000 over the past eight weeks. Arballo’s fundraising efforts were powered by over 13,000 individual donations at an average contribution of $20.00. Arballo, a product of the Central Valley finished within single digits of defeating Nunes in 2020. As the California Independent Redistricting Commission finalizes new district lines in […]
More than 65 family and friends remembered “easy going and stubborn” James ‘Skip’ Athey at a memorial service at the Hanford Fraternal Hall. The long-time local activist died at age 74 on March 2. His memorial was April 7. “He was a great friend, hardheaded,” said Bob Ramos, another Hanford activist. Athey would often host […]
Sporting a red MAGA hat, candidate Chris Mathys set the tone for the 21st District Congressional race as he spoke on the steps of Hanford’s Civic Auditorium. “Has David Valadao represented you the way he should?” “No,” replied the small crowd attending the town hall. Mathys lauded President Donald Trump’s tenure in office and asked […]
Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) has filed for a divorce from his second wife in Tulare County Superior Court. Irreconcilable Differences In a filing with the Tulare County Superior Court dated March 10, Mathis requested the court end his seven-year marriage to his current wife, Aubrey Mathis. The couple have twin six-year-old children and have […]
Lawyers representing a Los Angeles man accused of making annoying phone calls to the wife of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) hope to have the criminal case against him thrown out of court on procedural grounds. Hearing Rescheduled In August, eight months after the allegedly illegal telephone use in January of 2020, defendant William Burden […]
The Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) met yesterday to appoint Phyllis Schneider as the interim office manager. This coming after putting office manager Leonor Castaneda on paid leave. Castaneda’s last day will most likely be April 16. Schneider is the current secretary and has 30 years book keeping experience. She was hired by the district […]
On Friday April 9, at 11AM, the City of Hanford will celebrate Arbor Day by dedicating and the planting the City’s official Christmas tree. The twenty-five-foot Aptos Blue Coastal Redwood will be planted within Hanford’s historic Civic Park adjacent to iconic Civic Auditorium. While Spring has just arrived, early April is an excellent time of […]