To combat spiking coronavirus cases throughout California, Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a partial shutdown for indoor activities in 19 counties and ordered parking lots closed to state park beaches in LA, the Bay Area, and Monterey County for the Fourth of July weekend. According to the California Department of Public Health Website, “As COVID-19 […]
“We’re going to be a human chain protecting these posters,” Serena Salcido, 19, Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizer said. “This is a memorial…I will fight for this.” Hours after the Visalia Unified School District’s decision to take down the signs outside of El Diamante High School on Monday, BLM protesters gathered outside the school around […]
Editor’s note: Members of the community have started removing the signs for safe keeping and to preserve them. Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) Superintendent Dr. Tamara Ravalin sent out an email today announcing the Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs outside of El Diamante High School will be removed by July 3rd. No new signs, posters, […]
“I want racists to be afraid,” activist and Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizer Leslie Diaz said. Only days after footage surfaced of female Trump supporters taking down Black Lives Matter posters outside of El Diamante High School, Diaz and four of her friends quickly put together a protest to counter the women who tore down […]
In a written statement by Governor Newsom and Public Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell all bars in Tulare and Kings Counties must close immediately. Seven counties in total received the mandate including Fresno, Imperial, Kern, San Joaquin and Los Angeles. The statement also made a recommendation that eight other counties close their bars but it […]
Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) Chair Steve Presant gave a public apology to the Martin Family over the handling of their daughter’s graveside services on March 27. During Jessica Martin’s service family members looked on as the cemetery staff bobbled her casket and forbade anyone from leaving their cars. Prior to the service, Tulare Cemetery […]
A Press Release from the City of Visalia The City of Visalia and Rawhide Baseball have made the joint decision to not hold a public fireworks display this year for the Fourth of July holiday. “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of California has public health directives in place that prohibit community mass gatherings,” […]
A Press Release from the California Farm Bureau Pandemic-related losses to California farms, ranches and agricultural businesses will range between $5.9 billion and $8.6 billion this year, according to an economic study released today. The analysis says the state’s agricultural sector has already suffered $2 billion in losses so far, from disrupted markets and rising […]
Exeter Republican Women Federated (ERWF) decided to join forces with Glenn Dembroff, creator of the Open Tulare County Facebook group that now has over 3,000 members. Dembroff and ERWF were determined to infuse rational information and channel a counterpoint to bad science and economic fear brought on by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The ERWF welcomed members […]
Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) will be holding its regular meeting tomorrow at 9:15 and several members of the public have expressed a desire to attend and address the board. According to Tulare County Public Information Officer Tammie Weyker-Adkins, there was a request from the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to reach out to the […]