TULARE, CA — Just days after the most recent filing deadline, State Assembly candidate Drew Phelps has smashed the previous fundraising totals record for a Democrat in the 26th Assembly District. Jose Sigala, last year’s Democratic challenger to Republican Assemblymember Devin Mathis, raised a total of $77,592 by the final filing deadline of the 2018 […]
After the director of the Hanford Chamber of Commerce admitted a series of management errors and one city council member threatened to terminate the chamber’s contract, the chamber won a 60-day reprieve from the “chopping block” while the city works to rewrite the chamber’s services agreement. The Valley Voice has received complaints about the way […]
An editorial by Calvin Moore, Deputy Communications Director for the Congressional Leadership Fund cmoore@theclf.org | 702-292-9606 | @calvinmoore_ In an interview with Your Central Valley this weekend, TJ admitted – on camera… to a reporter – that his shady business dealings are “absolutely going to be the centerstone” of his 2020 re-election. While we’re happy to celebrate that TJ has finally moved […]
The Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) appears to have made astonishing progress since re-opening its hospital late last year under the auspices of Adventist Health, say the facts that emerged at its most recent regular board meeting on July 24. While the mid-July census hovered at just under 10, according to Randy Dodd, Adventist […]
On July 25 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 200, the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund. He chose the community of Tombstone Territory in Fresno County to sign the bill to highlight the lack of safe drinking water in rural California. Tombstone is a small neighborhood of about four blocks less than 1 mile […]
On Friday, July 26 SEIU 521 Tulare County members held a press conference and rally in front of the Tulare County CAO’s office building. Workers from social services, roads and maintenance, health and others presented banners signed by hundreds of County workers. Messages addressed to Jason Britt highlighted the stark comparison between the county’s proposed […]
Plans for a new Hilton Garden Inn Hotel have been approved by the Planning Commission of Visalia. The 113-room hotel is to be built in Visalia’s BRP (Business Research Park) and promises to bring jobs and tourism to Visalia and the surrounding areas. Planner Paul Bernal successfully managed to get the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) […]
Although placing a child in the foster care system is the last resort for social workers, it does happen when the child is in an unstable or abusive home environment. In this instance, the foster child could be assigned a Court Appointed Special Advocate. CASA is a non-profit organization founded in an effort to advocate […]
The president of Tulare’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has resigned following a dispute over how to treat dangerous contamination of Tulare’s drinking water. Jim Pennington–who joined the BPU in 2016 and was the sole board member remaining after a purge of the five-member commission in 2017–says he chose to resign following a contentious meeting […]
Volunteers and community members support local kids with school supply donations Walmart and The Salvation Army are joining forces to provide new school supplies to local children in need during the “Stuff the Bus” campaign event at Walmart locations in Visalia and Tulare on Saturday, August 3, 2019. The “Stuff the Bus” campaign event in […]