This article has been updated to correct Phelps’ current job title. Candidate Drew Phelps is getting an early start in the 2020 race for the District 26 State Assembly seat, announcing his candidacy at a kick-off party in Tulare last week. The 24-year-old Tulare native believes the incumbent–Devon Mathis (R-Visalia)–isn’t getting the job done and […]
To the consternation of several Lemoore residents, the city council approved a “compromise and Release Agreement” that orders the city to rescind Council Member Holly Blair’s censure and pay her legal fees. During a special afternoon session on April 25th the city council voted 4 – 1 to approve the Release Agreement, with Council Member […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District has struck three of its former board members — and its prior legal counsel — with a lawsuit. The Baker Hostetler law firm, attorney Bruce Greene, Dr. Parmod Kumar, former board president Linda Wilbourn, and former board member Richard Torrez were all named in the suit, filed Wednesday, April 24 […]
From the office of State Senator Shannon Grove SACRAMENTO – Today, California State Senate Republicans rallied with independent contractors in support of Senate Bill 238. This proposed legislation would have allowed hardworking Californians who are independent contractors to continue with their employment choice. SB 238 would have conformed California’s test for employment with an existing federal standard. […]
Press release from the office of State Senator Shannon Grove SACRAMENTO – Today, California State Senate Republicans rallied with independent contractors in support of Senate Bill 238. This proposed legislation would have allowed hardworking Californians who are independent contractors to continue with their employment choice. SB 238 would have conformed California’s test for employment with an existing […]
East Orosi is an unincorporated community in Tulare County of approximately 700 people, nearly all of whom are low-income Latino farmworker families. East Orosi is served by the East Orosi Community Service District (EOCSD), which has been in repeated violation of drinking water standards for nitrate and bacteria for more than 10 years. The groundwater […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been corrected. The showings will take place on May 10, not May 11. History buffs will soon have the chance to learn the story behind Tulare’s WWII-era B-17 bomber. During a pair of showings at 4 and 6pm on May 10 at the Tulare Historical Museum, B-17 Archaeology–the group that […]
A new ideology of behavior reform is taking hold in Visalia schools and the district is experiencing minor success. Beliefs behind Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) are not new. According to the PBIS informational website, Congress amended the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1997 and included the framework for the structure that would […]
After three years of community meetings and research, Tulare County Animal Services (TCAS) presented its updated Animal Ordinances to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on April 9. Patrick Hamblin, TCAS Manager, said the two main goals of the new ordinances were to address pet overpopulation and to improve the health and well being of […]
The first phase of Kaweah Delta Medical Center’s emergency department expansion should up and running before summer is in full swing, says Gary Herbst, CEO of the Kaweah Delta Health Care District. What the hospital is calling its “Fast Track” area–an eight-bed, dedicated area for patients with non-life threatening conditions that will serve as an […]