Visalia City Council met with members of the Homeless Task Force and approved $10,000 in emergency funds towards a temporary winter homeless shelter. The shelter will be located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 120 N. Hall St., and is expected to be up and running before the Valley sees freezing temperatures around the second week […]
Two former Visalia narcotics detectives were briefly behind bars last month after the pair were accused of falsifying police reports and obtaining fraudulent search warrants in at least 16 incidents. At a “short notice” press conference held by Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward and Visalia Police Chief Jason Salazar November 16, Ward announced officers […]
Cutting costs and improving delivery of care are the driving motives behind a new partnership between Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia and Porterville’s Sierra View Local Healthcare District, say the CEOs of the county’s two largest hospital districts. Not a Merger While not a full merger, the new joint powers agreement (JPA) should […]
Kern County election update has pushed Democrat TJ Cox ahead by 436 votes over Incumbent David Valadao late this afternoon. As of 6:14pm the California Secretary of State released new numbers that gave TJ Cox 55,672 votes to 55,236 votes for Valadao. If Cox prevails it will be the 40th Democrat flip in the House […]
In a surprising political upset, recalled councilman Francisco Ramirez defeated Diane Sharp for the Area D council seat which encompasses central and south Hanford. In a recent election update, Ramirez is ahead by just 65 votes in the November 6 contest according to the Kings County Registrar of Voters on November 19. Although the department […]
A new round of legal salvos have been unleashed in the bankruptcy case of the Southern Inyo Healthcare District — both from Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA), the district’s former management partner, and the district itself. HCCA has claimed that the Southern Inyo district’s bankruptcy attorney, who previously represented both HCCA and the district, has an […]
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) could receive up to $1.8m from the Tulare Local Healthcare District in an agreement the district’s board will vote on tonight. If approved, the district’s former hospital management partner would release the Deed of Trust placed on Evolutions Fitness & Wellness Center, deem all promissory notes detailing debts to HCCA as […]
Absentee ballots some voters in Tulare County expected to receive ahead of the general election never arrived, and one voter says his name disappeared entirely from the county’s voting rolls. No Record Found Frank Hill, who has lived at and voted from the same address in Tulare for the last five years, says he grew […]
Hanford’s hot new company, Faraday Future (FF) recently met a build milestone by producing its first pre-production vehicle, the 1000 horsepower ultra-luxury FF 91. As a celebration, the Hanford plant opened its doors to futurists and demonstrated their newest creation with friends and family. Despite a small fire that occurred within the car during the […]
Seventy-five otherwise apparently sane individuals threw themselves off the eighth floor of the Visalia Marriott over the weekend, and raised more than $95,000 for the Source LGBT+ Center in the process. First Step’s a Doozy Despite having a pair of working elevators at their disposal, as well as a set of reliable stairs, dozens of […]