A group of south Visalia citizens is ready to fight to the bitter end to keep a 17,000-square-foot, 24-hour gas station and car wash out of their neighborhood. When she attended a Planning Commission meeting last month, Visalia resident Robin Hernandez was surprised to find out the city was just one vote away from recommending […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors will meet this evening to discuss potential candidates to replace Linda Wilbourn’s vacated seat in the district’s Zone 5. The board will also meet to consider approving a flier to advertise a vacancy in Zone 1, the district of Richard Torrez, who recently resigned from the board. […]
The recall election date for Hanford City Council member Francisco Ramirez has been set for January 23, 2018. Ramirez was elected in District D in November, 2014. Hanford City Clerk Jennifer Gomez received the recall petition on August 21 with 1,062 signatures. The recall group needed 853. After verifying 864 signatures she presented the petition […]
Tulare Police Chief Wes Hensley was placed on paid administrative leave as of Wednesday, Sept. 27. The reasoning is being kept private as an outside investigation gets underway. “I am not to discuss this,” said Tulare City Manager, Joe Carlini. He added he has been told to refer people with questions to the city’s attorney. […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors has made it official: the district is in a financial crisis and will file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Kevin Northcraft, Senovia Gutierrez, and Mike Jamaica voted unanimously on the move at an emergency meeting declared and held on Friday, September 29. Richard Torrez resigned his position from the […]
This story has been updated to correct a quote — an anonymous employee said the revenue had declined over the last three years, not months. Employees of Tulare Regional Medical Center met at 8:30am with the hospital’s CEO, Dr. Benny Benzeevi, and CFO, Alan Germany, to discuss issues surrounding the beleaguered hospital. Shortly after that meeting […]
Richard Torrez has resigned from the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors, Board Chair Kevin Northcraft confirmed. “We were very appreciative of his support when he clarified and ratified the actions of the last three meetings of the new board, and we are happy he did come to the meeting for those things,” Northcraft […]
Members of the Tulare Local Healthcare District’s Board of Directors were caught completely unaware by news of HCCA’s inability to pay its employees Thursday. Kevin Northcraft, chair of the District’s Board, said Benzeevi and other high-level employees gave no indication they would be unable to cover the cost of their staff’s salaries during the most […]
More than 400 employees of the Tulare Local Health Care District did not receive their scheduled paychecks today, and those who have not walked out are scrounging for supplies to continue treating patients in their charge. Only 95 checks, all written to the District’s lowest-paid employees, were delivered on Thursday, September 28. The rest will […]
City of Visalia Mayor Warren Gubler has announced his candidacy for California State Assembly in the 2018 election. Gubler, a Republican, cites ineffective representation in Sacramento as the primary reason for seeking the Assembly District 26 seat. Gubler stated that Assemblyman Devon Mathis has become a “mere tool of the special interests and lobbyists.” “With […]