Visalia’s Macy’s store will live to see another day, according to Macy’s officials and news reports. CBS News reports Macy’s is closing three California locations in Southern California, but Visalia is not on the list. Stores in North Hollywood, San Diego and Santa Barbara are scheduled to close by the spring and summer of 2017. […]
While directors at the Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) turned a collective blind eye to their behavior, at least two of the District’s leaders worked to illegally remove the medical staff at Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC), says Michael Amir, an attorney representing the dispossessed Medical Executive Committee (MEC). The picture Amir paints is […]
There is only one lawmaker on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team who hails from west of the Mississippi. That person would be our own Congressman, Devin Nunes. The appointment to the transition team came out of Nunes’ and Trump’s several encounters during the presidential campaign. During the primary, Nunes reached out to all of the […]
It’s a New Year’s Day tradition for millions – watching the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game. And each year a million or more from all around the world converge in Pasadena to see one or both, up close and personal. When watching the parade this year, South Valley residents will want to pay […]
Former Tulare County Supervisor Phil Cox expressed his frustration with the Visalia City Council a little too bluntly over a hot microphone at the supervisors’ December 20 meeting. “I was at the [Visalia] City Council meeting last night,” , “and what a bunch of dumb asses.” The comments were captured in a recording of the […]
During the December 20 Tulare County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, District Attorney Tim Ward introduced the newest member of his team, a Golden Retriever. Made possible by the Phil Cline Victim’s Fund, the DA’s office acquired Fortune, a therapy dog, to give comfort to children who find themselves in the victims or witness division. Ward […]
Suncrest Bank today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Security First Bank in Fresno, CA. The acquisition, which was first announced on September 1st, 2016, was concluded following receipt of shareholder approval for the transaction from the shareholders of Security First Bank and all required regulatory approvals. As of September 30, 2016, Suncrest […]
At the Visalia City Council special session on Friday, December 16, the council members said goodbye to one colleague and ushered in a new mayor. Not a dry eye was to be seen as each council member expressed gratitude for the time they spent with Councilmember Amy Shuklian. Mayor Steve Nelsen said that he admired […]
After thirty-six years of service in various capacities at Kaweah Delta, including over sixteen years as Chief Executive Officer, Lindsay Mann and his wife Lesa Mann have received an unanticipated call from the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) to serve as the Mission President and his companion, respectively, […]
Carlton Jones says being Tulare’s first Black mayor isn’t important to him as it will be to that city’s future Black mayors. “When you want to be something, if you can see that it’s doable, then you’ll understand why it’s important to be the first,” Jones said as he awaited his swearing-in. “What’s more important […]