Community Services Employment Training (CSET) is recruiting local volunteers to assist with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA provides tax preparation and electronic filing services at no cost to Tulare County households with less than $67,000 annual income. Last season, VITA preparers helped file 3,898 tax returns for low- and moderate-income residents, returning […]
Allegiant announced today new nonstop seasonal service between Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) and Portland International Airport (PDX) in summer 2025. Operating on Sundays and Thursdays beginning May 22 through mid-August 2025, this new service provided by Allegiant adds more nonstop flight options between FAT and PDX. Visitors to Portland, Oregon can experience the city’s […]
In 1858, when Visalia was about six years old, the tiny settlement welcomed a transportation feature that would transform Visalia, California, and indeed the nation – the Butterfield Overland Stage. The Overland Stage Line would be one of the first successful attempts to connect the East Coast of the United States with the nation’s new […]
Mission has always been what 210 has been about. Just with a cup of joe. But the leadership at First Presbyterian Church in Visalia, which owns 210 W. Center Ave., has decided that its experiment in combining faith, fellowship and a hot cup of java, had become too expensive to continue. Something had to give. […]
Short-term rentals – so-called AirBnBs – are apparently still causing chaos in Visalia, and City Hall aims to bring scofflaw landlords to heel. They’re going after their pocketbooks. Almost No Compliance with New Code Just about this time last year, the Visalia City Council revamped the city’s zoning rules in an effort to bring […]
Attorneys for FPA Women’s Health, a chain of clinics providing family planning and abortion services, have responded to a lawsuit attempting to close their newly-opened Tulare clinic at 1068 N. Cherry. The Tulare Medical Center Property Owners’ Association, which governs the Tulare Medical Center complex where FPA is leasing its clinic space, filed suit at […]
Former Tulare hospital executive Dr. Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi will avoid jail time and serve 463 days of probation in Los Angeles County after pleading no contest to six felonies and two misdemeanors. The charges stemmed from acts undertaken when he and his company, Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, managed Tulare Regional Medical Center and the Southern Inyo […]
With the vote count across California’s Twenty Second Congressional District nearly complete, it is clear voters have spoken and Congressman David G. Valadao will be reelected to continue serving the Central Valley in Congress. “The Central Valley is my home, and I am once again humbled by the Central Valley’s support and faith in me. […]
The Porterville Barn Theater is thrilled to announce the upcoming production of “Ms. Scrooge”; the story follows Eliza Scrooge, the owner of a fashion design office who has a vicious temper and an extreme dislike for Christmas. Over the course of one Christmas Eve, Eliza is visited by her old partner and three spirits who […]
The Tulare County Museum will hold their fifth annual Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. The event aims to connect local students with the community, and the community with the country. Tulare County schools have been invited to participate in a project set forth by the Tulare County Museum. “This […]