A press release from Rudy Salas for Congress A new poll in the race for California’s 22nd Congressional District shows incumbent Republican David Valadao trailing Democrat Assemblyman Rudy Salas by eight points and earning only 35% of the vote – a dangerous position for any incumbent. The poll was conducted by David Binder Research and […]
Sequoia Riverlands Trust (SRT) continuously seeks to increase the effectiveness and diversity of its Board of Directors. The Visalia-based SRT is recruiting three additional members for approval at its annual meeting in December 2022. Sequoia Riverlands Trust is a Land Trust Alliance accredited regional nonprofit land trust serving the Southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin […]
A press release by Villegas for VUSD Dr. Randy Villegas has officially pulled papers and will be on the ballot this November, running to represent Visalia Unified School District area 6. The son of immigrants from Mexico, Dr. Randy Villegas was raised in the Central Valley and is proud to call Visalia home. A product […]
Of the 920,000 Californians served by failing water systems, the majority are in the Central Valley. Nearly 240 water systems have been failing for three years or more, and more than 150 have been failing for five years. This a statement made July 26 from the State Auditor followed by an immediate response from State […]
The State Water Resources Control Board, in coordination with Tulare County, advises caution for anyone who boats, fishes or swims in the Kaweah River, where potentially toxic algal mats were recently discovered. Because children and dogs are most susceptible to serious health impacts, it is recommended they avoid touching any suspicious-looking algal material found in the […]
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office and the Tulare County District Attorney’s office have been accused of giving preferential treatment to two major political donors, Casey and Morris Tharp, owners of EM Tharp Inc. EM Tharp Inc. is a family owned trucking business operating in Porterville since 1935. Kevin Rooney, of the Hammerschmidt Law Corporation, represents […]
Demolition last year of Visalia’s first apartment building, the Odell-Mor, kicked off efforts to change the city’s municipal code so Visalia won’t lose even more parts of its history. The Visalia City Council directed the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee to revise the Historic Preservation District Ordinance to protect historic structures and sites from future destruction […]
A non-profit organization based in the Central Valley is making life better for the people of Tulare County and the surrounding areas. The Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) was created in 2002 by its namesake, who worked with Cesar Chavez to found the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta is famous for her efforts to improve life […]
Hospitals in Kings and Tulare counties are bleeding money in the wake of the COVID pandemic, with the area’s major healthcare providers – Adventist Health, Kaweah Health and Sierra View Medical Center – all operating well into the red in 2023, according to publicly available budget data. The local trend is very much in line […]
A press release from the Tulare County District Attorney’s office District Attorney Tim Ward has announced the launch of a cold case website in an effort to shine new light on unsolved Tulare County homicides. “In 2019, we created the Cold Case Homicide Unit to assist allied law enforcement agencies in their efforts to bring […]