The state of Mooney Grove Park seems to have become a hot potato no one in county government wants to handle for fear of being burned. The number of public complaints about the declining state of the county-maintained park – where benches lie broken, ponds are choked with decay, and trees are dying, if not […]
Authorities have closed the books on half a dozen unsolved murders in Tulare County dating back as far as 1980, and the man responsible will spend the rest of his life behind bars. On October 6, Jose Manuel Martinez, 53, also known as the Black Hand or El Mano Negro, plead guilty in Tulare County […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted at their October 6 meeting to join with Fresno, Madera, Merced, and Kings Counties to form a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to apply for water bond money to build Temperance Flat Dam. The JPA will ultimately have 11 members including two from Valley cities, members from two irrigation […]
Jean Rousseau, Tulare County’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for eight years, has resigned to accept an offer from Fresno County. Fresno County officials announced October 1 that Rousseau had accepted a job to become their CAO. Rousseau will be replacing Fresno County’s current CAO, John Navarrette, who has been on the job for 31 years. […]
The Central Valley has a slavery problem of which most residents are unaware. It is a center for human trafficking, much of it focused on the sex trade, but now an effort is underway in Tulare County to change that. Centrally located in the state with an entrenched criminal element and a high population of […]
More bike lanes and better walking conditions may be in the future for some areas of the county with the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) moving into the second phase of its planning project, Walk ‘n Bike Tulare County. Last June, TCAG adopted a new plan to seek transportation funding for cities and around […]
After several months of holding public meetings on the now adopted Ordinances, Tulare County Animal Services staff are releasing their new name as they get down to the business of caring for animals and serving community residents, recruiting adoptive and foster families, reaching out to community partners for a greater level of collaboration, and embarking […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors has officially established Step Up as a formal advisory committee. In doing so, the Step Up Committee will solidify the future of the program which seeks to address issues that affect all youth in Tulare County. More specifically, the committee’s focus is to redirect youth from truancy, suspension and […]
Tulare County residents will be driving more like their European counterparts next spring, when a trio of roundabouts now under construction make their debuts in Farmersville and Woodlake. In Woodlake, drivers can expect delays through the autumn and winter months at Naranjo Boulevard and Valencia Avenue while work continues at the city’s busiest intersection. Construction […]
Daniel Lawrence spent a year living on the streets of Tulare, and what he experienced is helping drive a movement to protect the rights of indigent people in the South Valley. The Union of Hope, a newly-formed group championing the plight of the homeless, hopes to become both a guardian of their rights and see […]