Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) will be holding its regular meeting tomorrow at 9:15 and several members of the public have expressed a desire to attend and address the board. According to Tulare County Public Information Officer Tammie Weyker-Adkins, there was a request from the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to reach out to the […]
A Press Release from the City of Tulare Both the City of Tulare and the Tulare Local Hospital District are pleased to announce that, as of June 18, 2020, the line of credit provided to help the district rebuild has been paid in full, with interest. In December, 2018, the Tulare Local Health Care District […]
On March 27th the family of Jessica Martin arrived at the Tulare Public Cemetery to say their final goodbyes. What they got instead were orders to stay in their cars and watched in horror as Office Manager Leonor Castaneda and four groundskeepers almost dropped the young woman’s casket. No policy exists at the Tulare Public […]
Tulare’s Evolutions Gym opened May 26 while Kaweah Delta’s Lifestyle Center announced it was staying closed. According to its press release, “The Lifestyle Center…announced today that it will not re-open until the State gives fitness facilities the green light to open amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHD) co-owners of Evolutions, had the […]
Tulare’s hospital has new leadership with a checkered past. In a surprising move, Randy Dodd, Tulare Adventist’s president, resigned his position effective May 15. Despite the apparently amicable parting of the ways, rumors that reached the Tulare Local Health Care District’s (TLHCD) Board of Directors hinted Dodd had been fired. Adventist Health Central Valley Network […]
Citizens of Tulare are finally getting a look at the details of a pair of altercations between one of their city councilmen and a high-ranking officer of the Tulare Police Department. Hostile Work Environment Following a pair of hostile interactions between Councilman Carlton Jones and TPD Lt. Jarod Boatman during city council meetings on […]
Anyone who has suffered the pain of losing a loved one during the corona virus has also had to go through the pain of not being able to have a traditional funeral or graveside service. To cope, many families have postponed the funeral. But bodies can’t wait until the country decides to open up to […]
A Message from Randy Dodd, President, Adventist Health Tulare Walk through our hospitals, and you’ll notice something: silence. Our hospital corridors, usually bustling with caregivers and patients, have been unusually empty these past few weeks. Many of the beds in our inpatient units have gone unfilled. The number of patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes […]
The Tulare Public Cemetery District held an in-person meeting April 23 at its district office. The meeting took place despite the fact that two trustees and some members of the public requested that the meeting be canceled unless the district provided for remote participation. With the board members sitting under an outside arbor at separate […]
To comply with state and local stay at home orders, every public meeting in Tulare County has been held online or canceled. Smaller public boards such as irrigation districts or cemeteries are only required to meet once a quarter and many of those have rescheduled their meetings to June. Not the Tulare Public Cemetery District. […]