Visalia’s newly formed Evolution Team presented its progress during the city council work session on September 4. Spokesperson Laurissa Roggenkamp told the council that when it initially got together the goal was to develop an outreach plan for recruiting and economic development. But it soon realized it first needed a new vision for a growing […]
This year, some high school students chose to leave football games and ASB behind in exchange for more academics and higher education. University Preparatory High School (UPHS) is a small charter school nestled away on the west side of College of the Sequoias in Visalia. It serves around 250 students and provides a more direct, […]
The Visalia City Council will be holding a special meeting to appoint incumbents Greg Collins, District 4, and Steve Nelsen, District 5, for the term ending in November, 2022. No other resident in Visalia filed to run for the city council in either of these districts for the November 6, 2018 election. The appointments may […]
The verdict is in, everyone wants an Aquatic Center and confidence is high that grant money and naming rights could pay for most of the facility’s construction. The fly in the ointment is the likely $600,000-a-year tab for maintenance that grants don’t cover. The Aquatic Wellness Center Working Group, formed to research the feasibility of […]
According to the 2018 Visalia Public Opinion Survey, 89% of respondents said that Visalia’s quality of life is average to high. While average is not a stellar review, only 11% said it was low or very low but 42% that said the quality of life is high to very high. The majority of respondents to […]
With triple-digit heat promised by Saturday afternoon, July 28, the Assistance League Visalia members got an early start and were working fast. Two dozen or so of them–most of them women with a few eager children all gathered around long tables inside a cramped and dusty warehouse near Goshen–completed the largest part of the morning’s […]
On Friday, July 27th, busses filled with people from all over the state poured into Mooney Grove Park to kickoff the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Coalition to help elect progressive candidates to office. SEIU Local 2015, a care-provider union, partnered with the Central Labor Council (CLC), which is essentially “a union of unions” as […]
Just like Cinderella at Prince Charming’s ball, the clock is ticking toward midnight for the Enchanted Playhouse Theater Company. In a twist that could have come directly from one of the Playhouse’s melodramas, the Visalia City Council has granted the group 90 days to come up with a plan to purchase their longtime home, the […]
Visalia mom, community advocate, and local volunteer Merritt Wiseman has formally entered the race for Visalia City Council, District 3. Merritt is running to replace Warren Gubler, who is not seeking reelection in the November election. Merritt graduated from Fresno State University in 1991 and moved to Visalia in 2005. She worked in pharmaceutical sales […]
Kaweah Delta will host an open house on Wednesday, July 25, for its second urgent care in Visalia. Set to open this fall this second Kaweah Delta Urgent Care will help serve the healthcare needs of the community and reduce overcrowding in one of the busiest emergency departments in the state. “This is just one […]