In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Caltrans finally untangling traffic knot at 198 & Lovers Lane Preliminary work by Caltrans to reroute traffic exiting Highway 198 at Lovers Lane (State Route 216) has begun, reports Visalia ...

Sep 5, 2024 · The Visalia Navigation Center – the city’s first low-barrier homeless shelter and resource center – is just weeks away from opening its doors. The center will finally open its doors at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 4. It’s a grand opening years in the making. A Community-Wide Effort for Adequate Housing It took the […]

Dec 10, 2024 · Despite the best arguments of the residents and owner of the Westlake Village Mobile Park, the Visalia City Council denied their attempts to derail construction of a 28-pump gas station and car wash 160 feet from their homes. The 3-2 decision to ratify the previous decision of the city’s Planning Commission came during a meeting […]

Oct 31, 2024 · This is an excellent piece filled with valid working knowledge not heresay and prejudical talking points. The space age robotic world that DW speaks of taking place in the future has nothing to do with the here and now and only feeds and encourage a pessimistic view for all the pessimists out there who find no value in seeking a viable working solution in fixing immigration.This Republic and ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Five nonpayment lawsuits were filed against Toor Farming this year, and after The Valley Voice broke the story on November 6, three of them were dropped by the companies who sued Toor Farming – presumably because the farming company paid its debts or set up arrangements to do so.. Robby Robinson and his wife, Brandy. Courtesy photo. Beekeeper Robby Robinson told the Voice in November that he ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement in response to Customs and Border Patrol activity in the Central Valley: “I am the daughter of immigrants and married to an immigrant, and I can’t help but feel the weight of the fear and uncertainty gripping so many individuals, children, and families right now. For those […]

Nov 22, 2024 · 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 […]

Sep 30, 2024 · Here is your guide to Art Shows, Theater, Museums and all the fun events happening in Tulare and Kings Counties! Community theater. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock” runs Sept. 27-Oct. 12 at Encore Theatre, 324 South N St., Tulare. About a failed rock star who turns a school class into a guitar-shredding, mind-blowing rock band.

Dec 6, 2024 · Terry Ommen is Visalia’s preeminent historian, and each year he selects a topic in local history to discuss in the monthly forum, “Tulare County Voices at 210.” This year’s subject is “The Butterfield Overland Stage: Tulare County’s Link to the Outside World.” The forum is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 210 W. Center […]

Jan 13, 2025 · Air quality affects everybody, and the state of the air in the southern San Joaquin Valley holds dire consequences for everyone who lives here. How bad is it? Levels of microscopic particles in the air, levels of ozone, methane and other gases and the constant spewing of noxious compounds into the atmosphere make this among […]