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In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. 10-year effort to fix Lovers Lane-198 interchange underway The overburdened Highway 198 interchange at Lovers Lane will finally be replaced, but the project to relieve the unending traffi...
Adventist Health Hanford welcomes the first baby of 2025
5 days ago · Adventist Health Hanford is thrilled to announce the arrival of the first baby of the New Year. Born at 6:57 a.m. on January 1, 2025, Amelia Jana Kangas made her debut, weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Proud parents Rachel and Jordan Kangas welcomed their healthy baby girl with hearts full of joy, marking a truly […]
Farmworker communities call “separate and unequal” regulation of ...
Nov 22, 2024 · The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released today a draft regulation of cancer-causing 1,3-dichloropropene (aka 1,3-D, brand name Telone) that addresses only “occupational bystanders” and relies on completely different assumptions of lifetime cancer risk exposure than the law regulating the same pesticide towards children and residents near agricultural fields. The draft has ...
Christmas Parades around the South Valley! - Valley Voice
Nov 25, 2024 · Friday, Nov. 29 – 6 p.m. – Hanford Christmas Parade “Season of Light” Downtown Hanford, 7th Street to Irwin Street to 8th Street to Douty Street. https://www ...
Deadline for Visalia’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest is Monday ...
Dec 1, 2024 · It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re celebrating with another ho-ho-home decorating contest! Deck the Home: Visalia’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest is back for 2024, and nominations are closing soon. Visalians still have to time to nominate themselves and submit their decorated home to the contest now through Monday, December 2. Visalians […]
Sierra View Medical Center - Welcoming the First Baby of 2025, …
5 days ago · Ringing in the new year is a little sweeter if you are on the fourth floor of Sierra View Medical Center celebrating the first baby of 2025. Samantha Garcia and Andres Guerra are the proud parents of our 2025 New Year’s Baby, Baby Amia. The facility’s first baby of 2025 was delivered just minutes after […]
Nonpayment lawsuits piling up against Toor Farming
Nov 7, 2024 · Robby Robinson, a beekeeper from Leonard, Texas, threw some clothes in his back pack, rustled up some food, kissed his wife goodbye early one October morning and headed to California. His goal was to ask Bitta Toor why he hadn’t been paid for his services. “I just wanted to talk to him face to face. […]
Kaweah Subbasin probationary hearing cancelled - Valley Voice
4 days ago · The Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MKGSA) has been given a reprieve to the possibility of the State Water Resources Control Board putting the basin on probation. The MKGSA is comprised of the City of Visalia, the City of Tulare and the Tulare Irrigation District. According to the State Water resources Control Board website, “The deadline […]
Valley Air District accepts $8.9m in federal funds for zero-emission ...
Dec 20, 2024 · The Valley Air District took action today to accept over $8.9 million in additional U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) funding to deploy 26 zero-emission, battery-electric Class 6 and 7 trucks and associated charging infrastructure. “Grant funds such as these highlight the District’s commitment to supporting Valley businesses and agencies in the transition to zero-emission […]
Parent: Demand better planning for overcrowding at Visalia …
Dec 5, 2024 · Visalia Unified School District is making changes to their boundaries. On December 3 rd, they held information meetings at two of the elementary schools that are the most affected by the boundary changes, Riverway Elementary and Global Learning Charter (GLC), formerly Fairview Elementary.Fairview transitioned to Global Learning Charter, a Public Charter School in the fall of 2017, when newly ...