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The construction race is on for the Dollar General store being built on Tulare's west side.

Fire personnel responded to a reported building fire. Upon arrival, fire personnel found a single story double wide mobile residential building.

In his Earlimart, Calif., barber shop on Thursday, April 10, 2014, Joe Cardona shows the clipping that he tore out of The Fresno Bee this week of the story of alleged contract killer Jose Manuel Martinez.

The District Attorney's office announced in court Friday that it intends to seek the death penalty against the men accused of murdering a 33-year-old Beaumont man following a carjacking in Yucca Valley.

To promote the importance of good mental health, the Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency has organized a number of events for residents, including: * Art show: "Expressions of Lived Experience" art show, 4:30 p.m. May 2, MyVoice Media Center, 400 N. Church St., Visalia; the exhibit continues through May 28. * Children's art show: 4 ... (more)

Here are some of the events planned: * Friday -- Expressions of Lived Experience Art Show and Art Walk, 4:30-8 p.m. at the Arts Consortium My Voice Media Center, 400 N. Church St. in Visalia.

Fire personnel responded to a reported vehicle fire. Upon arrival, fire personnel found one vehicle fully involved in a driveway.

The blaze was reported at 4:11 p.m. in in the 400 block of East Center Avenue. When firefighters arrived they saw light smoke at the front door.

In Tulare County, the average man earns $26,384 and the average woman earns $18,501.

Visalia The Visalia Planning Commission will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers, 707 W. Acequia Ave. Tulare Tulare Commissioners will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers, 491 North M. St.

Residents are invited to stop by and speak with Vidak, R-Hanford, about issues affecting the 16th Senate District and the state.

A 20-year-old Earlimart man died from a gunshot wound on Friday after a friend mishandled a gun and fired off a shot, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

A second suspect has been charged in the May 27 death of an Orosi man, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.

The crashed Peterbilt truck completely blocked all lanes of northbound Highway 99 near Paige Avenue in Tulare around 4:30 p.m. Friday and spilled material into the roadway, California Highway Patrol said.

Officers from a Tulare County auto theft task force arrested three men Tuesday on suspicion of operating a chop shop at 709 E. Tulare St. in Earlimart.

Much has been written to explain the dismal turnout in June's primary: the irrelevance of politics today; any understanding of why down-ballot candidates matter and their lack of money to tell voters why; Gov. Jerry Brown's expected blowout; the lack of minority voters' interest in off-year elections; and even the new top-two primary system.

John Hurt, 93, and his wife Treva, 89, pose for a portrait as paintings of the couple dating back to when John turned 50 hang over their mantle, and a newly created invitation to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary, left, showcase their wedding day in 1944 in their home on Thursday Aug. 14, 2014 in Sacramento, Calif.

Question: I'm helping my daughter-in-law research the history of Kappa Kappa Gamma's local chapter for its 60th anniversary.

A man was found dead of an apparent homicide early Monday morning in Earlimart, Tulare County Sheriff's officials said.

About 6:15 a.m., a 31-year-old man from Strathmore and his passenger, a 30-year-old man from Porterville, were driving west on Avenue 24 in a 1995 Acura, the California Highway Patrol said. The driver stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of Road 160, but for an unknown reason, drove into the intersection which does not have a stop sign for traffic going the other direction.

West Tulare's Dollar General to open in mid-summer

Tulare County fire incident report

'Mano Negra' -- confessed Valley contract killer was known, feared, but invisible

Death Penaly Sought in Yucca Valley Carjacking-Murder

Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness events planned in Tulare County

Tulare County fire incident report

Fire inflicts minor damage on Earlimart home

Where's the gap?

Access to public officials, business

State Sen. Vidak plans stops in Dinuba, Earlimart

Earlimart man dies when friend mishandles gun as they drank

Second Earlimart man charged in Orosi murder

Crash of two semi-trucks in Tulare blocks Highway 99

Three men arrested at chop shop by Tulare Co. auto theft task force

Viewpoints: Election turnout low because campaigns don't respect voters

Sacramento couple celebrates 70th wedding anniversary

Ask Me: KKG sorority's first house was on Fulton Street in Fresno

Homicide victim found in Earlimart front yard

2 killed in crash southeast of Earlimart