Winter wonderland school
Sixth grade students from Visalia, Dinuba and Earlimart spending the week at SCICON, Tulare County's outdoor school of science and conservation located on 1,100 acres above Springville, awoke to a...
View ArticleCBP Officers at Imperial Valley Ports Seize Narcotics and Firearms over Weekend
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Calexico and Andrade ports of entry made four significant seizures over the weekend involving hard narcotics, firearms and ammunition.
View ArticleTulare County farmers, cities set to deal water shortages
The gray clouds Wednesday over his almond farm west of Tulare were a welcome sight to Anil Gupta.
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Berryhill will be based out of the firm's Fresno and Clovis office locations. The firm has offices in Fresno, Clovis, Visalia, Bakersfield, Modesto and Los Banos.
View ArticleMobile home destroyed by fire near Earlimart
Tulare County firefighters responded just after 7 p.m. to an orchard in the 10400 block of Avenue 56 in Earlimart.
View ArticleWasco Resident Nabs Two Suspected Burglars
On Friday, authorities say a woman interrupted a burglary in progress in the 900 block of First Street in Wasco.
View ArticleHalf-built home in Earlimart burns to the ground
Officials with the Tulare County Sheriff's Department are investigating a fire that occurred Monday morning in the small south county community of Earlimart.
View ArticleSupervisors delay closure of transfer stations
On Tuesday, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors is expected to approving moving back the closure of the Earlimart and Kennedy Meadows Transfer Stations to July 31.
View ArticleTulare County farmers' water cut even more
The tough water year Gamdur Gill was expecting is getting worse. Gill, who grows almonds and grapes on his farms south of Earlimart, heard the news last week that spring and summer water allotments for...
View ArticleMan killed in San Bernardino CHP shootout identified
A homicide suspect who was shot and killed by law enforcement in San Bernardino has been identified as a Central California resident.
View ArticleYucca Valley Murder-Carjacking Suspect Arraigned
CARJACKING SUSPECT ARRAIGNED The surviving suspect of a murder and attempted car jacking in Yucca Valley earlier this month, was arraigned in a San Bernardino court Monday.
View ArticleMexican national sentenced to 12 years for meth distribution
Nelson Fernando Garcia-Soto, 39, was sentenced Friday to 148 months in prison for possession and intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
View ArticleBureau of Reclamation selects recipients for groundwater banking funding
The Bureau of Reclamation announced selected four groundwater banking projects that will receive an estimated $12.7 million in cost-share funding under Part III of the San Joaquin River Restoration...
View ArticleJohn Lindt: Tulare County unemployment rate drops to 12 percent
Led by manufacturing jobs, the unemployment rate in the Tulare County was 12 percent in May 2013, down from a revised 13.6 percent in April 2013, and below the year-ago estimate of 14.8 percent.
View Article9 arrested in Earlimart for selling counterfeit CD's, DVD's
Nine people were arrested at the Earlimart flea market for selling counterfeit music CDs and DVD movies, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said Monday.
View ArticleMusic, Movie Pirating: Tulare County Cracks Down
More than $150,000 in counterfeit music and movies were seized from a rural Tulare County flea market on Monday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleReal estate log: Earlimart to get first large retail project
The Real Estate Log is taking a trip down Highway 99 this week for a look at the residential and commercial market in the South Valley.
View ArticleBicyclist injured in collision south of Earlimart
The collision happened shortly before 7 a.m. in the area of Avenue 24 and Highway 99, according to the Tulare County Fire Department.
View ArticleJohn Lindt: Housing recovery continues in Visalia
In June, the city permitted 34 new homes, compared to 28 for June 2012. The increase puts the city on pace to do more than 320 new homes this year, the best year since 2010.
View ArticleDeputies searching for Richgrove copper wire thieves
Sometime between Monday and Tuesday, subjects broke into a Richgrove storage facility and stole thousands of dollars worth of tools, copper wire and electrical equipment.
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