Visalia's oldest coffee club sips its lastWhen national TV reporters need to interview the heartland, they go to Iowa or Missouri and stop in at a small-town coffee shop and interview the guys meeting for coffee. And it's usually guys.
S. Valley power line foes picking up steamThe ad hoc group opposed to Southern California Edison's proposed high-voltage transmission lines from Lemon Cove to Visalia now has 500 members, said George McEwen, who helped start Protect Agriculture, Communities and the Environment.
Call reveals political realities in TulareOn the night of the June 3 primary, 34th Assembly District candidate Connie Conway of Tulare got a phone call from Assembly Speaker Karen Bass.
Tulare Co. loses bid to buy stretch of railroadTulare County supervisors got word this week that the county lost out to a competitor in its bid to buy 30 miles of railroad from Strathmore to Ducor.
Lemoore air station official gets new dutyFor the media, spokesman Dennis McGrath at Lemoore Naval Air Station has long been the "go-to guy" for news about fighter jets, deployments, changes of command, Chief of Naval Operations visits and what-have-you.
Visalians head to Sudan to check on well drilling projectA group of young Visalia adults will travel to southern Sudan next week to check on a well-drilling project, bring medicine to villagers and play soccer with schoolchildren.
Visalia's new sports park is hot propertyThe opening next month of the Visalia Riverway Sports Park is creating a land rush for playing fields.