Orosi News

U.S. Department of Justice, Tampa Law Enforcement Officials to Open National Community Capacity Development Conference Representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs and Tampa-area law enforcement will open the Department's Community Capacity Development Office's national conference on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, ...

A nearly two-year-old program aimed at cutting down on crime and boosting youth involvement and community aid in Cutler and Orosi has earned national recognition.

BY GERALD CARROLL A grass fire that burned 35 acres of a cattle ranch east of Orosi on Thursday failed to catch the owners by surprise.

A 33-year-old Reedley man was booked on auto theft and drug counts Thursday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

Firefighters are close to containing a wildfire east of Orosi which had grown to about 30-acres by 2 p.m., less than two hours after it was first reported.

Under the experienced direction of manager Karen Wetzel Schott, the Thousand Oaks farmers market is one of the two largest and best in Ventura County, along with Ventura Saturday.

Board members for the Orosi Public Utilities District are rebutting what they call an unfair grand jury report accusing them of violating the spirit of open-meetings laws.

Michael Jackson's concerts always were difficult to get tickets to, but that's nothing compared to the pop star's memorial service.

A 33-year-old Reedley man was booked on auto theft and drug charges Thursday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

Forecast: Heat wave to peak today BY GERALD CARROLL * gcarroll@visalia.gannett.com * June 29, 2009 While some Tulare County communities saw 106-degree highs on Sunday, Visalia caught a relative break at least at the official weather station.

Tulare County Sheriff's Department detectives Thursday made a second arrest in connection a May 29 shooting into an inhabited Cutler home.

Several community service organizations are partnering up to bring refurbished, low-cost computers to Cutler-Orosi residents at two computer fairs this week.

A registered sex offender who had been deported from the United States was arrested Monday in Orosi, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

A Goshen man was stabbed during an argument in Orosi on Sunday. The victim, Jesus Cardenas, 26, said he was arguing with a man he didn't know when it turned into physical confrontation.

An Orosi girl's lip was cut open Wednesday when she was hit by a thrown nectarine in what Tulare County sheriff's deputies are calling a case of suspected battery.

When the wind blasted open the door on her mobile home last week, Donna Douglas thought of the monster tornado in the "Wizard of Oz." "I was expecting to see the witch flying by," said Douglas of Orosi.

He may have lost his bid for Mayor of Fresno last year, but Fresno City Council Member Henry T. Perea is already planning his next political move.

Tulare County Sheriff's deputies conducting a shoplifting detail at the Orosi Flea Market arrested a man and 15-year-old boy.

OROSI - Strong winds from a summer thunderstorm severely damaged at least four mobile homes and destroyed a park swimming pool's solar heating system Thursday night at a mobile-home park, witnesses said.

The apparent defeat of five of six budget-related state propositions Tuesday will cost Tulare County an 8 percent reduction in general-fund operating revenue, said Rita Woodard, auditor-controller-tax collector for the county.