Porterville News

Jacob Peter Flores from Porterville was found by Tulare County sheriff's deputies dead in his car after it collided with a tree in front of a house in the 1400 block of North Lime Street.

A battle is brewing between the city of Visalia and Tulare County with the Board of Supervisors poised to approve the processing of a general plan amendment for a 900,000-square-foot highway commercial and retail center at the southeast corner of Caldwell Avenue and Highway 99. The board will take up the proposal filed by landowner William Travis ... (more)

"Oh yeah it surprised me. It was pretty neat, my kids were in school at that time it was different," Steve Guiterrez from Fresno said.

Many of us host out-of-town family or friends over the holidays, and the inevitable question always arises -- what shall we all do today? You can always take them shopping, of course, or to the movies, but here's a better idea.

The award, established in memory of a clinician who served FHCN for 30 years, honors those who serve residents in underserved communities of Tulare County.

Icicles hang off oranges as growers use water to help keep the orchard warm during freezing weather on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Del Rey, Calif.

Jacob Peter Flores, 33, was found unresponsive about 9:30 p.m. Sunday inside the car.

The Porterville Library is a wonderful thing; especially when Santa is involved.

Deputies were called to the 200 block of Baxley Street around 10:55 p.m. regarding a gunshot victim.

There are many, many people throughout the United States who are in medical need of stem-cell transplants after other cancer therapies have failed.

Get your No Shave November mustaches and beards nice and primp for this Saturday's first-ever Stache Dash at Fresno State.

An additional 234 square miles in Tulare and Kern Counties have been placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid following the detection of three psyllids near Exeter, Lemon Cove and the unincorporated area southeast of Porterville in Tulare county.

Santa Cruz and Watsonville both chose new mayors this month. The cities do not elect their mayors with popular elections; instead, the city councils vote who should serve the one-year term.

Records show investigations by California state regulators and local police into a beating at the Porterville Developmental Center in 2010 - in which witnesses reported nursing assistant Erik Hansen allegedly stomping a patient unconscious - were beset by lengthy delays and shoddy work.

"The Sounds of the Season" is annual Christmas concert presented by Sierra Vocal Arts Ensemble, 3 p.m. Dec. 8 at First United Methodist Church, Church Sanctuary, 344 E. Morton Ave., Porterville.

Los Angeles developer Dave Paynter has had good success developing some 2.5 million square feet of shopping space in the state.

Adelfa Tinoco Martinez's fixed up her modest two-bedroom house in Lindsay by adding tile to the floors and raising the roof more than a foot.

A 30-year-old Watsonville man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in prison after he pleaded no contest to killing his wife, the Porterville Recorder reported.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program helps people in households that make less than $50,000 a year to prepare their taxes.

Tulare County Superior Court Judge Glade Roper points to the creation of drug court as the highlight of a 24-year career on the bench.