Porterville News

Forty-one-year-old Tonya Huff died over the weekend from burns she suffered in the February fire in Porterville.

Two Porterville were sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 murder of Samuel Guzman, 20, also of Porterville.

Sierra Bancorp, the Porterville-based parent company of Bank of the Sierra, reported a profit of $4.2 million, or 30 cents per share, for the second quarter of the year.

It's believed to be the first jail to break ground under phase two of AB900, the jail construction law of 2007.

The largest banking company based in the central San Joaquin Valley is about to grow bigger with the purchase of a Southern California bank.

Zachary Janoko, 27, was arrested Tuesday after a two-week investigation by the Tulare County Sheriff's Department, the Tule River Fire Department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

As of today, July 15, 2014, the N ational Weather Service has issued warnings for heavy rain at times in the Stanislaus National Forest, and the Stanislaus National Forest website has reported lightning caused fires are occurring due to the thunderstorms which have been rolling across the area.

A 32-year-old Porterville man shot himself in the head just after midnight Sunday when the gun he was handling discharged, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

The crash happened at Westfield Avenue and Westwood Street about 5:15 a.m. when 20-year-old Juan Ahumada ran a stop sign as he headed north.

Anne Magana, manager of the Consolidated Waste Management Authority in Tulare County, demonstrates how to use a medical sharps disposal kiosk on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

The retired barber washed his tractor every night and parked it in the garage, a source of gentle amusement to the veteran growers around him.

Fireworks displays, like this one at the Freedom Festival in Porterville, Calif., are beautiful but the sound is terrifying for pets.

Porterville, California ambient experimental post-rock and spoken-word band Hotel Books have signed with Ohio independent label InVogue Records .

Carmen Almanza gets a bucket of water to flush her toilet. The well went dry at the Almanza home in April.

Porterville City Council Member Pete McCracken -- who loved dancing and fine food -- died Saturday at Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville.