Tulare County News

Tulare county's Foodlink has partnered with the Children's Power Play Campaign for its "Power Up Your Summer! Challenge" aimed at encouraging kids to be active and eat healthy.

A Woodville man said he was threatened with a sawed-off shotgun after an argument Thursday night.

With California now unable to pay many of its bills, resorting instead to issuing billions of dollars worth of IOUs, banks and credit unions in Tulare County and across the state appear to be assuming what amounts to tens of millions of dollars in loans to assure that the state's creditors get paid.

Tulare County Fair entry catalogs and posters are available at a variety of locations.

Three gang members were arrested Wednesday in Sultana after they assaulted a 17-year-old boy with a baseball bat, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

Driving past the newly remodeled Visalia branch of the Tulare County Library on Wednesday, Cary Winslow was none too pleased with what he saw.

In return for a gold medal, Tulare County Deputy Gracie Johnson ran three miles and shot 24 rounds from a .357 python in 33 minutes.

Because of a $12.7 million shortfall that may grow even bigger, Tulare County could order week-long furloughs, seek concessions from union employees and dip into government reserves, officials say.

A all-terrain vehicle, or ATV, caught on fire and ignited a larger blaze that consumed an estimated $7,500 worth of grapevines Monday evening in Richgrove, Tulare County Fire Department firefighters reported.

A knife-wielding bandit took an undisclosed amount of cash from the SA Market in Earlimart Monday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department reported.

A 20-acre fire caused by a lightning strike in the Sequoia National Forest is being managed by 50 firefighters, a spokesman for the forest service said Friday.

One man was killed and another wounded near Earlimart early Saturday when a verbal dispute led to gunfire, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

More than 479 acres of agricultural land protected by the Williamson Act will no longer be preserved if the Tulare County Board of Supervisors approves a proposal at its Tuesday meeting.

A Tulare County Superior Court judge Wednesday upheld a jury's death sentence for Samuel "Sammy" Rivera, who in 2004 shot at a van full of farm laborers and killed a man.

Rochelle Mathews on Tuesday contacted Tulare County Sheriff's deputies regarding the vandalism of her car.

An unlicensed contractor already facing Tulare County felony charges was arrested in Chico today for allegedly resuming a paving scam that prosecutors say has victimized property owners across the state.

Tulare County Superior Court Judge Darryl Ferguson today imposed a 12 year prison sentence on 25 year old David Ayala of Visalia for assault with a firearm, multiple counts of transportation of narcotics, and evading a police officer.

A program through which cities and special districts receive advances on their share of property taxes will come to an end July 1. The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted to end the tax-advance plan at its Tuesday meeting.

A 37-year-old Porterville woman reported that DVDs, CDs and jewelry worth about $4,700 were taken from her home during the weekend, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department reported.

A new economic forecast indicates it may take a long time for Kern County to replace all the jobs is lost to the recession.