Tulare News

Police Chief Jerry Galvin's future in Coalinga likely hinges on a referendum that will go before city voters on Feb.

Kane - To Ashlee Spears-Kane and Eric Kane of Porterville on Nov. 5, a girl, 7 lbs., 4 oz.

Seven passengers and a driver escaped injury when a bus caught fire en route from Tulare to College of the Sequoias in Visalia on Thursday.

City officials picked 12 incumbents and five new applicants to fill positions on boards and commissions.

Sixth-graders through high school seniors are invited to bring their parents to an informational meeting to discuss a Feb.

A demonstration by Bakersfield artist Art Sherwyn will follow the general meeting of the Tulare Palette Club at 7 p.m. Friday at the Tulare Historical Museum, 444 W. Tulare Ave., Tulare.

A man shot to death early Sunday in Tulare has been identified as 39-year-old Richard Valdez, police said Wednesday.

A federal civil rights lawsuit is expected to be filed against Porterville police Detective Chris McGuire and his department in connection with the fatal Oct.

More than 1 in 5 Tulare County children lived in poverty in 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday.

Roger Hill, Tulare's police chief since 1981, has announced his retirement. Dec. 18 will be the last day for Hill, who began serving Tulare as an officer in 1969.

TULARE - As police continued their investigation of the Sunday morning shooting that took the life of Richard Valdez, 39, relatives and friends Tuesday organized a series of carwashes to cover his funeral expenses.

Roger Hill is retiring from the Tulare Police Department where he has served as chief for 28 years, longer than anyone in the department's 85-year history.

Tulare Regional Medical Center has received shipment of 5,000 doses of Pandemic Flu H1N1 vaccines.

Visalia police are investigating a shooting Monday that hospitalized a 22-year-old man.

Tulare County Sheriff's Deputies began work Monday morning clearing some three dozen homeless people from an encampment, northeast of Visalia.

Plans for a 97-unit residential development in northwest Tulare received city approval this month - a reversal of a decision made in September.

Tulare Police are searching for a missing man, who they believe disappeared amid suspicious circumstances.

More H1N1 Vaccine clinics are being offered across the valley on Monday. In Fresno County vaccines are available at Washington Union High School in Easton until 3 p.m.. The school is located at 6041 South Elm Ave in Fresno.

Tulare police Sunday arrested Jesus Arrellano Aleman, 20, of Tulare in connection with the fatal shooting of Mireya Rodriguez, 15, on Saturday afternoon on the 100 block of West Owens Avenue.

Fourteen Portuguese marching bands will perform in Tulare this weekend during a celebration of music and culture.