Crowd Whipped Into A Frenzy. On Wednesday night, the President’s Own United States Marine Band produced a colorful and patriotic performance underscored by brass notes punctuating rapidly paced reeds and roaring percussion to pieces arranged by some of the nation’s most well known composers. The audience, housed in the Frank “Buck” Shaffer Theatre was pleased, [...]
Local Tulare County Professor Professor Robin McGehee is co-Director of the event, streaming now. Porterville City Council, watch what you have wrought! RT @unitethefight: Coverage of National Equality March has started on C-SPAN!! http://ow.ly/tPlt #NEM C-SPAN Live Stream – C-SPAN C-SPAN offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN also offers [...]
I guess Glen Faison, the current editor is moving on. Can’t say as I blame him. This job opening from Monster just now came across my desk Editor – Porterville RecorderAbout the JobThe Porterville Recorder, a 9,500 daily newspaper serving the central California valley, is seeking an experienced Editor to lead our 10-person team in [...]
Download the Porterville General Plan Update here. Earlier today I was looking for the Porterville City General Plan. It is difficult to find on the City’s own web site. Thanks to the City Officials who helped me find this important document, which cover’s the City’s vision of itself looking out to 2030. Here is the [...]
PRESS RELEASE July 29, 2009 Porterville, CA Continues to drain city resources and reputation Former Mayor and current Councilmember Cameron Hamilton is scheduled to introduce a resolution asking the Council to condemn same sex marriage, this time using Mark Leno’s Senate Bill 54 as a hook, at the next Porterville City Council Meeting on August [...]
Porterville has the 5th highest unemployment level in the US in march among 310 population areas. 13 of the top 18 areas are in California, including a nearly unbroken chain of population centers between north of the Grapevine to Sacramento, and then north of Sacramento well into Oregon. Cities With Jobless Rates of 15% or [...]
The Citrus Research Board plans new labs throughout Southern California: The Citrus Research Board, a Visalia group funded by California citrus growers, has hired MaryLou Polek, a plant pathologist who earned her Ph.D at UCR in 1993. She will lead the fight against Asian citrus psyllid, an insect the size of a pea that can [...]
At last – a nice effort at actual entrepreneurship in Porterville. El Futuro, a local credit union with a primarily Mexican clientele, has a new program: The international remittance plan allows the transfer of money between the U.S. and Mexican credit unions and banks. It is a program supported by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, [...]
MC Men vs. Porterville | Sidelines.mercedsunstar.com Porterville doesn’t shoot 3-pointers (27 percent) or free throws (53 percent) well, so if MC is sharp with its transition defense, it could bode well. A pair of freshman lead the Pirates offensively, with Keith Viliamu scoring just over … Sidelines.mercedsunstar.com -… – http://sidelines.mercedsunstar.com/ Porterville Diner: The sky is [...]