Category Archives: Porterville News

  1. Marine Band Plays Patriotic Pieces in Porterville

    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, evidenced [...]

  2. Porterville this is aimed right at you!

    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 a variety of [...]

  3. Editor – Porterville Recorder Job in Porterville 93258

    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 covering community [...]

  4. Porterville General Plan

    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 Porterville General [...]

  5. Porterville California City Council to Vote on Controversial Same-Sex Marriage Topic Yet Again

    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 4, 2009. The meeting [...]

  6. More-Cities-Seeing-at-Least-15-Percent-Unemployment: Personal Finance News from Yahoo Finance

    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 More

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    State
    March [...]

  7. Citrus Research Board: short (and long term?) plans

    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 carry [...]

  8. El Futuro – Porterville’s #1 Entrepreneur?

    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, Banco [...]

  9. Porterville News Today – Jan 09, 2009

    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 …

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    Porterville Diner: The sky is falling, the sky [...]