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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An 18-year-old woman has died after she drowned in Lake Success outside Porterville on Thursday, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say they received a report at around 4 p.m. of a missing woman in the water. She was swimming in the area of the lake north of […]

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office has arrested three suspects in connection to a murder in Tipton.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old were arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a Tipton man early that morning, deputies say. According to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called at around 5:30 a.m. to the Tipton Overpass at Avenue 152 and Highway 99 for a report […]

After more than 28 years, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office has arrested the killer of Angelica Ramirez, the 10-year-old girl who was taken from a Visalia swap meet on March 3, 1994.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/FOX26) — Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux held a news conference on Thursday to announce the killer of a 10-year-old girl has been identified. The sheriff says DNA identified Ramiro Villegas as the man who killed Angelica Ramirez of Hanford in March of 1994. Angelica was...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A suspect identified following a decades-long Tulare County cold case murder of a 10-year-old. According to Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, in 1994 Ramiro Villegas kidnapped, raped, and killed 10-year-old Angelica Ramirez of Hanford. Although a breakthrough in the case led to identifying the suspect, detectives do not feel like […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A typical weekend day for Sullivan Van Way might include a half marathon in the morning, a round of frisbee golf around mid-day, a couple of hours of surfing in the afternoon. All in one day. If the earth’s rotation took another, say, four hours, Sully, as he was called, might […]

Traffic Accident on Mooney Boulevard Left Woman Killed. The crash happened on June 28th at around 3:30 p.m. at Mooney Boulevard, involving a Toyota Corolla and a Caltrans truck. Per initial reports, Yaryan veered off the road and struck the back of the truck that was parked on the shoulder...

The People's Ditch, which runs north to south through the center of Hanford, overflowed Thursday afternoon. A portion of the canal's water overflowed into the road near Hanford West High at Lacey Boulevard. Trash and yard waste were blocking the water's flow.

It's not the ending Angelica Ramirez's family spent nearly three decades praying for, but it is a conclusion to a nightmare.  Twenty-eight years after the 10-year-old Hanford girl was raped, strangled and dumped in a Pixley canal, her killer was identified. ...

VISALIA – The city council and planning commission are working to find a solution for drive-thru traffic build-ups at various fast-food franchises across Visalia. The topic of this issue was discussed in a joint meeting between the city council and planning commission on June 13. According to the agenda, there has been an observable increase in requests for the development of drive-thru buildings. This is most likely due to recent development proposals that will bring new shopping centers with sites dedicated to drive-thru usage, as also stated in the agenda.

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE0 – The 4th of July is days away (and for some, it’s a three-day weekend). If you are still looking for a fireworks show to visit, we have put together a list of all the events taking place across the Central Valley this Independence Day. Friday, July 1 “Celebrate America” in Reedley […]

TULARE – Tulare continues to take strides in their downtown rehabilitation process. Most recently by moving forward with conceptual plans for the renovation of Zumwalt Park. Plans for the design of the new amphitheater, children’s playground and splash pad were approved by the Tulare City Council at its June 21 meeting. The council was presented with a detailed overview of the project.

The popularity of Sushi continues to rise in the Valley - you could say it's on a roll. Sushi Kuu in Visalia means "to eat sushi."

WOODLAKE – The budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been approved by the city council and does not include expanding the parks and recreation department. Woodlake City Council approved and passed the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year at its meeting on June 27. The final budget comes after three months of work beginning with public hearings in March, during which citizens requested an expansion of the parks and recreation department. Unfortunately, those requests were not included in the budget.

Compiled a list of cities with the fastest growing home prices in Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro using data from Zillow. Originally published on stacker.com, part of the TownNews Content Exchange.

For years Estevan Parra Guerrero struggled to embrace his LGBTQ+ and Latino identity. Now he’s working in the Cross-Cultural and Gender Center (CCGC) to use what he experienced to help students who may be going through something similar. When Parra Guerrero came to Fresno State, there were few resources...

The Hanford City Council voted unanimously this week to name Dennis Ham as a new planning commission member during a special session. Ham, who has served on the commission three times since the 1990s, will help plan the city’s growth over the coming years. He is a second-generation Hanford...

Heather and Carri Chambers-Plett opened Our Little Pizza Place just a few months ago, marking the first ‘take and bake’ to make it north of Highway 198.  Carri worked in a pizza shop growing up in Dinuba and always wanted to run her own business. She left her job after working with the...