Central Coast
SLO, California Jobless Rates Fall in April

SLO, California Jobless Rates Fall in April

Bolstered by job growth the unemployment rate in San Luis Obispo county as well as California as a whole fell in April from both the month before and…

May 19, 2013No CommentRead More

SLO Jobless Rate Falls To 6.8 Percent

SLO Jobless Rate Falls To 6.8 Percent

The unemployment rate in the San Luis Obispo County was 6.8 percent in March 2013, down from a revised 7.0 percent in February 2013, and below the year-ago…

April 19, 2013No CommentRead More

Central Valley

Avenal Administrator Plays Down Valley Fever Problem At Prison

Avenal Administrator Plays Down Valley Fever Problem At Prison

Avenal city administrator Steve Sopp is playing down reports that a massive shift of state…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Around Visalia: High Speed Rail,New Civic Center & More

Around Visalia: High Speed Rail,New Civic Center & More

HS Rail Staff  “Mistaken”Over Route Says City Manager Visalia city manager Steve Salomon says a…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Valley Jobless Rate Tumbles

Valley Jobless Rate Tumbles

Tulare & Kings Unemployment Falls Central Valley counties reported the most dramatic decline in the…

May 18, 2013No CommentRead More

South Valley Unemployment Rates Fall

South Valley Unemployment Rates Fall

The unemployment rate in the Tulare County was 15.7 percent in March 2013, down from…

April 19, 2013No CommentRead More

Business

New Car Sales In State Up 12.6%

New Car Sales In State Up 12.6%

The California new vehicle market continued its steady recovery in the first quarter of this year. New light vehicle registrations increased 12.6 percent during the first three months…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Large Medical Center Breaks Ground In West Visalia

Large Medical Center Breaks Ground In West Visalia

VISALIA – On Thursday, May 23, Kaweah Delta Health Care District hosted a groundbreaking for Sequoia Medical Center, a 52,000sf medical office building that will complete its west…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Fresno’s US Cold Storage Expanding

Fresno’s US Cold Storage Expanding

Florida-based United States Cold Storage Western Region manager Rod Noll says the company recently decided to expand their Fresno facility. The $1.5 million,127,000sf addition will have approximately 4.5…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Around The Region: HS Rail / Tulare Hospital / New Welcome Sign

Around The Region: HS Rail / Tulare Hospital / New Welcome Sign

High Speed Rail and farmers settle. The Merced and Madera Farm Bureaus and others announced a settlement yesterday to a lawsuit  that aimed to hold up construction of…

April 19, 2013No CommentRead More

Agriculture

AG ROUNDUP

AG ROUNDUP

Its not just wine, beef, milk and fruit that are enjoying booming exports. It’s tomato paste too. Through March the US…

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Hearing On Milk Prices Highlights Lack Of Agreement

Hearing On Milk Prices Highlights Lack Of Agreement

Issue Date: May 22, 2013 By Ching Lee Dairy farmer organizations and processors have not yet reached an agreement on how…

May 22, 2013No CommentRead More

Nuclear Resurgence Dims Due to Rising Costs, Low Demand

Nuclear Resurgence Dims Due to Rising Costs, Low Demand

from ENR- Engineering News-Record by Scott Judy In the…

Challenge To Tulare Digester Project

Challenge To Tulare Digester Project

Neighbor Sundale Vineyards has appealed a county Planning Commission…

Fresno University Helps Certify New Micro-Power Generators

Fresno University Helps Certify New Micro-Power Generators

A small group of engineers, equipment manufacturers and water…

Gas Prices Head Lower Across California On Tax Day

Gas Prices Head Lower Across California On Tax Day

It’s tax day and usually not a time for…

Travel

Delaware North Wins Kings Canyon Nat’l Park Concession

New York-based Delaware North Parks and Resorts has won a 10 year concession contract to operate overnight accommodations in Kings Canyon National Parks beginning this fall NPS…

March 28, 2013No Comment

Business

New Car Sales In State Up 12.6%

The California new vehicle market continued its steady recovery in the first quarter of this year. New light vehicle registrations increased 12.6 percent during the first three…

May 23, 2013No Comment

Regional

South Valley Population Growth Led By Hispanics -

Tulare County Projected To Be 68% Latino by 2060 New projections by the California Department of Finance say that 2014 will be the year California will become…

February 6, 2013No Comment

Agriculture

AG ROUNDUP

Its not just wine, beef, milk and fruit that are enjoying booming exports. It’s tomato paste too. Through March the US exported 2.2 million tons of paste…

May 23, 2013No Comment

Trends

Senate Committee Votes To Move Water Bond

Legislation that would move the $11.14 billion water bond to the November 2014 ballot passed in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee today on a bipartisan…

July 3, 2012No Comment

Agriculture

AG ROUNDUP

Its not just wine, beef, milk and fruit that are enjoying booming exports. It’s tomato paste too. Through March the US exported 2.2 million tons of paste…

May 23, 2013No Comment