By Reggie Ellis @Reggie_SGN VISALIA – The Enchanted Playhouse Theater Company has entered a new stage of its children’s theater troop – the stage at the Visalia Fox Theater. On April 24, Enchanted Playhouse Theater Co. (EPTC) announced that it has found a new home for its performances at the downtown landmark. Spokesperson Shanna Meier said […]

@TheSunGazette VISALIA – Another mixed use project, where there is a residence above a business, is coming to Visalia, but not where you’d expect. In the last few years Visalia’s downtown has seen two new developments to add apartments above businesses on Main Street in addition to two others that have been there for a […]

Visalia police officers chase down, arrest drunk suspect wielding a gun in Mooney Grove Park @TheSunGazette VISALIA – Last Saturday was not a walk through the park for Adrian Vasquez, 25. Instead it was a drive, crash and run through the park kind of day. According to the Visalia Police Department, at approximately 5:37 p.m., […]

By Reggie Ellis @Reggie_SGN VISALIA – A progressive, and somewhat controversial, mental health facility will open in southeastern Visalia this summer. The Visalia Wellness Center is scheduled to open its doors at 1223 S. Lovers Lane in Visalia sometime before the end of July. The 5,600-square foot facility was cast by neighboring residents as a treatment clinic, methadone clinic, […]

City Council appeals U.S. District Court decision that city pay half of the cost to remove contaminants from soil, water beneath Mission Linen building @TheSunGazette VISALIA – No one likes their dirty laundry aired in court, but a bigger concern for the city of Visalia is the vapor left over after the laundry has been […]

@TheSunGazette VISALIA – One of the best parts about spring is the variety of events being held every weekend. The worst part about spring, aside from seasonal allergies, is deciding which events to attend. This weekend, locals will be faced with the decision of drinking delicious craft beer at the park or sampling tasty tacos […]

Ernie and Liss Crotty want to sell their 1883 downtown home to nonprofit for preservation as a museum By Nancy Vigran @TheSunGazette VISALIA – Visalia could be getting its own museum if Michael Kreps and Ernie Crotty get their way. It’s something that would be just fine with the City’s planning commission, most likely the […]

@TheSunGazette VISALIA – A Visalia gang member will spend the rest of his life in prison for a midnight slaying at a local gas station. On April 16, Tulare County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Montejano sentenced 28-year-old Apfu See to 124 years-to-life in prison. On March 4, a Tulare County jury found See guilty of […]

@TheSunGazette VISALIA – Sometimes you just have to know when to say when. That’s a lesson two young robbers could have learned when they were arrested after robbing their second gas station in one night. At 12:37 a.m. last Wednesday, April 17, officers responded to an armed robbery at Flyers Market on East Mineral King. […]

By Patrick Dillon @PDillon_SGN VISALIA – The Golden West Trailblazers managed to put together some strong plays during the Tulare/Visalia Pro PT Invitational. Their better than average efforts took them to the Large School Championship part of the tournament. Unfortunately they fell to the Porterville Panthers 8-0 for the second day in a row, costing them […]