🌱 How a months-long Tulare County burn aims to prevent worse wildfires
Tulare, California Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Tulare! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a months-long Tulare County burn aims to prevent worse wildfires
- Why copper thieves are leaving South Tulare County crops without water
- Why is a key Poplar community hub facing eviction this summer?
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 104 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Toasty conditions, temps: high: 103, low: 65.
- Sunday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 102 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Update: Prescribed fire Rocky Hill in Tulare County (sacbee.com) — A long-running prescribed burn project called Rocky Hill has been underway on private land in Tulare County since January as a controlled effort to reduce future wildfire risk. Officials describe it as a managed, preventative fire rather than an emergency blaze, aimed at lowering fuel loads and protecting nearby communities over the long term. 
• Back-to-back copper wire thefts leave Tulare County farmers without water (abc30.com) — Farmers in South Tulare County are dealing with repeated copper wire thefts that have shut down irrigation pumps, stressed crops, and caused more than $20,000 in damage for one operation alone. Local ag law enforcement and pump companies say these thefts are now routine, prompting growers to boost overnight security and consider specialized anti-theft systems.
• CVEA wants more info concerning grand jury (recorderonline.com) — Leaders of the Central Valley Empowerment Alliance are challenging Poplar Community Services District’s claim that a Tulare County civil grand jury forced them to issue an eviction notice for the Larry Itliong Center. They’re demanding release of any grand jury directives and warning that removing their programs would further strip one of Tulare County’s most underserved communities of youth, cultural, and emergency support services.
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Summer Reading Program Kick-Off
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3rd-5th HMH Math Training conference room
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Encore Executive Board Meeting
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Encore Board Meeting
Encore Theatre Company 324 S N St, Tulare, CA 93274
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Sundale Union Elementary School Tulare, CA 93274
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Theft Diversion (Awareness) hosted by Alliant →
Connections, 3249 W Noble Ave, Visalia
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BarrelHouse Brewing Co. — Live Music: Run 4 Cover →
BarrelHouse Brewing Visalia - Taproom and Beer Garden, 521 E Main St, Visalia
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Sacred Geometry 1: 3 Keys of Manifestation →
The Path to Inner Peace, 2236 W Monte Vista Ave Ste 200, Visalia
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Summer Reading Program Kick-Off
Tulare City Parks & Rec Tulare Public Library, 475 North M street Tulare, California 932
10:00 am
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- BACK HOME!
Dog found in Santa Monica Ave and San Diego Ave in Tulare. It’s a girl no collar (Nextdoor The Avenue) - Does anyone do kitten fosters or rescues?
I rescued this kitten from a homeless man who was hurting them & I have her home but my other cats are not fond of her and she needs some extra care… (Nextdoor Live Oak)
- Superior Grocers posted a job opening for Decorator in Tulare. Apply here.
- The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Lot Associate in Tulare. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tulare here.
🗞 Nearby News
Visalia
- Visalia illustrator named Tulare County Artist of the Year (thesungazette.com)
- Renting an apartment in Visalia? Median price hits $1,795 (visaliatimesdelta.com)
- Graduations around Tulare County — See the emotions in our top photos (visaliatimesdelta.com)
Exeter
- Man arrested for stealing trash can lids in Exeter, police say (yourcentralvalley.com)
- Lindsay safety departments show growth (thesungazette.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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