Tulare County Library’s annual Winter Reading Challenge: Stories Under the Stars runs from Tuesday, January 2, 2024, through Wednesday, January 31, 2024. The Challenge is for all ages, languages, and reading levels. Children ages 0-5 years are encouraged to read 10 books this winter by themselves or with a parent. Everyone else, Kids, Teens, and Adults, are encouraged to read 10 days or more.

On 24 October 2023 at its 9am meeting, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to direct Resource Management Agency staff to bring back to the Board of Supervisors a proposed ordinance and associated regulatory program on short-term rentals within the jurisdiction of Tulare County. Click the announcement title above for links and details.

On 24 October 2023 at its 9am meeting, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors will hear an agenda item pertaining to short-term rentals in Three Rivers. Stakeholders may provide feedback at the meeting. If, however, stakeholders cannot attend, they may submit feedback via email. Because the agenda has not yet been finalized, the process for providing feedback in the short-term differs from the process for providing feedback after finalization of the agenda. Click the announcement title above for details.

The California Public Utility Commission is in the process of considering amendments to the existing telecommunications rules that would extend minimum quality of service requirements to cell phones and other essential communications services not currently covered under the rules. Click to learn more about how you can provide input that could affect the outcome of this process.

Roads and facilities in the parks have been badly damaged by the recent major winter storms, beginning with a weather event in early January and followed by a succession of weather events in March. Park officials stress that there are still many unknowns that are likely to change these dates, and plan to issue regular updates to their projections.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in partnership with Tulare County and Caltrans, is hosting a public meeting on Friday, March 24 at 6 p.m. at the Santa Teresita Youth Conference Center in Three Rivers, CA. Agencies will provide an overview of damage and impacts from the recent storm systems, with an opportunity for participants to ask questions.