VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Six businesses were cited after allegedly selling tobacco to minors during a decoy operation in Visalia, the Visalia Police Department said. On Tuesday, officers say they conducted a tobacco minor decoy operation to check if businesses in Visalia sold tobacco products to minors. Under the supervision of officers, the minor decoys […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A prostitution crackdown in Visalia has forced the closure of seven massage parlors in the city, the police department announced Thursday. Officers say the two-month investigation was to verify their legal operations. Nine locations were investigated, and seven of them were found to be taking part in activities related to prostitution, […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Visalia man has been arrested in Tennessee after allegedly trafficking narcotics, the Visalia Police Department said. Police say their Narcotics Unit received information on Tuesday that 29-year-old Guillermo Vasquez, a convicted felon from Visalia, had been arrested in Memphis, TN, by a Tennessee agency under suspicion of trafficking narcotics. In […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man who the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office says sexually assaulted a five-year-old girl over the course between July and September of 2020 was sentenced this week in the Tulare County Superior Court. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Elijah Harris was sentenced to life in prison for child molestation on Tuesday. The […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A teacher at a Visalia high school has been arrested on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a teenage girl, according to the city’s police department. Officers say on April 29, 58-year-old Jeffrey Eastman was arrested following an allegation that he inappropriately touched a female student while at Redwood High School, […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A woman has been arrested after allegedly driving under the influence, ending up submerged into a pool in Visalia, the Visalia Police Department said on Thursday. Officers say they responded to the area of Evans Avenue and Sowell Street in Visalia on Wednesday for a report of a traffic collision involving […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A woman was arrested on Thursday after allegedly having a standoff with officers following a burglary, the Visalia Police Department said. Police say just before 6 p.m., officers from the Visalia Police Department and Special Enforcement Unit responded to a burglary at a residence located in the 400 block of West […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The suspect of the fatal shooting that occurred at a Jack’s Gas Station in Visalia on Thursday has been arrested, according to the Visalia Police Department. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, officers say they responded to a shooting that occurred at Jack’s Gas Station located at 1440 North Dinuba […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Threats made toward schools in Visalia and Hanford are currently being investigated, the Visalia and Hanford police departments announced. Hanford officers say schools in different parts of the state have also received the same threats on Wednesday. According to Visalia Police, officers received information related to a verbal threat made by […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Detectives are actively searching for a suspect they believe is involved in a shooting that left a person injured early Sunday morning, the Visalia Police Department announced. Police say around 12:40 a.m. they responded to the 1000 block of West Goshen Avenue for a shots fired call. On scene, evidence indicating […]
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An investigation is underway after a man shot at officers before turning the gun on himself Sunday afternoon, according to the Visalia Police Department. Police say around 2:50 p.m. they responded to a home near Atwood Street and Hurley Avenue for a report of a man armed with a gun. Upon […]
The Gannett-owned printing and packaging facility in Visalia, which publishes the Visalia Times-Delta, Tulare Advance Register, Ventura County Star, Salinas Californian and others, will move printing to another California site this spring. Some of the publications currently printed at the Visalia facility will shift to Fremont, a Hearst Newspapers facility. The news and advertising teams […]