🌱 How Tulare’s new shops and venues could reshape downtown in 2026

Hello Tulare! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Tulare’s new shops and venues could reshape downtown in 2026
• How Farmersville’s Highway 198 makeover just earned statewide recognition
• Why a Tulare County probation officer is facing a felony charge

Also on today's calendar: Tulare Outlets: Big Jack Gives Back and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Low clouds breaking; chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 38 degrees.
• Friday: Fog, then some sun, temps: high: 49, low: 40.
• Saturday: Areas of fog in the morning, with a high of 53 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tulare County Economic Forecast: Cities sprouting business seeds (thebusinessjournal.com) — Downtown Tulare is seeing a wave of new businesses, grant-supported revitalization, and a growing entertainment scene at the Adventist Health Amphitheater that could boost local jobs and spending. City leaders and the Tulare Chamber are also eyeing new retail, a future Save Mart, and World Ag Expo-driven development around the International Agri Center, positioning Tulare as a regional economic hub into 2026.
   

• Award given for Farmersville's Highway 198 project (thesungazette.com) — Farmersville’s Highway 198 gateway beautification has been honored as the American Public Works Association Central California Chapter’s “Public Works Project of the Year,” a win that also highlights support from Tulare County agencies. The landscaped off-ramps and new city signage, completed in 2023, are drawing praise as among the most attractive along Highway 198 and in the state.
   

• Tulare County probation officer arrested for inappropriate contact with teen (abc30.com) — Tulare County authorities report that a county probation officer from Visalia has been arrested following allegations of inappropriate communication with a 15-year-old girl. Investigators say the contact began via text and suggested plans to meet, and the officer was booked into Tulare County Jail on a felony charge before being released.
   

📸 Around Tulare

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tulare

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Slow Flow Yoga
  Sunflower Studio, 120 N M St, Tulare
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Tulare Outlets: Big Jack Gives Back
  Tulare Outlets , 1407 Retherford St , Tulare
  10:00 am
• Do The Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl in Visalia
  Lake Bottom Brewery & Distillery , 105 E Main St , Visalia
  4:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Tulare City Council Meeting
  Tulare Public Library & Council Chambers , 491 North M. Street , Tulare
  7:00 pm

📣 Tulare Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Dine to Donate
  Texas Roadhouse , 4425 S. Mooney Blvd , East Tulare Villa
  3:00 pm
• Holiday Business After Hours
  Tulare Chamber of Commerce , 220 E Tulare Ave , Tulare
  5:00 pm
• BarrelHouse Brewing Co. — BINGO
  BarrelHouse Brewing Visalia - Taproom and Beer Garden , 521 E Main St , Visalia
  6:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Mustang Round Up blacktop
  Sundale Union Elementary School Tulare, CA 93274
  8:15 am
• Winter Mugs & Meeples
  Bravo Farms Restaurant , 1691 Retherford St , Tulare
  12:30 pm
• Cellar Door presents Comedian Melvin Jr. (The Comedy Store)
  Cellar Door , 101 W Main St , Visalia
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Small Town Cruisers Cruise Night
  Harbor Freight , 1679 Hillman St , Tulare
  5:00 pm
• BarrelHouse in Visalia
  BarrelHouse Brewing Visalia - Taproom and Beer Garden , 521 E Main St , Visalia
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I was absolutely going to do
  Something heroic. Something precise. Something involving at least one leap and possibly a very dramatic device. I had the idea in my whiskers, I had… (Nextdoor Alpine)
• Any one find a hitch this morning?
  Husband thinks mechanics forgot to put the pin back in yesterday, it fell off somewhere on the way to work, possibly on bardsley or Blackstone… (Nextdoor South Tulare)

• Smart & Final posted a job opening for Service Clerk - 430 Tulare in Tulare. Apply here.
• Lactalis posted a job opening for Sanitation Manager in Tulare. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tulare here.

🗞 Nearby News

Visalia

• Visalia gets another ‘dose' of coffee (thesungazette.com)
• An adventurer's guide to California's hidden heartland (nationalgeographic.com)
• 28-year-old woman arrested after ‘romantic relationship' with girl in Tulare County, deputies say (yourcentralvalley.com)

Exeter

• Exeter fitness scene gets a fresh spin (thesungazette.com)

Ok Tulare! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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