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Last November, we brought you the story of Manuel and Olga Jimenez . They’re a Woodlake couple who created a mile-long community botanical garden in their town to inspire and teach kids. Hundreds of young people have volunteered at the Bravo Lake Botanical Garden since it was started 17 years …

In January 2018, the Tulare County City of Woodlake became home to the San Joaquin Valley’s first-ever recreational marijuana dispensary. Two other businesses, a large-scale cultivator and extract manufacturer, opened in 2019. As of early 2020, the city’s tax revenue generated by the industry topped $ 800,000—far more than the …

Ashlee Arteaga squats down near the pale pink blooms. I’m cutting all the roses that are already dead,” she says. The 11-year-old naviages her clippers swiftly along the thorny stems. “I’ve done this a lot of times,” she adds with a bit of authority in her voice. There are 4000 …

A dried up fairway, and a dusty green. "When we first got there in 2001, the water level was 17 feet down," Hank’s Swank Woodlake Ranch Golf Course Owner Hank Bochini said. Hank’s Swank Woodlake Ranch Golf Course once a lawn of lush, green grass now a dry deserted pasture. The …