Floods

Planning and coordination kept Porterville dry during floods but the rest of the San Joaquin Valley remains fragmented

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January 8, 2024

How did Porterville, where a then raging Tule River cuts through the town, stay dry while so many other San Joaquin Valley communities got flooded out last spring? Planning, coordination […]

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