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Visalia

American  
[vi-seyl-yuh] / vɪˈseɪl yə /

noun

  1. a city in central California.


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The Cal Fire engine is part of a strike team from the Tulare Unit in Visalia that was called to Southern California as several fires burned, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The endorsement came despite Baines underperforming her main opponent, Visalia school board trustee Randy Villegas, in fundraising.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Geneva, Ill., and Visalia, Calif. That doesn’t even count his annual appearance in the Venezuelan winter league and a stint in the independent leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

That led to him leaving for a community college in California, specifically College of the Sequoias in Visalia, with the goal of getting some good grades under his belt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Recalling the different labor camps we lived in, I answered, “I don’t want to live in Selma, Visalia, Bakersfield, or Corcoran.”

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

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