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Porterville

American  
[pawr-ter-vil, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tərˌvɪl, ˈpoʊr- /

noun

  1. a town in central California.


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The community colleges have proposed degrees in essential industries: field ironworker supervision at Cerritos College, modern police science at Porterville College, digital infrastructure at Santiago Canyon College and cloud computing at Santa Monica College.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Despite the pay, vacancy rates were highest among psychiatrists at Atascadero State Hospital and second highest at Porterville Developmental Center and Salinas Valley State Prison, auditors found.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

On the evening of Jan. 30, Army officials began opening gates and releasing flows from Schafer Dam and Terminus Dam, sending water coursing through river channels near Porterville and Visalia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

He said he did not know if any transgender people live in Porterville and that he had no trans friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

From Porterville to Springville, the canyon of the Tule River is quite wide.

From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.

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