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Porterville

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

noun

  1. a town in central California.


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Residents in the area north of Porterville, many of them farmworkers, have been discussing a solution, which they expect will require running pipes to connect to the nearby city system.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

It was two years ago that I took a nostalgic drive up Highway 190 into the mountains east of Porterville in the San Joaquin Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

Porterville Developmental Center’s vacancy rate increased by just 6% over the audit period, but more than a third of its positions remained unfilled in the final year of the audit.

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

From Los Angeles the motorist has a choice of highway routes after leaving Bakersfield either via Tulare and Visalia or by Delano, Porterville, and Exeter.

From Sequoia [California] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior

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