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Porterville

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[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

The water releases lowered the levels of the two reservoirs: Lake Success, near Porterville, had been about 20% full.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025

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

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

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