PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Drought relief is in sight for people in east Porterville. The first connection was made from the city's supply to a dry home on Friday. At the home in east ...

Porterville officials said nearly 800 properties have been connected and more will be added soon. In the first emergency phase, 400 homes were added. In the second phase, about 350 were connected.

Five years of drought have left East Porterville residents exhausted, sick and stressed. But with the plan to hook up homes to the Porterville municipal water system, many say they are seeing the ...

State officials connected the an East Porterville resident to a new supply of water on Friday, more than two years after wells there went dry in the drought. Additional connections are forthcoming.

On Tuesday, six Porterville homes and two Visalia homes were searched by local Valley law enforcement. Firearms, ammunition, and additional evidence were collected during the searches.