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1. Nonstop bus from LAX to LA Union Station
2a. Nonstop Amtrak bus from LA Union Station to Bakersfield Amtrak station
2b. Connect to the waiting Amtrak train north to the destination (the Amtrak bus and train are on a single ticket).
Except AMTRAK trains do not stop at Tulare or Visalia. To use the train, he would have to get off at Hanford and switch to the bus or go on to Fresno and rent a car. There really is no point in going to Tulare without a car as there are no hotel rooms to be had and no public transportation options out to the farm show location.
The VIS flight option is pretty shakey. I just don't like cramming into one of those little 1900s. When UAX served VIS with EMBs, it was a definite option, but those days are gone.
Another option is to fly or train (motor coach) to Bakersfield, stay there and rent a car. It is only a bit further from Bakersfield-Tulare than Fresno-Tulare.
JR