Page 1 - Mid Valley Times 5-6-21 E-edition

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Vol. 2, No. 44
A great night to cruise
ABOVE: Show vehicles of the classic, vintage and newer variety were parked along G Street between 10th and 12th streets as part of the "Cruise Reedley" Freestyle Cruise night on May 1. The free event, hosted by Nomads of Reed- ley, featured these classic vehicles parked along G Street while the general public parked on side streets and behind G Street businesses. The informal event allowed attendees to dine, check out the cars and enjoy the outdoor evening weather. No awards were presented this year, and G Street remained open to traffic.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
RIGHT: Diners filled the parklet areas at restaurants in downtown Reedley to enjoy meals, drinks and refreshments at various businesses along G Street.
Greater Reedley Chamber of Commerce / Photo Contributed
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Arrest
made
in fatal
Parlier
shooting
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
Residents of the Parlier community stood in shock and disbelief over the weekend after a father and son were gunned down in broad day- light following an argument.
The shooting happened just before
Reedley privatizes solid waste collection
4:30 p.m. on the af- ternoon of May 2 in front of the El Rancho Market in Parlier.
“Parlier Police re- sponded,
Mid Valley Disposal to handle waste, recycling
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Reedley City Council last week unanimously approved four resolutions that included privatizing the city's solid
waste collection and a contract with Mid Valley Disposal, LLC out of Kingsburg. At its April 27 regular meeting that
drew a large turnout along with 40 to 50 people watching by video, the council took the action to officially contract out all solid waste handling and services to a private company.
After a good amount of public com- ment from competing firms and a union
representative for city workers who were losing their jobs, the council for- malized a deal with Mid Valley Disposal. In addition, resolutions were passed to liquidate and sell Reedley's solid waste assets. The city also moved to pay off more than $800,000 in multiple city funds to allow for the sale of the refuse
See SOLID WASTE on page A2
Joe Gomez
Fresno, Tulare counties still in the orange tier
they were
here within a minute of that call,” said Tony Botti, spokes- person for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. “What they found were two men who were injured on the ground, took a closer look at the men and found that one of the men was actually deceased.”
The father, who has since been identified as 57-year-old Israel Trevino Jr. of Selma, died at the scene. Trevino’s son, Israel Trevino III, sur- vived the shooting but re- mained in critical condition as of May 4 at Community Regional Medical Center.
The suspected shooter was identified as Joe Gomez, 60, of Parlier. Gomez was arrested and booked on murder charg-
SeeHOMICIDEonpage A2
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Fresno and Tulare Coun- ties remained in the orange (moderate) tier for at least another two weeks, as the de- creased in COVID-19 (coro- navirus) positive cases con- tinued to decrease at a slow pace.
As of the May 4 update,
Coronavirus Update
rate (below the 2 standard to qualify), and was at 2.7 new cases per 100,000. Once be- low 2 percent, that level will have to hold for two weeks.
Vaccination levels continue to increase, but not at the pace as when the three major vac- cines (Moderna, Pfizer, John- son & Johnson) first were
See COVID-19 on page A18
the overall positivity rate was 2.2 and 4.6 new cases per 100,000 people in Fresno County. In order to improve to the yellow (minimal tier), those numbers must dip be- low 2 percent for two con- secutive weeks to qualify for the lowest county risk tier. As
it was, Fresno remained or- ange for a third straight week while Tulare County was or- ange for a fifth straight week.
Tulare County is closer than its neighbor to the north and west to qualifying for the yellow tier. As of May 4, it stood at 1.2 percent positivity
Dinuba council offers site plan for Dutch Bros location
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Dinuba city officials last week presented the City Council with a courtesy site plan review for a pro- posed Dutch Bros (Broth- ers) drive-thru coffee facil- ity at the northwest corner of West El Monte Way and North Alta Avenue.
The popular Oregon- based coffee chain has built small drive-thru facil- ities in a number of Central Valley cities and towns, and have proven to be popular to community residents.
City staff presented the council with the site plan review at the April 27 coun-
cil meeting to receive feed- back and possible direction with the project. While ma- ny would welcome the ad- dition of the business, the primary drive-thru service has been a source of traf- fic concerns in some cities, primarily a Mooney Boule- vard location in Visalia.
The Dutch Bros build- ing would be an 862-square- foot kiosk with a drive-th- ru window located on the south end of the site. The drive-thru lane would run north-south along the east side of the facility, with the entrance to the drive-thru toward the north end of the site near Franklin Way.
The drive-thru would
feature twin lanes running parallel to Alta Avenue. The two lanes would merge to a single lane before turning west to pass by the building and drive-up window. The business traditionally uses a combination of staff in- side the building and "run- ners" (outside employees on foot working with cus- tomers.
The site plan, crafted by city planning consul- tant Karl Schjoettler and presented by Public Works Director Ismael Hernan- dez, stated that the city is aware that a fast food res- taurant may be interested
See DRIVE-THRU on page A2
Image courtesy of city of Dinuba
This aerial photo from the city of Dinuba showed the proposed site at the north- west corner of Alta Avenue and El Monte Way for a Dutch Bros drive-thru coffee shop. City officials gave the Dinuba City Council the site plan review during the Aprll 27 council meeting.
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