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Thursday, February 6, 2020 | A5 | Mid Valley TiMes
Dinuba receives two LocalMotion Awards
Reedley
man is
sentenced
to death in
homicides
MVT Staff Report
A jury recommend- ed the death sentence for a Reedley man convicted in the 2015 double murder of two Dinuba men.
On Jan. 29, the Tu- lare Coun-
MVT Staff Report
The city of Dinuba was recently recognized for two completed projects at the 9th annual LocalMotion Awards Luncheon held on Jan. 23 at the Edison Energy Education Center in Tulare.
The awards banquet is put on by the Tulare County As- sociation of Governments and honors projects, citizens, pub- lic officials and plans that have contributed to transportation planning in Tulare County.
The Dinuba Green Median Improvements Project earned recognition in the Outstanding Transportation Beautification Project category. This is a new category for TCAG. It is given to a beautification project that highlights and improves the scenic and unique ecological characteristics found in Tu- lare County through landscape, structural aesthetics and de- sign concepts: corridor beauti- fication/landscaping, commu- nity identifier, corridor them, or debris clean-up program.
The median project was born from the vision of City Council and staff to beautify the medians along El Monte Way and South Alta Avenue in the City of Dinuba. Assistant City Manager, Daniel James applied for, and was awarded grant funding, from the Envi-
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The city of Dinuba won two LocalMotion Awards for the Dinuba Green Me- dian Improvements Project and the Roosevelt Paseo Project. The awards banquet sponsored by the Tulare County Association of Governments honors projects, citizens, public officials and plans that have contributed to transportation planning in Tulare County.
ty jury
made the recommen-
dation that Hernan Rodriguez,
29, should
receive the
death sentence of two co-workers he shot in a plum orchard off Av- enue 400 and Road 74 in Dinuba.
The trial began in October of last year and on Jan. 8, the jury convicted Rodriguez of two counts of first- degree murder with special circumstances of multiple murders
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• Vehicle stop/DUI ar- rest, Santa Rosa Avenue and Magnolia Avenue, 9:12 p.m.
• Disturbance, 1000 block of East El Dorado Avenue, 9:51 p.m.
(Unless otherwise not- ed, the Reedley Police Department handled the calls.)
ronmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program (EEMP) which was established by California Natural Resources Agency.
The project scope included removing the existing stamped concrete medians which were replaced with medians con- taining hardscape and native, drought-tolerant plants and trees. This addition not only beautified the main arterial entrances into the community, it also helps to reduce the en- vironmental impacts of trans- portation in and around these areas through the carbon se- questration which the new plants provide. The green me-
dians will also have the benefit of addressing consumption of natural resources and energy by reducing the heat island ef- fect through less concrete in the roadway. The project will provide visual and environmen- tal benefits for years to come.
“What’s special for the me- dian award, this is the first year and we’re the first recipi- ent,” said James.
Roosevelt Paseo earned rec- ognition in the Bike/Pedestrian Project category, which is giv- en awarded to projects that im- proves walkability, connectiv- ity, and/or access for bicyclists and pedestrians. The Roosevelt Paseo is located along the south
side of Roosevelt Elementary School from Euclid Avenue to Viscaya Parkway. The city was successful in obtaining an allo- cation of $200,000 in bike and pedestrian funding through Measure R to perform grad- ing and construction of a 10 foot wide meandering concrete sidewalk. With the completion of this project, residents and students living in Viscaya and the surrounding residential neighborhoods no longer need to walk on an unimproved dirt pathway to and from Roosevelt Elementary School.
“All the departments came together to make this happen,” said James.
Hernan Rodriguez
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Street, 9:32 p.m.
Saturday, February 1
• Officers responded
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violation was reported in the 2500 block of 5th Street.
• A wanted person was arrested after a vehicle stop in the area of Acad- emy and Jensen avenues. • Vandalism was report- ed in the 1000 block of Florence Avenue.
Saturday, February 1
There were 100 calls for service and 11 traffic citations were issued.
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11:36 p.m.
Saturday, February 1
• A commercial burglary was reported in the 300 block of South Alta Av- enue at 11:08 a.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 1100 block of North Hayes at
to disturbance report and report of suspect stabbed. The victim said several subjects jumped him and then ran off. Detectives are inves- tigating and searching
• A subject was arrested in the area of Annadale Avenue and I Street for parole violation and pos- session of narcotics.
• A domestic violence arrest was made in the 1300 block of Edgar Av- enue.
• A traffic collision was reported in the area of North Avenue and Acad- emy Avenue.
• A DUI arrest was made in the area of Greenwood Avenue and 5th Street.
• A DUI arrest was made in the area of 7th
12:05 p.m.
• A suspicious subject was reported in the 300 block of East Kern Street at 1:52 p.m.
• Loud music was re- ported in the 700 block of Short Avenue at 9:20 p.m.
Sunday, February 2
• Tools were reported stolen in the 2000 block
for leads on suspects. Anyone with informa- tion on the case can contact RPD detectives and refer to case #20- 0374. Incident occurred in the 1200 block of 11th
and L streets.
Sunday, February 2
There were 78 calls for service and 3 traffic citations were issued.
• A vehicle was reported stolen in the 1400 block of George Avenue.
• Criminal threats were reported in the 1300 block of Edgar Avenue. • A warrant arrest was made in the 1400 block of 7th Street.
• A warrant arrest was made in the 1300 block of Hume Drive.
of Waldo Avenue at 8 a.m.
• Shots fired was re- ported in the 500 block of Bates Avenue at 10:37 a.m.
• A non-injury traffic ac- cident was reported in the 300 block of Dickey Avenue at 4:21 p.m.
• Loud music was re- ported in the 700 block of Hollow Way at 7:40 p.m.
Street. 12:07 a.m.
• Vehicle stop/DUI ar- rest, 1700 block of East Manning Avenue, 7:58 p.m.
• Vehicle stop/DUI ar- rest, 800 block of Kings River Road, 11:34 p.m.
Sunday, February 2
• Vehicle stop/DUI ar-
rest, Frankwood Ave- nue and Dinuba Avenue, 12:57 a.m.
• A vehicle stop resulted in a citation for driving without a license, 800 block of West Manning Avenue, 4:48 a.m.
• Vandalism report, 800 block of F Street, 8:11 p.m.
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