Page 16 - Mid Valley Times 4-29-21 E-edition

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In Tulare County, there were 49,547 total confirmed cases (257 active, down five for the week) of COVID- 19 with 834 deaths and 20 hospitalized as of Tuesday, April 27. Breakdowns by cities/ regions through April 27 show 4,225 cases (18 in the past three weeks) in Dinuba, 1,477 in Orosi, 752 in Cutler, 269 in Traver, 60 in the rural area south of Reedley and 23 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
TOP LEFT: Yaretzi Corpus Solis was named First Runnerup.
TOP RIGHT: Citlali Garcia was crowned Dinuba Cinco de Mayo Queen for 2021 by Maria Dominguez, the 2019 Queen. No pageant was held in 2020.
LOWER LEFT: Melissa Valencia was named Second Runnerup.
LOWER RIGHT: Evelyn Lopez Castellos was named Miss Congeniality.
week has allowed at- tendance at its baseball and softball games while baseball and softball at Reedley College con- tinues to play limited spring schedules.
Another traditional annual event, Clovis Rodeo, returned last weekend after a year's absence because of the pandemic, and people were able to attend if they were able to pro- vide proof of negative COVID tests or record of vaccination.
ford Avenue.
• A man reported at 1:03 p.m. that a pistol had been stolen from his room in the 700 block of Bellis Avenue.
• A small pile of trash was reported burning at 5:15 p.m. near the train tracks at Dickey Park.
• A residential burglary from earlier on was re- ported at 10:13 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Crawford Avenue.
• A reckless driver was reported at 11:34 p.m. racing along Englehart and Saginaw avenues.
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went to Yaretzi Corpus Solis. an honor roll stu- dent at DHS who per- formed a written mono- logue titled "My Heri- tage." She will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Melissa Valencia was named 2nd Run-
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at 1:27 p.m. in the 500 block of Harvard Av- enue.
• Assault with a ve- hicle was reported at 2:38 p.m. at Tulare and K streets. Officers ar- rested 23-year-old Josh- ua Dominic Medina on three felony counts.
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ing on foot. Investigators identi-
fied the men as the sus- pects that day, and in the early morning hours on April 20 they arrested thepairwithoutincident at Zediker and Manning Avenues.
Some of the stolen merchandise and prop- erty taken during the break-in was recovered and returned to the busi- ness.
Adayan was trans- ported and later booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of bur- glary and grand theft.
nerup, earning a $500 Emily Vargas and Mari- scholarship. The honor na Velasquez.
roll and multiple club Pageant organizers member performed a lauded all contestants Folklorico dance to "El for their commitment son de loa negra." to the pageant during
Evelyn Lopez Cas- COVID-19. The virtual tellos was named Miss event was held on April Congeniality after per- 24 and streamed for on- forming a monologue, line broadcast on April Other contestants were 25. Yolanda Valdez students Victoria Garza, served as MC.
• Crews responded to a striking a vehicle with stove fire at 7:32 p.m. in a bat at 1:38 a.m. at Alta the 500 block of East Tu- Avenue and El Monte lare Street. Way.
• A possible DUI involv- • A non-injury traffic ing a white semi truck collision was reported flatbed was reported at at 8:24 a.m. in the 39400 9:06 p.m. in the area of block of Road 96. Crawford and Nebraska • A non-injury traffic avenues. collision was reported
at 3:43 p.m. at Dickey Friday, April 23 Avenue and El Monte
• A male was reported Way.
• Theft of items was re-
Vasquez was taken into custo- dy on sus- picion of possession of stolen property, along with several outstand- ing mis- demeanor warrants. He was transport-
ported at 9:31 poem. in the 1000 block of Park Way.
• Shots were reported fired at 10:17 p.m. at
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Deaths climbed for the week by 16, to 1,662.
Tulare County also had drops and jumps during the week. Active cases dropped as low as 235 before climbing back up to 257 by April 27. There were three ad- ditional deaths, bringing the total to 834 since the pandemic took full ef- fect in March 2020. Hos- pitalizations climbed by three before tailing back to 20, the same number hospitalized as of last week.
Mid Valley Times cities in Tulare County have seen new and ac- tive cases level off. Di- nuba, one of the hardest- hit communities in the county early on in the pandemic, only added three total cases dur- ing the week, and active cases in the past three weeks dropped by one, to 19. Orosi also added just three total cases and is down to five in the past three weeks while Cutler added just one and Traver remained unchanged.
City figures on the Fresno County CO- VID-19 website are rounded to the near- est thousand residents by city, and there have been no updates on the site posted in the past week. Sanger, Reedley, Parlier, Orange Cove and Del Rey all have the same numbers posted, and the 30-day case inci- dent rates also were re- porting the same as last week.
The more relaxed orange tier has meant that many businesses continue to trend to- ward normal opera- tions. While restaurants are allowing up to 50
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Saturday, April 24
• Vandalism involving a broken wind to a show room was reported at 9:48 a.m. in the 100 block of South K Street.
• A person reported 2:04 p.m. that their vehicle had its tires slashed in the 1100 block of Euclid Avenue.
• Theft was reported at 2:24 p.m. in the 100 block of South L Street.
• A juvenile driving a go-kart on the street
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COVID-19 update
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, April 27, there had been 101,099 confirmed cases (2 percent positive rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 1,172,296 tests in Fresno County, with 1,662 deaths and 112 hospitalizations.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through April 27 (Fresno County's new dashboard surveillance is providing more pinpoint updates for regions rather than cities), the Sanger region continued with the most total overall positive cases with 6,102 (4,500 in the city proper) and 63 deaths with no recent updates from the FCDPH website. Through the April 27 update, Reedley (including immediate surrounding rural areas) still showed 4,454 cases (3,500 in the city proper) and 68 deaths; Parlier was at 2,970 (2,500 in city) cases with 37 deaths and Orange Cove had 1,500 (2,820 regional) cases and 13
percent indoor seat- ing capacity, Reedley's parklets continue to see good numbers of people enjoying outdoor dining during breakfast, lunch and dinner hours.
Athletic activities at the high school level continue to drew in- creased numbers with outdoor sports and some indoor sports are con- tinuing competition with relatively distanced at- tendance.
At the college level, Fresno State in the past
with no lights or helmet was reported at 7:57 p.m. along Eaton Avenue.
• A black Mustang and Charger were reported racing up and down Rosemary Avenue at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 25
• Shots were reported fired at 12:17 a.m. at Crawford and Nebraska avenues. The reporting party said they heard about six shots and a ve- hicle take off at a high rate of speed, possibly headed north on Craw-
deaths. Del Rey was at 307 cases (900 in region) while Fowler had 1,256 cases (1,000 in the city) and 20 deaths through April 27. The region that includes Squaw Valley, Dunlap and Miramonte had 316 total cases on the new data surveillance website through April 27. The county is not listing recoveries at this time to reallocate staff for new cases.
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A total of 48,456 people (97.8 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of April 27.
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