Mid Valley Times 6-10-21 E-edition

Thursday, June 10, 2021
Vol. 2, No. 49
Dinuba
tightens
massage
business
ordinance
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Dinuba City Council late last month unanimously approved extending an ur- gency ordinance creating a temporary moratorium on the establishment of new massage businesses; an action in the wake of the city's lone com- mercial massage business having been cited and closed for illegal activities.
At its May 25 regular meet- ing, the council agreed by a 5-0 vote to extend the morato- rium to a period provided for in California law – 10 months and 15 days. This moratorium is intended to give city offi- cials time to prepare a com- prehensive ordinance to regu- late massage businesses.
Council member Kuldip Thusu made the motion to ex- tend the moratorium — which originally is allowed by state lawtobe45days—tothenew time frame. After the council
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More proud graduates
ABOVE: Reedley Middle College High School's Class of 2021 gradu- ated on June 2.
LEFT: RMCHS grads (from left) Mad- elyn Ansel, Lizbeth Lemus, Wendy Rocha, Leslie Mendoza Garcia and Ariana Antonio showed off their graduation masks.
LOWER LEFT: RCMHS graduates Daniela Salinas and Araceli Fernan- dez stood together before the cer- emony.
Reedley Middle College High School / Photos Contributed
50 cents
Arrest
made in
Reedley
homicide
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Law enforcement re- cently arrested a Reedley man in Missouri in con- nection to an April 14 fatal shooting of another Reedley man in front of Bravante Produce in southeast Reed- ley.
Reedley resident David Cedeno, 26, was taken into custody
May 29 by
Missouri
State High-
way Patrol
officials,
one day af-
ter Reed-
ley police
had issued
a warrant
for his arrest. Cedeno was identified by police through surveillance video as the primary suspect in the death of 27-year-old Elizan- dro Diaz Jr., who died after being shot while walking back into the parking lot at the produce company on Buttonwillow Avenue.
A June 3 news release said Reedley police detec- tives traveled to Lebanon, Mo., where Cedeno was being held at the Laclede County Jail. As of June 8, he was awaiting extradition back to California to be ar- raigned on charges or mur- der and felon in possession of a firearm. There was no confirmed date on when he would be extradited.
According to Reedley police, Diaz had gotten in- to a verbal argument with
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David Cedeno
Most restrictions expected to ease next week
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
All Central Valley counties continued their tier levels this week for COVID-19 cases, but the color levels may become relatively meaningless for many Califor- nians as the state is expected to formally ease restrictions for businesses and gen- eral gatherings.
As of June 8, Fresno and Tulare coun- ties remained in the orange (moderate)
Coronavirus Update —
Reopening on June 15
level for COVID cases, with Fresno reg- istering orange (2 to 5 new cases daily per 100,000 population) for an eighth consecutive week. Fresno did see an im- provement to yellow in one major cate- gory, as the overall positivity rate again dropped below 2, to 1.6. The new cases has dipped to 2.3, only slightly above the
yellow qualifying figure, and the health equity metric is at 2.3.
All Valley counties except for Maripo- sa (still in the minimal yellow category) have been orange-tiered. That includes Kings County, which qualified for the yellow tier for a week before a slight in- crease in numbers brought that region back into orange.
Although there is no more discernible
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Curb, streetwork on tap for two Sanger neighborhoods
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
Two upcoming infra- structure projects costing nearly $86,000 received a majority vote by the Sanger City Council on the evening of June 3, and will move for- ward in the areas of District 3 and District 4.
The 2021 Curb Ramp Project, which will take place in the Lorena Avenue neighborhood and parts of the Oak Avenue area, and the 2021 Street Sealing Proj- ect, which will cover a wid- er area including the Lorena and Oak Avenue areas, were approved with a 4-0 vote by the council. Council mem-
ber Esmeralda Hurtado ab- stained from the vote.
“We are trying to have an active program to ad- dress any immediate con- cerns,” said Tim Chapa, Sanger city manager, during the meeting. “We allocate about $75,000 each year for this program, this year the award for the project came up to about $86,000, and we do have sufficient funds to complete the project."
The city engineer, Joshua Rogers said these types of projects are often prompted by existing projects.
“Sometimes, other proj- ects trigger the Americans with Disabilities Acts up- grades, so basically any
time that we are altering a roadway and there are definitions,” Rogers said. “Theres a minimum of re- quirements to upgrade curb ramps; they are basi- cally the interface between the roadway and pedestrian walkway.”
Rogers said this project has stemmed from a previ- ous preventative mainte- nance project.
“The map area shows where the three seals will be done [in the] subdivision with a cape seal, and that basically triggered ramp upgrades,” he said.
“So in this specific
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This map shows the two areas for the planned Curb Ramp and Street Sealing proj- ects in north Sanger. The curb ramp work will take place in the Lorena Avenue neigh- borhood and parts of the Oak Avenue area. The street sealing will cover a wider area in- cluding the Lorena and Oak avenues areas. Nearly $86,000 is be- ing provided for the two projects.
Courtesy city of Sanger
REMAINING GRADUATIONS
Sanger High School
Friday, June 11, 7:30 p.m., Tom Flores Stadium (4 tickets per graduate) Hallmark Charter School Saturday, June 12, 9 a.m.,
Tom Flores Stadium Sanger Parlier High School Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m., Parlier High School Stadium
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