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A2 | Thursday, February 7, 2019
News
The Dinuba Sentinel
Obituaries
ICE agents make local area sweep
Sentinel staff report
Last week, word began circulating on social media that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in town targeting illegal immigrants as they prepared to head off to work. This week the Dinuba Police Department verified in their police reports that ICE agents were in fact in town, as early as 4 a.m. Monday morning.
The Sentinel reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week for more information, however, as of time of print had not heard back from the agency.
The image on the right is a still from a video that was posted on social media last week. The video, as indicated in the post, was taken in the Cutler-Orosi area and shows two ICE agents detaining an unknown male subject.
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Kings River
East GSA to
act on new
water plan
Hortencia Espino
Hortencia Espino, a resident of Cutler, died February 3, 2019. She was 92.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 11 from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cutler. Rosary will be at 9:30 a.m. and funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. at the church.
Surviving family members include three sons, two daughters, a brother, and two sisters.
Dopkins Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Roy Mink
Roy Mink, a resident of Cutler, died February 4, 2019. He was 75.
He was a machine operator.
Graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 7 at 10 a.m. at Smith Mountain Cemetery.
Lights &Sirens
Surviving family members include two sons, a daughter, three brothers, 22 grandchildren, 35 great children and 30 great great grandchildren.
Dopkins Funeral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez, a resident of Orosi, died February 2, 2019. He was 71.
He was a custodian.
Visitation will be held Thursday, February 7 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. Funeral mass will be held Friday, February 8 at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba.
Surviving family members include his spouse, a son, three daughters, four brothers, three sisters, and 10 grandchildren.
Sterling & Smith Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
• A theft report was made in the 900 block of West El Monte Way at 1:47 p.m. Subject was described as a male wearing a black baseball cap, jacket and a red shirt. He reportedly fled the scene in a silver Mazda minivan.
• A computer and computer monitor were reported stolen in the 700 blcok of West El Monte Way. It was reported at 2:15 p.m.
• An assault was reported in the 1500 block of East Olive Way at 3:41 p.m. A woman reportedly tried stabbing her brother in a residence there.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 1000 block of North Eaton Avenue at 5:44 p.m. Two female transients were reportedly hanging out in a patio there.
• A fire was reported in the 1100 block of North Alta Avenue at 7:57 p.m. A shopping cart was reportedly on fire there.
• A residential burglary was reported in the 200 block of South K Street. It was reported at 9:20 p.m.
Saturday, February 2
• Two noise complaints were made in the 200 block of West North Way for loud subjects. The first call came in a 12:00 a.m. and the second was reported at 12:36 a.m.
• An injury traffic collision was reported in the 100 block of North Eaton Avenue at 11:30 a.m. The accident involved a black Buick and a gold Toyota. A passenger reported having a leg injury.
• A box of bananas was reported in the middle of the intersection of Alta Avenue and El Monte Way at 3:16 p.m.
• A theft report was made at Tractor Supply Co. on West El Monte Way. A subject reportedly took boots and a bolt cutter.
• Shots fired were reported in the area of California Avenue and Park Way at 6:33 p.m. Two to three shots were heard in the area.
• A white male subject wearing a white hoody and jeans was reportedly inhaling gas at the pumps in the 100 block of East El Monte Way at 9:57 p.m.
• A noise complaint for loud music was reported in the area of Marshall and Johnson avenues at 10:26 p.m.
Sentinel staff report
Ever since the California State Water Resources Control Board announced its plan to reduce water flow in the San Joaquin River last December, local farmers and Groundwater Sustainability Agencies throughout the Valley have worked adamantly to stop the proposed plan.
Now, the Kings River East GSA, which represents the water in Dinuba and surrounding areas, has released their own plan to address the difficult task of properly dispursing the Valley's main water supply.
The plan, released on Jan. 31, will be reviewed at the Kings River East GSA meeting on Feb. 21. The meeting is held monthly inside the city hall
council chambers, and will begin this month at 2 p.m.
After hearing the plan, the board, made up of local representatives, will move to adopt the plan.
The proposed state plan would redirect as much as 40 percent of the river's water to 'unimpaired flow', meaning local farmers would get far less water for the growing season. Currently, about 20 percent of the river's water is unimpaired.
Recently, the California Farm Bureau Federation filed a lawsuit in the Sacramento County Superior Court to block the state's proposed water plan. (See Page A6 for more details.)
To see a copy of the Kings River East GSA water plan, visit http://kingsrivereast.org/ gsp/.
Sentinel staff report
Dinuba Police incident calls in the last week.
Monday, January 28
• Notification was received that ICE agents would be in the 700 block of Harvard Avenue at 4:01 a.m.
• Two toddlers were reportedly left unattended in a black Nissan Altima in the 100 block of North L Street at 10:07 a.m.
• A woman locked her keys in her vehicle with her four-year- old child inside the vehicle in the 1600 block of East El Monte Way. It was reported at 12:33 p.m.
• A suspicious subject was reported in the 1000 block of Lincoln Avenue at 1:42 p.m. A male subject wearing black and a camouflage hat was reportedly checking mail boxes in the area.
• A ladder was reportedly taken from a construction job in the 300 block of North M Street. It was reported at 2:55 p.m.
• A theft report was made in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 8:42 p.m. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his late 30's wearing a gray hat and a gray pullover hoody.
• Domestic violence was reported in the 1300 block of South Greene Avenue at 11:44 p.m. The suspect allegedly choked the victim and then left the scene on foot.
Tuesday, January 29
• Trespassers were reported in the 800 block of First Avenue at
12:41 a.m. People were observed in an apartment that should be vacant.
• Vandalism to a garage was reported in the 100 block of South J Street at 11:21 a.m.
• A male and female were reportedly found inside a public bathroom in the 200 block of South L Street at 11:23 a.m.
• Subjects were reportedly setting up camp in an empty lot in the 900 block of South Alta Avenue at 2:54 p.m.
• A subject was reportedly shooting at a male subject on a bike and almost hit some pets in the 1100 block of East Golden Way at 3:02 p.m.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 7:16 p.m. A subject was reportedly irrate there and refusing to leave.
• Two noisce complaints for loud music were reported in the evening hours of Jan. 29. Reports were made in the area of Mark Avenue and Davis Drive and also in the 1900 block of Mt. View Avenue.
Wednesday, January 30
• A suspicious subject was reported in the area of Davis Drive and Hayes Avenue at 7:45 a.m. A male subject in his mid 30's, wearing a black sweater, red shirt and black pants, was reportedly carrying a knife in the area.
• A student was reportedly threatening school staff in the 1200 block of Hayes Avenue at 2:21 p.m.
• Juveniles were reportedly smoking marijuana near the
baseball fields at Roosevelt Park at 2:48 p.m.
• A female wearing a black jacket was reportedly seen pushing a wheelbarrow with tools in it in the 100 block of West Adelaide Way at 7:37 p.m.
• A fire was reported in the 500 block of West Nebraska Avenue at 8:31 p.m. An electrical panel was sparking in the area.
• Trespassers were reported in the 2000 block of East El Monte Way at 9:41 p.m. Subjects reportedly started a fire on a property there.
• Shots fired were reported in the area of Avenue 404 and Road 96 at 10:01 p.m.
Thursday, January 31
• A possible fire was reported in the 800 block of North Alta Avenue at 8:57 a.m. An unknown smell was reported in a building there. Issue reportedly turned out to be an HVAC problem.
• A theft report was made in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 9:17 a.m. Subject was reportedly taking items at Walmart and was described as wearing a 49ers hat, a gray shirt and blue jeans.
• A business owner in the 100 block of South L Street was informed by a roofer of a gun on the rooftop at 10:09 a.m. The gun reportedly turned out to be an air-soft pistol.
• An unwanted person was reported in the 100 block of North L Street at 12:59 p.m. A transient was in an upstairs bathroom in a building there.
• A subject was reportedly knocking on doors and windows in the 1000 block of Eaton Avenue at 8:09 p.m.
Friday, February 1
• Shots fired were reported in the area of West El Monte Way and Road 64 at 3:35 a.m. And older white hatchback vehicle with bright tail lights reportedly shot at a billboard in the area.
• A homeless camp was reported in the 1200 block of South Alta Avenue at 8:38 a.m.
• A walker, black in color, with large tires was reportedly stolen from a driveway in the 1500 block of Gerald Avenue at 1:04 p.m.
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