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CHP: $27 million available to combat impaired driving
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The California Highway Patrol on Dec. 30 announced the availability of nearly $27 million in grant funds to help local communities combat im- paired driving.
The funding is the result of Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which pro- vided specified cannabis tax funding to the CHP to admin-
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fleeing from police following an illegal street race that began on Blackstone Avenue moments earlier. Villarreal also was killed in the crash.
“The more I learned about the facts of the accident, I was so infuriated. Speed racing is not a new problem, especially in that area,” said Dana Xiong, Allison’s mother. “I don't want Allie nor her cousins, Linda and Chris- topher to be just names in the news, just another tragic statistic. They had lives and dreams, families, and friends. They were so special in their own ways.”
The news came as a shock to Sanger High School students and fac- ulty as the news of Allison’s death spread across social media.
“She has been a student in pho- tography and journalism for three years,” said Dawn Pearson, a teacher at Sanger High School who oversees the school's journalism program.
Pearson said Allison was well known within the photo and journal- ism community.
“Allie was the 2020-21 HiLights newspaper editor in chief who helped bring many firsts to the staff in this age of attending school in a pandemic,” said Pearson. “Always hopeful, never deterred, and for- ever optimistic, she emerged as an amazingly compassionate leader. To
California law enforcement agencies and local toxicol- ogy laboratories meeting the eligibility requirements de- scribed in the 2021 Request for Application, available on the CHP website.
The CHP held a virtual workshop Jan. 6 to answer questions from potential grant applicants regarding the ap- plication process, the 2021 Re- quest for Application, admin- istrative program regulations,
and other general questions. Applications will be ac- cepted beginning Thursday, Jan. 7, through Tuesday, Feb. 23, for programs beginning on July 1. These grants will en- hance existing efforts to ad-
dress impaired driving. “These grants represent an opportunity for the CHP to work collaboratively with local traffic safety stakehold- ers to strategically address impaired driving issues while
making California’s roadways a safer place to travel,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said.
Those interested in this grant opportunity can learn more about the program, ob- tain workshop updates, and view the 2021 Request for Application by visiting the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Pro- gram page on the CHP’s web- site, under the Programs and Services tab.
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under construction, the county did release individual cities' total positive case numbers on Jan. 5. Sanger saw a jump to 168 cases from a Dec. 31 update, to 2,552. That's nearly 600 cases more than was listed in a county update on Dec.
15. As of Jan. 5, Reedley was at 2,113 cases (up 95 from Dec. 31 and 152 from a Dec. 29 report) while Parlier's positive cases increased to 1,695 (a jump of 43 in five days). Orange Cove in- creased to 944 cases, up 29 from Dec. 31.
Recently, the county's website explained they
FCDPH statement on not listing recoveries data
to reallocate staff for new COVID-19 cases. Recovered cases were derived from FCDPH conducting follow up contact with COVID+ patients after the isolation period. FCDPH will continue to provide the most up-to-date and relevant data to the public."
the 35,286 positive cases (85.9 percent) recovered as of Jan. 5.
Dinuba remained by far the city in the re- gion with the most posi-
COVID-19 update
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, Jan. 5, there had been 69,871 confirmed cases (no active update) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 596,047 tests in Fresno County, with 711 deaths and 686 currently hospitalized.
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Last-minute holiday cheer
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Members of the Reedley Christmas Band provided some final holiday music before the end of 2020 with a New Year's Eve late morning performance downtown in front of Willie's Cafe. The band played a number of traditional Christmas carols and songs during the brief concert.
ister local grants for educa- tion, prevention, and enforce- ment programs regarding im- paired driving. Funding for the grants comes from a tax on the cultivation and sale of cannabis and cannabis prod- ucts sold in California since January 2018.
For the current grant cy- cle, the CHP’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program will be awarding grants based on a competitive process to
no longer would be list- ing the number of per- sons recovered. Recov- eries continue to be list- ed on the Tulare County website, with 30,326 of
A total of 30,326 people (85.9 percent) had recovered from the virus in Tulare County.
Allison Chang, kneeling in the middle of the front row, served as editor in chief for the 2020-21 Sanger High HiLights newspaper.
say she’ll be missed is an understate- ment.”
Allison was set to graduate in the spring and participated in several aquatic sports as well,
“She was the best teammate," said Natilee Owens. “Every practice was more bearable because she was there. She had an infectious laugh and never failed to make anyone smile.”
Allison’s mother said she wanted to bring awareness to the illegal street races that have been a problem in Fresno for many years.
“I want their stories to be told,” said Xiong. “That is one way to honor them. I hope that people will listen and there will be more awareness so no mother will ever have to lose their child like this.”
Fresno Police officers were alert- ed to an illegal street race on Black- stone Avenue sometime after 11 p.m. on Dec. 26. They located the vehicles and attempted to pull them over. One of the vehicles involved in the race pulled over for police, however, Villar- real evaded officers and left the scene
at a high rate of speed.
Moments later, security cameras
show the moment of impact when Vil- larreal ran the red light slamming into the group's truck as well as a third ve- hicle.
A GoFund Me page has been set up by Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi and Pao Yang, the Execu- tive Director of The Fresno Center. The two are working in partnership to raise funds for funeral expenses and family support for the victim's families.
Here is the statement from the Fresno County Department of Public Health regarding its halting of updating data of recoveries from COVID-19:
Squaw Valley and Dunlap had 46 and six total positive cases, respectively, through a Dec. 29 update. The county announced on its website that it will not list recoveries at this time to reallocate staff for new COVID-19 cases.
"The FCDPH Data Dashboard is currently under construction. At this time reporting of recovered cases has been discontinued
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through Jan. 5 (the Fresno County dashboard page is under construction until early 2021), Sanger continues to have the most total overall positive cases with 2,552. Through the Dec. 31 printed update, Reedley is at 2,113 cases; Parlier was listed with 1,695 cases and Orange Cove had 944 cases. Del Rey was at 190 cases while Fowler had 550 cases through Jan. 5.
In Tulare County, there were 35,286 total confirmed cases (4,539 active) of COVID-19 with 421 deaths and 228 hospitalized as of midday on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Breakdowns by cities/regions show 3,041 cases in Dinuba, 1,001 in Orosi, 543 in Cutler, 173 in Traver, 40 in the rural area south of Reedley and 12 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
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tive cases, 3,041 by Jan. 5. However, over the course of the week posi-
tive cases listed for the previous three weeks dipped by 13, to 438.
Orosi surpassed the 1,000 positive case mile- stone this past week, re- porting 1,001 total cases on Jan. 5. Like Dinuba, there was a slight re- duction of cases in the
past three weeks. Cut- ler had an increase of 20 cases in the past week, and now stands at 543.
The rate of increase in patients in Traver, south of Dinuba, waned slightly from a recent sharp spike, although total cases grew to 173.
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