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tion that included two live music bands, food and drink, and multiple vendor booths set up northeast of the club- house. That evening wrapped up with a fire- works display launched from northwest corner of the golf course.
The holiday period was capped off by the Sanger Fourth of July Spectacular at the high school. People gathered their lawn chairs, tents, umbrellas and other forms of shade at the practice field on the north end of the Sanger High School campus to watch live music and en- joy food and drink. After sunset, the skies were alit with a 20-minute fireworks display put on by Pyro Spectacular.
Of course, there were the many people who put on their own fireworks shows; many of them safe and sane but just as many launching illegal aerial fireworks in all cities.
Reedley police re- ported a total of 12 ille- gal fireworks citations administered, most coming in the central or eastern parts of the city. There were 49 calls to police reporting illegal fireworks, but fortunate- ly the city was spared any fires breaking out.
It was a busy night for Sanger's fire department, which had four fires and 18 calls for service. More than two dozen illegal fireworks citations were written and batches of illegal fireworks were seized. For the first time, the city enforced the new Social Host ordinance that makes property owners liable for illegal fireworks.
All three city fire de- partments responded to fire calls during the holi- day weekend, including rural areas.
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COVID-19 update
As of Tuesday, July 5, there were 247,952 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 2,840,016 tests in Fresno County, with 2,783 deaths and 166 people hospitalized (16 in ICU).
data hub. The county website is providing sporadic updates on 30-day case averages for each zip code in Fresno County.
Mid Valley Times cities and other Fresno County cities have not been updated for weeks as part of the Fresno County COVID-19
In Tulare County, there were 112,118 confirmed cases (789 on 7-day active average, a drop of 91 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,500 deaths and 30 people hospitalized (one in ICU) as of Tuesday, July 5.
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411 for the week. While seven-day active num- bers dropped by 91, the overall positivity rate reached 15.7 percent. There was just one new death from COVID in the county for the week, and hospitalizations had a small decrease to 30 patients as of July 1.
Vaccination rates in both Fresno and Tulare counties crept up by a tenth of a percentage point. The most recent Fresno County data on the vaccine hub showed 65.1 percent of residents
Obituaries
Linda M. Gonzales
Linda M. Gonzales
of Dinuba died June 22 in Dinuba. She was 69.
Ms. Gonzales worked as a custodian.
She is survived by six sons, fiver daugh- ters, her parented, four brothers, two sisters, 25 grandchildren and eight great-grandchil- dren.
No services were held. Sterling & Smith Funeral Home of Dinu-
had been vaccinated as of July 1. Other actual figures had yet to be updated by more than three weeks.
Tulare County's vac- cination numbers inched up to 57.5 percent of res- idents through July 1. Again, there was no date updated in any category since July 1.
The Orange County register reported on July 5 that the Fourth of July holiday weekend showed 2,662 new cases between July 1 and 5. That includ- ed 227 people hospital- ized in county medical facilities; with 30 in in- tensive care.
ba handled the arrange- ments.
David Wooden
David Wooden of Se- attle, Wash. died June 1. He was 68.
Mr. Wooden was re- tired.
He is survived by two brothers and one sister.
A memorial service- visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, July 8, at Aleman Event Center on G Street in Reedley.
Aerial fireworks blow off to- ward the end of the Sanger Fourth of July Spectacular at Sanger High School on July 4. A large turnout set up chairs and shaded areas at the Sanger High practice field to watch the display.
Kelli Collins / Contributed
BELOW: Three & The Ma- chine, featuring vocalist Gina Taylor, provided live music along with main act Midnight Run at the city of Dinuba's Independence Day Celebration on July 3 at Ridge Creek Golf Course.
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LOWER LEFT: A screen grab from the Orange Cove fire- works show on July 1 at the city's community center and high school.
Kelli Collins / Contributed
LOWER RIGHT: Food and crafts vendors lined the streets of downtown Reed- ley for the Celebrate Amer- ica event on July 1.
Greater Reedley Chamber of Commerce / Contributed
Home Decor ❖ Collectibles ❖ Furniture Vintage ❖ Crafts ❖ Jewelry
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cleanup operations the next day.
John Mulligan, Sanger public works director, said that the pool was expected to be closed for at least a week for cleanup and inspection.
The day after the crash, the corner was blocked off by traffic barricades and protec- tive meshing. I large bend in the outside fence showed where the car jumped the curb and crashed toward the pool.
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