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limited dining along with salons and other various services. Tulare County, however, remained at the purple Tier 1 level, mean- ing the maximum amount of state restrictions in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus.
With Fresno County enjoying three straight weeks in red status, it means that county mid- dle schools and high schools can reopen to limited class size on- campus instruction. Kings Canyon Unified School District in Reed- ley already had received waiver clearance for elementary school stu- dents, and planned to open campuses to partial instruction on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 15-16.
There was concern last week that Fresno County may revert back to purple tier status, af-
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The TCSO Communi- ty Food Giveaways are done in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Seven Oaks Church in Visalia, and three Spanish ra- dio stations — Lay Ley, La Poderosa and Radio Lazer.
In addition to the food and masks, 70 lucky children received a brand new book thanks to the Readership Proj- ect at the Tulare County Office of Education. More children’s books will be given out at fu- ture TCSO Community food giveaways thanks to a half million dollar literacy grant to TCOE.
The week previous, a supplies and mask give- away was held at the Orosi Memorial Hall. That event assisted more than 200 families in the region,
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Squad cars with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office were on the scene of an arson fire at the corner of Road 80 and Avenue 384 on Oct. 10.
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political signs supporting the 22nd Congressional District representative and the president on dis- play. The first incident occurred on Sept. 30.
The owner, identified in a KMPH Fox26 news report as farmer Jon Do- lieslater, aid he believed the fires were set in an effort to destroy the po-
litical signs. Dolieslager told the reporter that the first fire resulted in $5,000 in damage, since the hay wasn't insured.
Investigators with TCSO said the case re- mains an active inves- tigation and evidence found at the scene won't be released at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at (559) 733-6218.
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VID-19 positive case per day crept back up past the seven-case threshold per 100,000 population. However, that number shrank back to 6.5 cases per 100,000 in this week's statistics. In overall posi- tivity rates, the numbers fell to 5.1 while the coun- ty's "health equity met- ric" was listed in the red status at 7.4.
If Fresno County's overall positive test rate can fall to under 5 per- cent, that would drop the county into an orange tier "moderate" status. However, overall im- provement to that level isn't likely to happen soon as the new positive case rate must fall under 4 percent (it's currently 6.5 percent).
In Tulare County, ac- tive cases actually in- creased for the week by 22 to 628, but the county still finds itself with a 94.7 percent recovery
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As of 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, there had been 29,523 confirmed cases (9,559 active) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 316,305 tests (9.3 percent) in Fresno County, with 424 deaths and 89 currently hospitalized.
Among Mid Valley Times cities, Reedley leads the way with the most positive cases at 1,424 (465 active or under investigation) while Sanger is at 1,388 cases (434 active or under investigation); Parlier was listed with 1,105 cases (357) and Orange Cove had 672 cases (221). Del Rey was at 120 cases while Fowler had 241 cases. Squaw Valley and Dunlap had
17 and six positive cases, respectively. The county reported that 19,407 of the positive cases (66 percent) had recovered.
In Tulare County, there were 16,976 confirmed cases (628 active) of COVID-19 with 269 deaths and 26 hospitalized as of midday on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Breakdowns by cities/regions show 1,851 cases in Dinuba, 613 in Orosi, 361 in Cutler, 84 in Traver, 13 in the rural area south of Reedley and four in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
A total of 16,079 people (94.7 percent) had recovered from the virus in Tulare County.
rate (16,079 of 16,976 to- tal positive cases. Deaths increased for the week by four, to 269, but hos- pitalizations dropped by eight to 26. There were 14 new deaths reported in Fresno County on Oct. 13; 18 for the week, but hospitalizations dropped
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The one-year grant is for the 2021 federal fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021. The grant will fund a vari- ety of traffic safety programs, including:
• Patrols with emphasis on al- cohol and drug-impaired driving prevention.
• Patrols with emphasis on awareness and education of Cali- fornia’s hands-free cell phone law.
• Patrols with emphasis on
education of traffic rights for bi- cyclists and pedestrians.
• Patrols with emphasis on awareness and education of pri- mary causes of crashes: excess speed, failure to yield, failure to stop at stop signs/signals, improp- er turning/lane changes.
• Community education pre- sentations on traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, DUI, speed, bicycle and pedestrian safety.
• Officer training and/or re- certification: Standard Field So- briety Test (SFST) and Drug Rec-
ognition Expert (DRE).
"The council is pleased that
our police department will imple- ment these strategies and take the necessary measures to keep our public and roads safe," said Mayor Alma Beltran. "Through education and behavior changes, we hope to create an environment that is safe and equitable for all road users in our community."
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safe- ty through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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