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☀️ Good morning! It’s Wednesday, Aug. 21. This is Rob. The National Weather Service in Hanford expects cooler weather again today, with a high of around 93. The cooling trend that landed in Fresno last week is expected to continue through the weekend. Thursday’s high temperatures are expected to peak around 89 before tumbling to around 80 on Friday and Saturday.
🏞️The City of Fresno is seeking public input on plans to redesign the community part on Tulare Avenue, between 10th and 11th streets. “Proposed amenities include a new play area, lighting, communal lawn, gathering spaces with tables and benches, and a walking loop.” A public meeting is set for 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Jackson Elementary, 3750 E. Platt Ave, Fresno. For more, visit Fresno PARCS.
🏛️ Fresno is the least accessible city in the United States for people with disabilities, The Fresno Bee reported, citing a recent study from Forbes magazine. A Hanford health clinic plans to end OBGYN services beginning next month at Adventist Health Hanford, including delivering babies, the Fresno Business Journal reported. “Family HealthCare Network will continue to provide OBGYN services at its two Hanford clinics, as well as Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia and Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville.”
‘Shortage is the word.’ Fresno Unified works to hire art teachers in face of state-wide demand
As students prepare to go back to school, dance teacher Saima Nunez has no classroom to decorate. Nunez teaches inside the Rutherford B. Gaston Middle School cafeteria, which doubles as a PE classroom for other students on rainy days. Without mirrors, she says, her neck hurts from craning back to […]
Public encampments are now illegal in Fresno County following Board decision
In less than two months, the county and city have passed ordinances that will change the way both jurisdictions stymie the growth of public encampment sites and their homeless populations. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors finalized the passage of their anti-encampment ordinance on Thursday, ushering a new era of […]
