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☀️ Good morning! It’s Monday, July 14. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Mac and Cheese Day!
A National Weather Service heat advisory remains in place through at least early Tuesday, with temperatures expected to reach around 104 today in parts of Fresno County.
And that’s bad news for the Cal Fire crews battling the Max Fire, which, at last updated, had burned 300 acres in Fresno County with 5% containment. ABC30
New this morning, Fresnoland’s Diego Vargas takes a look at how recent Trump administration cuts to local schools could further hamper Fresno Unified’s neverending effort to improve student test scores. Find that story below!
“Local leaders are reacting to this week’s ICE raids in Southern California. Folks like Manuel Cunha and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria are calling out the Trump administration for its handling of ICE raids. They said hard-working families are living in fear.” KSEE
“The former Downtown Auto Care building on the southeast corner of Fulton and Inyo streets is being reshaped into five retail spaces of about 700 to 1,100 square feet in the Brewery District.” The Fresno Bee
“The site of former farmworker housing in Firebaugh has been transformed into La Joya Commons, a 68-unit affordable housing apartment complex.” The Business Journal
How Trump administration cuts could further hamper Fresno Unified schools’ neverending search for better test scores
Fresno’s English-language learners could face a more difficult incoming school year. Funds annually released to schools on July 1 were withheld by the Trump administration, putting English-learning services and before/after school programs in limbo. That leaves low-income and English-learning students, who’ve historically scored lower on the SBAC, even more vulnerable. […]
Time is running out for Fresno County to change the rules around electing its top cops
The nakedly political fight over law enforcement elections in Fresno County isn’t quite over and the clock is ticking for local Republicans to score a win in court. In June, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors agreed to continue the legal battle over the election cycles of the sheriff and […]
Two Fresno homeless shelters will close by end of year, sparking uncertainty across the city
Jason Throop has been homeless for over a year now. The Fresno native said he waited for about four months to get a spot at the Journey Home homeless shelter on Parkway Drive before finally landing a spot on Thursday. The problem? The shelter he moved into has just announced […]
