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😎 July was the hottest month on record, but the heat was predictable in Fresno County. But August is shaping up to be a lot weirder. Last week, temperatures sank below the century mark, and that cooling trend is expected to continue for at least several more days. J.P. Kalb, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford, says high temperatures should stay around the low 90s until Friday when temperatures dip into the low 80s. The cooler weather won’t stick around for long, as the weather should begin to heat up again next week. “It’s well below average,” Kalb told Fresnoland. “But looks to be pretty dry.”
🎉Registration for 2024-2025 Polynesian Dance Classes is still available through Fresno PARCS! The class selection, including Beginning Children’s Hula, Beginning Teen and Adult Hula, and Level 1 Tahitian Drumming and Ukulele have options for all ages. Registration is available online at www.parcs online.fresno.gov, over the phone at (559)621-PLAY (7529), or in person at Dickey Youth Center, 1515 E. Divisadero St., Fresno.
🏛️ New today, the Democratic Party kicks off its convention in Chicago, and daytime talk show host Phil Donahue has died. Closer to home, California recently reached a clean energy milestone, CalMatters reports, but nobody is declaring victory. In Fresno County, a Southern California woman drowned along with a dog in the Kings River, marking the fourth drowning death of the year in Fresno County, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The Fresno Bee looks at Fresno Unified’s new alternative school, and the owners of a biolab shut down last year in Reedley face 12 new charges related to conspiracy and wire fraud, KVPR reports.
‘Making it right.’ Leaders gather in Fresno to discuss reparations for Black Californians
The State of Black California, a series of events presented by the California Legislative Black Caucus and the California Black Freedom Fund, stopped in Fresno on Saturday to promote dialogue regarding reparations for Black Californians. Specifically, the event series seeks to engage with Californians on the lasting impact slavery and […]
Fresno author David Masumoto talks family secrets, the local legacy of Japanese American imprisonment
For years, David “Mas” Masumoto regularly drove past the former Golden Cross nursing home on A Street in Fresno. Little did he know his long lost aunt, who his family believed was dead after having been separated from her for over 70 years, was very much alive inside. This is […]
