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Good morning! It’s June 28. Happy Friday!
Reports of a 120-degree day looming over Fresno were false, multiple news outlets reported Thursday. July 6 in Fresno is only expected to reach somewhere around 112. Weekend temperatures in Fresno are expected around 100, with more dry, windy weather complicating firefighting efforts on Saturday and Sunday.
🏮 The Fresno Buddhist Temple will be hosting the 78th Annual Obon- Festival of Lanterns from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. The festival, open to all ages, is free to attend and will feature “Asian flair” foods (traditional and non-traditional), dance, and drinks. Visit Fresno County)
🏛️ The Fresno City Council on Thursday accepted $20 million in federal funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development toward the construction of a new senior center at 4343 N. Blackstone Ave. It will be the first dedicated city-wide senior center. The City Council also approved a rate increase for trash collection and reserved a COVID-era policy that allowed residents to participate in council meetings remotely.
Okieville water recharge project a ‘poster child’ of partnership to protect residential water
More than 40 engineers, landowners, water officials and drinking water advocates gathered along the banks of a full, flowing canal in Tulare County Thursday to inaugurate the Okieville Recharge Basin. But the first order of business on the hot summer day was snow cones. The 21-acre project is a “poster […]
Lightning-strike fires in Fresno County swell to more than 10,000 acres
Two of the largest wildfires burning in Fresno County merged Thursday as the string of lightning-strike fires swelled to more than 10,000 acres and 37% containment. Fresno County supervisors plan to declare a local emergency on Friday “due to the rapid rate of growth in the Fresno June Lightning Complex […]
Fresno ends online meeting participation, approves five-year solid waste rate hike
Fresno leaders pulled back on a COVID-era commitment that helped citizens stay engaged in their local government. The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved a resolution that ends online participation through Zoom, supplanting the 2021 COVID-era resolution that looked to keep the online option permanent in response to the pandemic-induced […]
