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☀️ Good morning! It’s Monday, Sept. 9. This is Rob and today might be the last 100-degree day Fresno sees for a while. The National Weather Service in Hanford calls for a high today of around 102, followed by a string of cooler days, with temperatures tumbling to the mid and low 80s around the middle of the week.
🎉Fresno residents are invited to Fiestas Patrias 2024 beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, with a parade followed at 12:30 p.m. by a festival on Fulton Street.
🏡 Fresno State plans to build student housing for the first time in more than five decades, KVPR reported. The university announced Friday plans for a $59 million 228-unit apartment-style complex near existing residence halls that could be ready for students as soon as next fall. The campus will have about 1,500 beds across 10 buildings.
Efforts for equity in art celebrate 50th anniversary in Fresno
Art galleries might be imagined to be quiet, pristine areas with stern signs warning: “Do Not Touch the Art.” However, Gallery 25 defied all of these expectations last week, when celebrating their 50th anniversary. While guests strolled the gallery on Sept. 5, checking out art by founders as well as […]
Newsom vetoes Fresno lawmaker’s bill to help undocumented immigrants access homeownership program
California’s push to expand rights and resources for undocumented immigrants faced a setback as Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to access a homebuyer loan program. Assembly Bill 1840, introduced by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, D-Fresno, sought to clarify that undocumented immigrants could apply for […]
‘Everyone thinks it’s over.’ First new ArtHop sees small crowds
Fresno’s new ArtHop event featured a small crowd and a growing sense of uncertainty and anxiety for the immediate future of ArtHop. The Sept. 5 ArtHop was again missing the big crowds that regularly packed Fulton Street. The lack of vendors, food trucks and artists lining the streets made it […]
