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☀️ Good morning! It’s Thursday, Aug. 8. This is Rob. Good news! Cooler weather is on its way — but not today. The National Weather Service calls for a high of around 103 this afternoon, a sharp drop from Wednesday’s 110, but still ugly. Forecasters expect temperatures to continue falling gradually over the next week, dipping (just) below the century mark starting early next week.
🏀NBA star — and former Fresno State Bulldog — Paul George returns to Fresno County on Saturday for the Fresno Pro-Am’s season finale at Clovis North High School, ABC30 reported. George played two seasons at Fresno State from 2008 to 2010, averaging 15 points per game. The now 34-year-old nine-time All-Star made news earlier this summer when he signed a four-year, $212 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. The free event will feature a back-to-school giveaway with backpacks, iPads, bikes, and a PlayStation 5. Doors are expected to open at noon, with the championship game at 2 p.m. and the finale at 4 p.m.
💵How does Fresno State’s heavy debt on the Save Mart Center affect dreams of renovating Valley Children’s Stadium? The old football stadium has seen substantial upgrades since the early 90s, The Fresno Bee reports. Will President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval take on more debt to renovate another athletics venue “while the university deals with cuts in state funding that will hit every campus in the California State University system?” Previous renovation plans, abandoned in 2018, carried an estimated price tag of as much as $80 million.
📚Also, don’t forget, the Fresnolandia podcast debuts the first book club next week, featuring Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and Resilience of a Family Farm, by Del Rey’s own Mas Masumoto. To join in, read the book and send us your questions for Mas by 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 to tips@fresnoland.org or via phone at 559-202-3656.
How goats are helping prevent wildfires in Fresno County
About 20 minutes north of Shaver Lake, power lines buzz with 220 kilowatts of energy above a burn scar littered with burnt trees, thorny shrubs — and 100 firefighting goats. Southern California Edison, who has right-of-way over the area under the power lines, began a pilot program in fall of […]
New lawsuit says Clovis hospital siphoned $1 billion away from Fresno’s downtown hospital
Two Fresno nonprofits are suing the operator of Community Regional Medical Center and Clovis Community Medical Center, arguing it siphoned off $1 billion in public dollars intended to offset the costs of caring for the downtown hospital’s large share of low-income patients to instead fund lavish upgrades to the campus […]
Fresno County moves toward anti-camping ordinance they say doesn’t target the homeless. Critics disagree
Fresno County on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to implement an anti-encampment ordinance, joining the City of Fresno at the forefront of a new push to remove homeless encampments in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling. The ordinance’s ratification is likely to happen at the next Board meeting on […]
