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☀️ Good morning, and happy Monday! It’s July 29. This is Rob. We should see some of the coolest summer temperatures we’ve seen in weeks, with temperatures riding a wave of mid-90-degree days, gradually heating up as the week continues. The National Weather Service in Hanford calls for a high today and Tuesday of around 94 degrees and 97 Wednesday before the triple-digit heat returns Thursday at 101. Fresno’s regularly scheduled excessive heat is scheduled to return over the weekend with highs around 105.
🎼Shinzen Friendship Garden is hosting Music in the Garden on Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The night features music performed by the band “Ripe for the Pickin” who recreate the original energy and high-lonesome sound of Bluegrass music. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children—reserve online here.
😷ICYMI: Dozens of Valley residents protested on Thursday the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) unanimous approval for a slate of delays to clean the air in America’s dirtiest air basin, Fresnoland’s Gregory Weaver reported. Valley residents and some board members said the request to meet a 2012 air standard by 2030 was unacceptable. The elephant in the room was that every clean air plan ever submitted by the Valley regulators to meet the EPA’s annual soot standards has failed.
‘I depend on it.’ Fresno vendors protest ban of outdoor events at ArtHop
The first few times Fresno artist couple Crystal Rocha and Joseph Rodriguez saw the city’s monthly ArtHop celebration get canceled – in those instances, due to rain – they took matters into their own hands. “We used to be able to pay most of our studio rent with one ArtHop,” […]
Fresno city leaders call for ‘common sense’ anti-camping law. Homeless advocates say it’s a ‘death sentence’
Flexing their new powers, city leaders on Friday previewed a comprehensive policy to penalize and clear encampments in Fresno. The City of Fresno held a news conference to introduce a new ordinance that will penalize people for building encampments and sleeping in public places — framing the legislation as a […]
Fresno County sued by state over elections of sheriff and district attorney
As expected, the California Justice Department sued Fresno County on Friday over recent voter-approved changes to the election cycles of the county’s top two law enforcement leaders. In March, voters adopted Fresno County’s Measure A, which changed the county’s charter and moved the election cycles for the Fresno County sheriff […]
