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☀️ Happy Friday! It’s Aug. 30. This is Rob. Expect classic Fresno summer weather over the season’s final three-day holiday weekend. Temperatures are expected to top out at 99 on Saturday and Sunday, then dip to around 94 on Labor Day. Overnight lows this weekend are expected to remain between the mid-to upper-60s.
🌾The 100-foot-tall grain silos that have stood for nearly eight decades north of downtown Fresno will soon be coming down, said the owners of Producers Dairy told The Fresno Bee. “Extensive scavenging, mostly for copper wire, along with vandalism and deteriorated conditions have left the once mighty feed mill unusable and unsafe.” South Tower advocates clashed with Producers Dairy over a truck parking lot on Belmont and Roosevelt Avenues.
💵We have one week left in our summer membership campaign! If you sign up to become a member, giving at $10+ a month today through midnight we’ll deliver an eco-friendly tote to you this weekend. Don’t miss out on this crowd favorite! Limited to Fresno and Clovis residents.
Fresno police officers score 3% raise in one-year labor union contract
The Fresno City Council unanimously approved a new police union contract this week and a plan for emergency improvements to the south Fresno landfill following a methane reading in June. Among a slew of other approved items during Thursday’s City Council meeting, councilmembers also greenlit negotiations with the Fresno Chaffee […]
Fresno City Council wants to crack down on trespassers, squatters
The Fresno City Council unanimously passed an ordinance granting private property owners more options for getting rid of trespassers. Fresno’s trespassing ordinance was sponsored by Council Vice President Mike Karbassi and Councilmembers Garry Bredefeld and Tyler Maxwell. Bredefeld said the ordinance was necessary to give local business owners tools to […]
