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☀️Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 10. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Kitten Day!
Today’s weather? The first of a string of 100-degree days. Big sigh.
The chief behind California’s long-struggling high-speed rail project pushed back hard on a Trump Administration he says is operating in bad faith to spite California and its leadership. He also said the state’s cap-and-trade program would be able to cover the project’s multi-billion funding gap, but that money was still not in place this week, Fresnoland’s Julianna Morano reports this morning.
💸The editorial board at Fresno State’s student newspaper wasn’t feeling a recent effort by university brass to encourage — but not incentivize — struggling students to buy more tickets to the upcoming Shakira concert in Fresno next month, after initially ticket sales were apparently softer than expected for the first-ever concert at Valley Children’s Stadium. The cheapest tickets available on Thursday morning started at $117. The Collegian
Evacuation orders were downgraded Wednesday after a pickup truck fire sparked a blaze near Coarsegold. ABC30
One of Fresno’s most beloved taco shops recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. The Fresno Bee
The life and service of the longtime pastor of Fresno’s CrossCity Christian Church was celebrated this week. KSEE
Bullet train CEO rails against Trump administration ‘hostility,’ says Central Valley project remains on track
The California High-Speed Rail Authority isn’t backing down on its commitment to complete the Central Valley segment of the state’s bullet train project by 2033 — and insists it doesn’t deserve to lose the federal grants the Trump administration has signaled it will revoke. The rail authority’s July 7 supplemental […]
