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⛈️Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 13. This is Rob, wishing a Happy National Open-an-Umbrella-Indoors Day to those who celebrate! And you might want to keep an umbrella handy today even if you decide not to test your bad luck with a low-grade science experiment. Rain and thunderstorms are expected throughout the day and into the evening, with daytime highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 40s.
❎ A recent attack ad in a special Fresno City Council election accusing candidate Brandon Vang of statutory rape in the 1990s has been widely criticized as dirty politics — but while Vang and his wife deny any wrongdoing ever took place, they acknowledged in an interview with The Fresno Bee that Vang’s wife was under the age of 18 in 1993 when their child was born.
😷A Fresno County resident is one of five known cases of Measles currently in California, ABC30 reported this week. Before showing symptoms, the unnamed resident — who health officials said was not vaccinated — attended an event in Madera County with about 200 other people. Officials say the threat to the general public remains low.
New this morning — ICE detention centers might soon expand in the Central Valley despite years of complaints and lawsuits over conditions. Read the full story below from Fresnoland’s Gisselle Medina.
New this morning — The Fresno City Council threw the city’s last eviction protection program a lifeline that will keep the lights on for until at least mid-summer, but the future of the program remains uncertain. Read the full story below from Fresnoland’s Omar S. Rashad.
How Fresno is keeping its Eviction Protection Program alive
Back in February, Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz made an impassioned plea. His department needed half a million dollars to keep the city’s Eviction Protection Program afloat. Janz told councilmembers the $1.5 million allocated for the program wasn’t enough for the full fiscal year. “We are literally keeping people from […]
How Trump’s immigration policies affect detention practices amid enforcement actions in the Central Valley
As Border Patrol and ICE have been in Kern and Fresno counties, the process of detention has now changed under Trump, leaving more room for increasing concerns about the impact on local communities.
