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☀️ Good morning! It’s Friday, July 25. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Talk in an Elevator Day!
Expect highs in the upper 80s and low 90s throughout the weekend, with temperatures beginning to creep back up again early next week.
🚵🏽And we begin today with a little good news. Fresno achieved the biggest bike safety improvement among large US cities in 2024, jumping 7 points on the national People for Bikes rating system. Reporting from Palo Alto, Fresnoland’s Gregory Weaver finds out what lessons we can learn from the Bay Area as Fresno finalizes their end-of-decade bike plan this summer. Check out the full story below.
The Adventist Health hospital in Reedley could lose millions in funding as a result of the Trump Administration’s effort to gut $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. The Fresno Bee
🧺The Fresno County Farm Bureau is sounding the alarm about what they say is a rise in abandoned farmland in the central San Joaquin Valley. ABC30
Seventeen families in Southwest Fresno celebrated their new affordable housing this week after the completion of two infill developments bringing affordable housing to a historically underserved part of Fresno. The Business Journal
A Planned Parenthood facility in Madera is one of five locations that has been forced to close due to federal funding cuts. ABC30
🛣️A major road project launched this week in Madera County following a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Highway 41 bypass. KMPH
The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming back to Fresno next month. KSEE
Fresno gets biggest bike safety jump in US, according to expert group
Fresno’s recent efforts to make more room for bikes on city streets is paying off, at least according to some experts. The city experienced the biggest jump in America, amongst large cities, for bike and pedestrian safety scores in 2024. Fresno’s bike safety score jumped 7 points out of 100 […]
Is Fresno’s ‘unfortunate’ Measure C drama over now or just getting started?
Fresno County voters have seen a downpour of Measure C renewal news over the last month, and even the rosiest forecasts expect the stormy atmosphere to continue in the coming weeks. The contentious summer saga has seen activists successfully lobby to get representation on the sales tax’s advisory board, a […]
