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☀️ Good morning! It’s Friday, Oct. 4. A National Weather Service heat advisory remains in effect until late Friday as Fresno’s endless summer races toward the months other communities collectively call “fall” and “winter.” Expect a high today around 101, with an overnight low around 70. Fresno is expected to flirt with triple-digit heat throughout the weekend before temperatures back off a bit early next week. The lingering windless heat has triggered an air quality advisory in the central San Joaquin Valley.
💃🏽📚 Fresno’s annual pop-up literary arts festival returns Saturday, Oct. 12, in the Tower District. The series of short readings at various Tower District spots begins promptly at noon with four readings per hour. Attendees can select shows from a list of topics ranging in theme and genre. LitHop
🐎Fresno Fair officials defended safety protocols this week following the recent deaths of two racehorses — the first the fair has seen in years, KVPR reported. According to reports, one horse died last Friday following pneumonia; the other died on the race track. California Authority of Racing Fairs spokesperson Larry Swartzlander told the Fresno radio news outlet that racehorses undergo thorough health and safety checks before making it to the tracks. “And, in this case, when people ask me, ‘What are you going to change?’ Well, there’s really nothing that can change. We have a very thorough program, very safe program.”
Fresno’s second hottest summer on record isn’t over, just yet
Climate change has resulted in hotter and more intense summers, according to a local meteorologist.
Hotel Fresno introduces affordable housing, part of ‘dream’ for downtown
More affordable housing units have been added to downtown Fresno as a part of a plan to get 10,000 people living in the heart of the city. Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the historic Hotel Fresno — a building that has been vacant for decades […]
Clovis Unified candidates square off in election debate over LGBTQ+ inclusion, school bullying
Candidates for Clovis Unified School District’s Area 2 race got an opportunity to talk about their policy platforms with local voters during a candidate forum on Oct. 2. The forum, hosted at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, was presented by the ACLU of Northern California and Faith in the […]
