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☀️ Good morning! It’s Wednesday, July 16. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Hot Dog Day!
Fresno’s streak of triple-digit days should end today, with temperatures tumbling to a brisk 96 degrees.
🏗️In local news today, northwest Fresno residents fought hard to keep a new apartment complex out of their neighborhood but a Fresno County judge now says the City of Fresno is required to approve the contentious project within the next two months. The Fresno City Council president is not happy. Check out the full story from Fresnoland’s Pablo Orihuela below.
❤️🩹And, new this morning, as the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown continues to rattle immigrant communities, mental health workers in Fresno say they’re seeing a growing number of cases as the stress and uncertainty reach new heights. Fresnoland’s Gisselle Medina has the full story below.
🤔A former Fresno Unified spokesperson is set to receive more than $160,000 as part of proposed lump sum payment in connection with her recent departure amid controversy. The district is facing criticism over the large payout to the former employee who acknowledged using an AI tool that fabricated information about the district’s teachers union. ABC30
🤷🏽Fresno’s city attorney had his law license briefly listed as “ineligible to practice” after the State Bar Association confirmed in an email to Fresnoland that Andrew Janz missed an administrative paperwork deadline confirming his contact information with the state. The issue was cleared up Monday and the city attorney described it as a clerical error. The Fresno Bee
🎥CenCal Cinema invites the public to the final showing of its inaugural season with a special showing of the 1980s classic film “Jaws.” The event is free to the public and begins at 8 p.m. Friday, July 26 at the Calwa Recreation and Park District. More information
That’s all for now. Stay strong out there today.
-Rob
‘People feel they have to hide.’ Fresno-area mental health workers report spike in cases amid immigration crackdown
Mental health workers in Fresno and across the Central Valley are seeing more clients seeking support tied to a surge in immigration arrests.
Judge orders Fresno to approve a northwest apartment construction project despite pushback from neighbors
A Fresno County judge delivered a major win for a local housing developer, potentially signaling the beginning of the end of his contentious fight to build a market-rate housing project in northwest Fresno. In a ruling handed down on Monday, Judge Robert Whalen Jr. said the City of Fresno must […]
