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☀️ Good morning! It’s Friday, Oct. 11. This is Rob. This morning’s cloudy weather is expected to clear by the afternoon with a daytime high of around 87. The National Weather Service in Hanford calls for weekend temperatures in the low-80s before gradually creeping into the high 70s by the middle of next week.
🥳FIL FIESTA 559 is a free event, open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at Fresno City College. The event features food, art, shopping and live music and is funded in part by the City of Fresno Measure P Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Fund, administered by the Fresno Arts Council. It is also made possible through a partnership with CMAC.
☕ The former Fulton Street Coffee in downtown Fresno changed ownership and rebranded itself as Sacred Heart Coffee, and moved to a new location at 2011 Tuolumne St, the Fresno Business Journal reported. The move comes about a month after the popular coffee shop shuttered its door. The store’s new owners, Saul Pinedo and Nathan Olvera, told the Journal they worked over the last several months to secure a deal.
Most Fresno councilmembers own property in the Tower District, complicating key planning vote
At a meeting Thursday, the Fresno City Council approved a contract to begin construction on a long-awaited park, heard a report on code enforcement’s activities, and chose who on the council will get to vote on the Tower District Specific Plan. To decide the latter, the council resorted to drawing […]
Meet the candidate(s) for Fresno City Council, District 6
Two first-time candidates are contesting for the District 6 nonpartisan seat on the Fresno City Council in November after the original four-way race narrowed following preliminary results from March’s presidential primary election. Click below, to jump to: Attorney Roger Bonakdar and United States Marine Corps reserve officer Nick Richardson were […]
Everything you need to know about Clovis’ proposed tax, Measure Y
Background Clovis is a victim of its own success — at least, according to city Councilmember Drew Bessinger, one of the main cheerleaders of Measure Y, a tax that proponents say will increase police and fire department staffing and maintain the “Clovis Way of Life.” The city’s rapid suburban growth […]
