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Good morning! It’s Wednesday, June 10. This is Rob, wishing you a happy National Corn on the Cob Day!
Expect a high today of around 95.
“Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities — who had largely refrained from major enforcement action in farming communities in the first months of the Trump administration — were showing up at farm fields and packinghouses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.” Los Angeles Times
“There are new concerns about the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office, where nearly one in three jobs are now empty.” ABC30
“Dozens of budding entrepreneurs gathered at the Fresno Pacific University campus recently to offer a peak at the future small business community of the Central Valley.” The Business Journal
“New subsidence guidelines from the Department of Water Resources are expected to drop on San Joaquin Valley water managers any day, a prospect that has them both hopeful and worried.” SJV Water
“As the hills near Shaver Lake turn green once again, almost five years after the massive Creek Fire tore through the Sierra National Forest, the trees that were destroyed are being turned into something new as well.” KSEE
“PG&E has announced the expansion of its family electric rate assistance program. It will allow an estimated 150,000 Fresno County households an 18 percent discount on their electric rate.” ABC30
“A rabid bat was found at a Fresno business, sparking concern from the Fresno County Department of Public Health.” KSEE
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park and the Friends of Allensworth are proud to present a Juneteenth celebration at the historic town of Allensworth founded by African American pioneers in California’s Great Central Valley. Transportation to the park is available with the purchase of a ticket through Amtrak San Joaquins. All ages are welcome. Allensworth
Old Fig Garden affordable housing project killed as Fresno County lends support to Sanger development instead
A controversial affordable housing development in one of Fresno’s more affluent neighborhoods faced its final blow on Tuesday, ending a six-year battle to push through neighborhood opposition. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday redirected $20 million in state housing funds originally slated for the Old Fig Garden housing […]
Fresnolandia Podcast: Fresno’s plan to improve pedestrian street safety
On this week’s Fresnolandia podcast, Jordan and Danielle speak with Laura Gromis, the executive director of the U.S. Green Building Council of Central California and a member of Fresno’s Active Transportation Advisory Committee. She’s led efforts in Fresno to get more people involved in creating safer streets for pedestrians and […]
