☀️Good morning! Today is Friday, May 31. Danielle, here. Get your A/C ready and scout out your local splash pad – NWS Hanford is forecasting a heat wave to hit the San Joaquin Valley by the middle of next week, with temperatures hitting 105.
🏳️🌈 Kick off Pride Month at the largest celebration in the San Joaquin Valley tomorrow – the parade on Olive Avenue in the Tower District starts at 10:00 a.m., while the festivities will continue at Fresno City College from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
🍑 It’s Stone Fruit Season, guys. No better way to celebrate than to visit the Masumoto Stone Fruit Drive Thru out by Del Rey, which opens for the season Sunday from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Pre-order your box of organic peaches here.
Fresno ranked the 7th most dangerous metro in the U.S. for pedestrians, according to a new report from DC-based Smart Growth America. According to their data, 196 pedestrians have died in the Fresno area in the last five years, from 2018 – 2022 – nearly double from the prior five years.
Safer roads aren’t exactly a mystery – I loved this segment NPR did explaining how cities can make streets more safer and walkable, according to urban planning expert Jeff Speck.
(For what it’s worth, the city recently took one of Speck’s recommendations and narrowed Palm Avenue in my neighborhood to add a protected bike lane, and I feel so much safer on my morning walks! Before that, I would rarely cross Palm on foot, unless I absolutely had to.)
Fresno advocates tell Rob Bonta funding remains biggest challenge in fight against gun violence
Community organization leaders from across the central San Joaquin Valley gathered this week in southwest Fresno for the Office of Gun Violence and Prevention roundtable, where they shared their experiences with tackling gun violence with California’s top cop. The roundtable, cohosted by the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission on May 30, […]
Facing legal threats, city leaders appeal controversial northwest Fresno housing decision
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and City Council Vice President Mike Karbassi appealed a recent planning commission decision to reject a housing project in northwest Fresno on Wednesday. The 82-home housing project on Herndon and Prospect Avenues will now be brought to the City Council for a hearing at a future […]
