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☀️ Good morning! Today is Tuesday, February 4. Danielle, here. Enjoy that sun for the next few hours – the rain is coming tonight. The National Weather Service in Hanford is still predicting the highest levels of rain to fall Wednesday, although the storm is expected to last through Friday.
💃🏽 Here’s an event that combines some of my favorite Fresno things: Masumoto peaches, Ampersand ice cream, and the Fresno Philharmonic. To promote the world premiere of Meguru: Dreams of Harvest, a collaboration between the Philharmonic and farmer/writer Mas Masumoto, Ampersand has prepared a special Philharmonic Peach ice cream, available starting Feb. 6. Instagram
🏛️ Former Congressman T.J. Cox pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud in federal court on Monday. He is scheduled to be sentenced in June and faces up to 30 years in prison. ABC30
Yosemite fans, buckle up: in a major shift from the past few years, the National Park Service has delayed implementing a permanent reservation system while officials from the Trump Administration review the planned changes. San Francisco Chronicle
Displaced by wildfires, unique Armenian painting collection now set to open in Fresno
The Armenian Museum of Fresno will host a reception for the paintings of two Armenian brothers on Feb. 5, with the exhibition open to the public for free until Feb. 28.
Fresnolandia Podcast: Two weeks of Trump in Fresno
On this week’s Fresnolandia, Jordan and Danielle speak with Sabina Gonzalez-Eraña, a local community advocate and political expert, and Tal Eslick, founder and lobbyist with Vista Consulting, about what President Trump’s first two weeks in office mean for Fresno. They go into the impacts of the immigration-related executive orders and […]
