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☀️ Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 30. This is Rob.
Look, there are only so many ways to say it’s summer in Fresno. Yesterday was hot. Today will be hot. Tomorrow, too. Thankfully, however, today’s hot weather won’t be the grueling-why-has-God-forsaken-us heat from last week. The National Weather Service in Hanford calls for a high today of around 95 in Fresno. Temperatures are expected to gradually heat up in the coming days, with weekend heat returning to around 105.
🏀Fresno State still owes more than $42 million in debt associated with construction of the Save Mart Center two decades ago, The Fresno Bee’s Robert Kuwada reports, and with two massive debt payments looming, officials worry that ballooning costs could be passed on to lower-income students. “The higher debt payments could make it more difficult for the university to update the aging arena, or take on more debt to renovate a decaying Valley Children’s Stadium, where the Bulldogs play football,” Kuwada wrote. “Meeting the short-term debt obligation also could indirectly hit some of the more economically disadvantaged Fresno State students in the pocketbook.”
🏛️ The Betty Rodriguez Regional Library hosts Veterans Connect today from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., offering information about benefits, services, and resources available to veterans.
‘No longer outlaws.’ Many Fresno Methodist church members celebrate new LGBTQ+ rules
Della Green Campbell, 82, doesn’t quite remember when she first started attending Fresno’s Wesley United Methodist Church. She thinks it was probably around her 30s, but definitely before she knew she was a lesbian. From 1972 until last May, the Methodist United Church, the second largest Protestant denomination in the […]
Fresno’s anti-camping ordinance expected to pass despite opposition
The city is poised to pass an ordinance aimed at alleviating Fresno’s encampment issues despite overwhelming opposition from residents who spoke out Monday during a special city council meeting. The Fresno City Council unanimously voted to support an anti-encampment ordinance during Monday’s special meeting, which took over five hours to […]
