Madera
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Madera Tribune
Fairgrounds to host fall and holiday events
The Madera District Fairgrounds will host a series of fall and holiday events throughout October and November, including a pumpkin patch, a Halloween trick-or-treat experience, the annual Pomegranate Festival, and the return of the Hometown Holiday Market. The fairgrounds is bringing back the Madera Fair Trick-or-Treat event. This event was...
Hanford Sentinel
Meet the Hanford City Council District D candidates
Hanford City Council District D race has shaped out to be one of the City’s most exciting races to watch. Initially, only Francisco Ramirez was running for the District D seat. In the beginning of October, the Sentinel asked Ramirez to sit down and answer a set of questions posed to every City Council candidate. At the time, Ramirez declined the interview.
Hanford Sentinel
More homes coming to Lemoore | John Lindt
The City of Lemoore has received a site plan review application to construct 432 single family homes from big builder Woodside Homes. The new project would have three parks on approximately 115-acres located east of 18 ¾ Avenue and south of Lacey Blvd. The project requires annexation, pre-zoning, and general plan amendment.
KMPH.com
Ribbon-cutting marks new homes in Southwest Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Community leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate new homes in Southwest Fresno. Mayor Jerry Dyer said that for the first time in decades, new homes are being built in Southwest Fresno. It features 136 new home sites and five two-story home designs with three...
KMPH.com
Vinland Park unveils new pickleball and futsal courts
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Mayor Jerry Dyer held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Vinland Park to mark the completion of new pickleball and futsal courts on Tuesday. Councilmember Tyler Maxwell was also at the ceremony. This milestone marks a major step in expanding athletic opportunities for Fresno residents.
KMPH.com
theorindanews.com
Traffic problems near Miramonte worse this year after schedule shift
Despite the best efforts of school and city officials to improve traffic congestion, new school scheduling changes have added a wrinkle to the city’s traffic quagmire that may have exacerbated an existing problem. “Traffic is definitely worse this year,” said Orinda Mayor Brandyn Iverson. “Traffic is at a...
Hanford Sentinel
Lemoore residents to vote on increasing the City's hotel tax
Lemoore residents will decide whether to increase the City’s hotel tax on Election Day. Also known as Measure P, this ballot measure would increase the Transient Occupancy Tax from 8% to 12%. The City stresses that this tax would be not be paid by residents, but by out-of-town guests staying at short-term rentals for less than 30 days.
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Merced Sun-Star
‘Unsettled weather' is on its way to the Merced area. Will it rain on Halloween?
As cooler weather moves into the Merced area, rain could return just in time for Halloween, according to the latest forecasts. “A pattern change to cooler and unsettled weather is currently expected for this weekend,” the National Weather Service said Monday on X. The shift could bring below-average temperatures and “ chances for precipitation ” across parts of California as the weekend approaches. While a few showers will fall along the northern Coast range near Eureka and into the Klamath mountains in far Northern California on Monday, it will be a nice day with high temperatures in the low 70s across the Sacramento Valley, and slightly warmer further south in the San Joaquin Valley, The Sacramento Bee previously reported. Will it rain in Merced on Halloween? Here’s what the latest forecast shows: Cooler weather settles into California A large trough of cooler low-pressure air will slide over the western United States this week and linger into Halloween, bringing slightly below-average temperatures and a growing window for rain. On Tuesday and Wednesday morning, low temperatures will drop well into the 40s, and they will collide with the dew point and produce patchy fog, especially in areas where it rained more heavily