The coffee kingdom expands: Coffeehouse Kuppa Joy announced they will be moving into Sunnyside \u2014 the corner of Belmont and Fowler \u2014- opening the company\u2019s ninth local shop. CBS47<\/a><\/p>\n Thousands made their way to the Fresno Mission\u2019s City Center in Central Fresno on Saturday morning for the \u201cOne Table\u201d banquet \u2014 a free steak meal and week\u2019s worth of food \u2014 hosted in collaboration with the Central California Food Bank. ABC30<\/a><\/p>\n Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced the death of Baba, a 31-year-old female giraffe, who was euthanized on Friday due to declining age-related health issues. The Business Journal<\/a><\/p>\n 1. Trump team still wants to cancel Fresno\u2019s federal funding<\/p>\n The Trump Administration isn\u2019t quite ready to give up their fight with Fresno over federal funding tied to compliance with executive orders.<\/p>\n Fresnoland\u2019s Omar S. Rashad reports<\/a> that the U.S Justice Department will ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review a federal lawsuit filed against the Trump administration by 11 local jurisdictions, including Fresno.<\/p>\n The funding was threatened after federal agencies determined local jurisdictions weren\u2019t following President Donald Trump\u2019s executive orders attacking diversity programs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fresno and a number of other local jurisdictions received temporary relief<\/a> from federal agencies seeking to pull funding for not following Trump\u2019s executive orders<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, the Constitution only gives Congress power over federal funding and grants, not the White House, federal agencies or executive orders.<\/p>\n 2. Is this a \u2018new era\u2019 for confronting homelessness in Fresno?<\/p>\n Fresno city and county leaders have announced a \u2018new era\u2019 of partnership to tackle regional challenges around homelessness, a significant policy shift for two groups with a long history of clashes on the issue, Fresnoland\u2019s Pablo Orihuela reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 2020 Fresno County Grand Jury<\/a> reported a detrimental lack of coordination across the multitude of agencies working to serve the area\u2019s thousands of unhoused residents.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s news conference was held inside the recuperative care facility on 4080 N Blackstone Ave \u2014 the former Fresno campus of SOUL Housing, a service provider that left town \u201cwithout an exit strategy<\/a>,\u201d leaving hundreds of residents and dozens of employees in the lurch.<\/p>\n The legality of their exit<\/a> has been under investigation by the Fresno City Attorney since last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n Supervisor Luis Chavez: \u201cWhat we were doing was essentially reshuffling folks around. I think with this new era of collaboration, that\u2019s going to end.\u201d<\/p>\n 3. Madera County facing bankruptcy?<\/p>\n Madera County supervisors fear cuts to sheriff\u2019s patrol and fire departments as the county scrambles to head off a looming multi-million dollar deficit that has already raised the specter of bankruptcy, The Fresno Bee reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Authorities point the finger at rising county expenses, which are expected to climb 11.6% to $477.5 million by 2030, and declining revenue.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764067704_543_Sept.-23-Hearing.png\")
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