Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Fresno State's Camp Kesem is split after student leaders raised concerns that Kesem National controlled local funds and pressured high fundraising; the club president resigned, and Student Involvement is allowing pro- and anti-Kesem student groups to continue while students consider disaffiliation.
Local vendors and Fresno State students say Gen Z shops some weekend farmers markets but many skip them because of schedules, cost, and distance; vendors plan more social media outreach and campus pop-up markets to attract younger shoppers.
📰 Civic
About 82,000 Fresno County ballots had been returned as of Tuesday, roughly 15% of registered voters, and Election Day will be Nov.
3 with drop boxes and polling places open across the county.
🎭 Culture
Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at 96 after a battle with cancer; KVPR is revisiting a 2025 interview in which she reflected on her decades of activism and how she wanted to be remembered.
🎓 Education
California Farm Bureau says the AgTEC (Agricultural Technology and Education Collaborative) program, launched two years ago, continues teaching farmworkers new skills at half a dozen Central Valley colleges, with hundreds enrolled; organizers say it helps retain workers and fill tech-focused roles as agriculture evolves.
Rising gas prices are forcing many Fresno State commuter students to skip or miss classes and cut back on activities, faculty and students say, and Associated Students Inc. with the Center for Essential Needs gave 200 students 50 gas gift cards to ease costs.
🏈 Sports
Fresno State hosts Colorado State today at 6 p.m. at the Save Mart Center for its Dig for a Cure match, asking fans to wear pink for breast cancer awareness and offering free admission to students and families who show support.
A Fresno State column says the university must turn its strong football turnout into broader support after joining the Pac-12, noting 40,198 fans at the home opener but men's basketball averaged just 3,617 per game last season as the program returned games to Selland Arena.
Fresno State men’s basketball enters Pac-12 play after a 13-19 season and a 7-13 conference mark and is projected to finish 15-16 overall and 7-9 in conference, with an Oct.
24 exhibition vs. Cal State Fullerton and the Second Line Showcase in New Orleans.
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