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🌱 How a former fig orchard became Old Fig Garden’s go-to shopping village

Old Fig Garden, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a former fig orchard became Old Fig Garden’s go-to shopping village

Also on today's calendar: Got Tomatoes? and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has more lives than a cat? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 97 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 98, low: 66.
  • Sunday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 95 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The history behind Fresno's Fig Garden Village shopping center (kvpr.org) — Old Fig Garden neighbors shop today at Fig Garden Village, a center that grew from former fig orchards just north of the neighborhood at Shaw and Palm. A new KVPR Central Valley Roots segment traces how pre‑WWII estates, postwar housing, and the Funch family’s 1956 “town and country” design turned this rustic retail experiment into one of Fresno’s most enduring shopping hubs.
   

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  • Pig rescued from backyard after detached garage catches fire in Fresno (abc30.com)
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  • Could Fresno County get a hotel tax? Supervisors to ask voters with a ballot measure (yourcentralvalley.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A frog. Its croaks all day (Thank you Janice W. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Old Fig Garden

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