On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Veva Islas, Founder & Executive Director of Cultiva La Salud and Fresno Unified Board Member, to discuss the massive cuts of health programs as a part of broad cuts to federal programs initiated by the Trump Administration. Dani and Jordan also discuss the latest on the D5 city council race and opposition by elected officials to the CEMEX blast mine proposal. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Rob Parsons, Senior Editor at Fresnoland, to discuss some of the headlines, including the upcoming audit of the EOC, and the latest results in the D5 race for city council, including a mailer funded by dark money. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan are joined by Gregory Weaver, Fresnoland's environmental reporter, to discuss the blast mine proposed by multinational corporation CEMEX, which could have long-term, serious environmental impacts on the region. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Danielle and Jordan discuss the potential federal funding cuts of Medi-Cal with Omar Rashad, the government accountability reporter for Fresnoland. They discuss the ramifications for not only patients, but the entire medical system in the San Joaquin Valley. 

On today's episode of Fresnolandia, Jordan and Dani are joined by Egon Terplan, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Institute for Transportation Studies, former senior advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom on the High-Speed Rail Project and economic development initiatives for the state and was a former regional planning director for SPUR, a Bay Area think tank. They discuss many facets of the High-Speed Rail project, where it's come from, its many challenges, and where it is headed. 

On today’s Fresnolandia, Dani and Jordan discuss a few headlines. Then, we have reporters Omar Rashad and Julianna Morano on to talk about some emerging developments in city politics and a special election coming up for southeast Fresno residents. After that, they discuss the city’s public safety budget crisis and $20 million deficit and the potential public safety tax on the horizon. The episode concludes with they are loving this week. 

Dani and Jordan are joined by Greg Weaver, Fresnoland reporter, to discuss the Williamson Act, a conservation act from the 1960's to preserve, and the strange and interesting ways it's being used in Fresno County today. They conclude the episode by sharing what they are loving this week.  

This week, we have a special crossover podcast episode for you. Jordan's other podcast program here in Fresno is called Fresno’s Best where he interviews influential individuals in the city in wide-ranging conversations. This week’s guest for our crossover episode is Manuel Bonilla, the president of the Fresno Teachers Association. We cover a lot of topics here, and we are confident that you will leave better informed about the state of education in Fresno. We’ll be back next week to our regular Fresnolandia programming.

Dani and Jordan discuss the effects felt here in the Fresno in the first two weeks of the Trump administration with political expert Sabina Gonzalez-Eraña and Tal Eslick, owner of Vista Consulting. They dig into immigration issues, policy implementation, efforts to cut federal funding and programs, and much more. To conclude, they each share what they are loving this week.  

On today's episode Dani and Jordan are joined by Jesse Molina, Adjunct Professor of Law at San Joaquin College of Law and founder and attorney at Valley Business and Tech Law, and Vincente Tennerelli, former US Attorney, Adjunct Professor of Law at San Joaquin College of Law, and an associate general counsel at Community Health, to dig into the legal weeds of the Bitwise case.