Several weeks ago, residents living along Tyler Avenue between First and Cedar started complaining of illegal activities taking place in a homeless encampment next to Highway 180. Crimes such as burglaries in the area, drug sales, prostitution were being reported. "Residents in the area were living in fear of their...
Newly Released Fresno PD Bodycam Video Shows Restrained Man’s Last Moments Before Dying
In response to a request by attorneys for the family of Joseph Perez, the Fresno Police Department released edited bodycam video Friday showing the moments on May 10, 2017 when Perez was restrained by officers. Attorneys for the family later released their own unedited version. At one point in the...
Food Truck Fridays Makes Debut at Manchester Center This Week
Fans of Fresno's food truck scene now have a new venue for sampling the culinary offerings from local road-ready kitchens. Fresno Street Eats is bringing a weekly Friday afternoon food truck event to Manchester Center starting this week. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will debut...
Island Water Park Thinks Outside the Slide To Generate Revenue
[aggregation-styles] The Business Journal After being shutdown for nearly a year, Island Waterpark in Fresno will be opening up its grounds next weekend — not for fun in the sun, but for a new event. The Fresno Swap Meet will have its grand opening on March 14 at the Island...
Popular Triangle Burgers Puts Finishing Touches on New Northwest Fresno Location
Best known for its charbroiled burgers and throwback atmosphere, Triangle Burgers is coming soon to northwest Fresno. "I needed a presence here," owner Zahi Saleh said as he worked to get the new location at West Shaw Avenue and Feland ready for business. "I've got a lot of a lot of...
Family on Mission To Visit Each In-N-Out Location Is Coming To Fresno, Clovis Saturday
[aggregation-styles] FOX 26FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — One California family is completing its goal of visiting every single In-N-Out location within one year.Sam Vonderheide and his two kids Emery, 12, and Berkeley, 10, started this adventure on July 7th.To kick it off, the family visited 185 locations in just 15 days....
Fresno PD Seeks Person of Interest on Video in Death of Man Found In Apartment
Fresno police have released a video clip they hope will help them solve the killing of a man in a northeast Fresno apartment in June of last year. On June 28, 2020, at approximately 3:35 p.m., officers were dispatched to the North Park Apartments on N. Backer Avenue regarding a...
‘I Couldn’t Protect Allie That Night’ Says Street Racing Victim’s Mom, Grateful for Police Crackdown
Photos of three young victims of illegal street racing were laid out on a table in front of Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama on Tuesday afternoon. Sanger High School senior Allison "Allie" Chang, 17, and her cousins, Linda Chang, 21, and Christopher Vang, 27, died after a speeding car ran...
‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Say Fresno Police After Major Street Racing Offensive
If you drove down Blackstone Avenue on Saturday night you may have seen more flashing police lights than street lights. Law enforcement officers swarmed the area looking to crack down on illegal street racing, drunk driving, speeding, and any other number of traffic violations. Authorities say about 85 officers took...
Street Racing Crowd Threw Bottles at Fresno Officers. Widespread Crackdown ‘Imminent.
Fresno police dodged bottles thrown at them from an unruly crowd of hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot of Target at Bullard and Blackstone last Friday night, authorities said. Police believe the group was congregating and crusing in advance of illegal street racing, with some cars doing donuts...