Police say approximately $300,000 worth of jewelry was taken in the May 31 break-in and vandalism at Fig Garden Village. Fresno police are now circulating three pictures of a suspect they believe is responsible for the theft at The Vault Fine Jewelers. Wanted for Burglary Charges Police are looking for...
‘Coffee With a Cop’ Goes Virtual at NE Fresno Starbucks
Mandi Abrams was in a line of cars in the drive-thru at the Starbucks on Nees Avenue in northeast Fresno when she noticed a white Suburban police vehicle ahead of her. Abrams, who wanted a caramel macchiato for her great-grandma who is in hospice, decided she wanted to treat the...
Trustees Keep Fresno Cops on Campus but End ShotSpotter
The Fresno Unified School District on Wednesday adopted a $1.5 billion budget for the 2020-21 school year that keeps Fresno police and Fresno County deputies on campus but deletes funding for the city's ShotSpotter program that helps police quickly detect and respond to gunshots. Trustees voted 5-2 to approve the...
Should Police Officers Still Be Assigned to FUSD Campuses?
The debate over whether police officers and sheriff's deputies should be assigned to Fresno Unified school campuses heated up Thursday evening during a special board meeting on the proposed 2020-21 budget for California's third-largest school district. Sixty people submitted public comments urging the board to end the district's employment of...
Emerging Voice: Milton on Black Economic Empowerment, Police
In front of 3,000 protesters at Fresno police headquarters, Chris Milton delivered a strong message on the path from poverty to empowerment. "Build your equity! Your equity. Your equity. That's the thing that cannot be taken from you," Milton said during Sunday's protest over inequality and policing practices following the...
Surrounded by Fresno Police in Case of Mistaken Identity, ‘The Kid is Scared to Death’
Fresno Unified board president Keshia Thomas says she well understands the anger boiling over in violent protests across the nation in reaction to the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. She knows what it's like when police wrongly target a black man or youth because it happened to her...
Hundreds Gather at Northeast Fresno Vigil for George Floyd
As violent protests dotted Minneapolis and the rest of the country after the death of George Floyd, nearly 200 peaceful protesters gathered for a vigil Friday night in northeast Fresno. "Black lives matter! It bears repeating," organizer Karen Polnitz told the crowd, most wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Video of...
Update: National Guard Flyover Will Salute Front Line Workers in Fresno and Across California
Four F-15C Eagle fighter jets, with the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will perform a series of flyovers across a large swath of California, beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The pilots will fly in salute to healthcare workers, first responders and everyone on the front...
Fresno Police Release Waffle Shop Body Cam Video
The Fresno Police Department released body camera footage Monday afternoon showing Tom Miller detained at the Waffle Shop restaurant Sunday morning. The two minutes of footage shows the unidentified officer making his way through a hostile crowd so that three code enforcement officers could serve a citation. The dine-in restaurant...
Gun-Wielding Man Killed by Fresno Police Is Identified
Fresno police officers fatally shot a man who raised a gun as officers walked toward him in a backyard, authorities said. The man was identified Monday by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office as Gerald Johnson, 55, of Fresno. Officers were called Sunday night to a family gathering in Fresno about...