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Final radio call made for fallen Tulare County Detective Randy Hoppert
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- Final radio call made for fallen Tulare County Detective Randy Hoppert
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- LISTEN: An end-of-watch radio call is made for fallen Tulare County Sheriff's Detective Randy Hoppert during the final moments of his funeral on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Detective Hoppert was killed in the line of duty on April 9 while responding to a call for support during an eviction notice at a home in Porterville. https://abc30.com/post/remembering-randy-hoppert-funeral-service-fallen-tulare-county-deputy/18978385/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
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- 34-year-old man killed in head-on crash while delivering DoorDash, family says
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Exclusive video captures the moments before a deadly head-on crash in Los Banos that killed 34-year-old Michael Qualls while he was delivering for DoorDash.
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- Former Merced County Deputy Sheriff hospitalized after tornado destroys Texas home
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The Merced County Sheriff's Office is calling on its community to support Former Deputy Sheriff Daryl Allen after his home was leveled and his family was hospitalized by a tornado.
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- California's billionaire tax proposal likely to qualify for Nov. ballot
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A California proposal to tax billionaires and raise $100B to offset Medicaid cuts has gathered enough signatures for the November ballot.
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- Fresno State bans electric scooters, bikes and skateboards on campus
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Fresno State will ban the use of electric scooters, bikes and skateboards on campus beginning with the start of the fall semester, citing safety concerns and a rise in accidents involving motorized vehicles.
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- 'Foos in Medicine' inspire Valley students at Reedley College conference
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Nearly 1,000 aspiring STEM professionals packed Reedley College to hear the inspiring story of Alexis Alemán and Irvin Garcia, the creators of the popular "Foos in Medicine" on social media.
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- Former F-15 pilot describes dangers of a detached jet canopy
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A retired U.S. Air Force colonel says he's grateful a pilot is alive after Saturday's in-flight emergency for a Fresno-based fighter jet. The F15 lost its canopy somewhere over the Sierra Nevada mountains after it took part in a flyover at the Clovis Rodeo.
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- White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen to be arraigned Monday
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Cole Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, is expected to be arraigned Monday.
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- Body-camera video shows arrest of Reedley man accused of Dinuba double homicide
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Newly released body-camera video shows Dinuba police arresting a 43-year-old Reedley man accused of killing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend.
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- 3 tornadoes officially touched down in Central California Tuesday, NWS confirms
- Runtime
- 6:03
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A Storm Survey Team report from the National Weather Service in Hanford confirms three tornadoes officially touched down in Central California on Tuesday.
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- Videos show strong winds slamming into beloved meat market in Terra Bella
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Surveillance cameras captured the moments of strong winds hitting Reynoso Meat Market in Terra Bella on Tuesday evening.
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- Storm chaser travels 10 hours to Central Valley, captures tornado up close
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A man from Portland, Oregon, caught the moments an EF-1 tornado formed along Highway 168 near Clovis on Tuesday evening. DL Scales of West Coast Storm Chasers says Monday, he started driving towards the Central Valley, intentionally trying to put himself in the path of the storm with the custom vehicle he used to chase it.
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- Newsom won't back a specific Democrat primary candidate for CA governor
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- While Gov. Gavin Newsom was in Central California on Wednesday, he was asked if he would endorse a particular candidate for California's next governor.
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- Final witness called in transfer hearing for Caleb Quick suspect
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- On Tuesday, a Fresno County judge heard the final bit of evidence in the high-stakes transfer hearing for the girl accused in the death of Caleb Quick.
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- Two tornadoes touch down in Fresno County, National Weather Service confirms
- Runtime
- 9:14
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Comments from the National Weather Service on their local storm report indicate that two tornadoes touched down in the Central Valley on Tuesday afternoon.
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- NWS says tornado is responsible for tearing apart Atwater home
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Unbelievable damage to an Atwater home is now believed to be caused by a terrifying twister. North Valley neighbors are still wrapping their heads around it.
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- Tornado destroys barn and topples trees on Clovis property
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- In a matter of seconds, the horse barn of Don Wright's family was lifted by strong wind gusts and sent flying through the air, landing yards short of their home. The property is located off Highway 168. A video taken near Academy Avenue shows the dark funnel cloud as it left behind a trail of destruction.
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- Tornado warning expires for Fresno, Madera County
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Cellphone video captured by Alfredo Guerra shows a funnel cloud near Shaw Avenue and Highway 99 on Tuesday afternoon. A tornado warning was issued for parts of Fresno and Madera, but has since expired.
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- Former Fresno Arts Council employee pleads guilty to fraud in $1.8 million 'scheme
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The woman accused of stealing $1.8 million from the Fresno Arts Council walked into federal court in Fresno on Monday. Inside, Suliana Caldwell pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
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- Housing Watch: Quieter Spring market compared to past trends
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Spring is typically a time when home buying picks up. With high home prices and high mortgage interest rates, that has not been the case this season.
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- City of Clovis votes to raise water rates by 60% over 3 years
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Water bills are going up in the City of Clovis. Starting January of 2027, ratepayers can expect a 21% jump, then another 21% the next year, and in year three an additional 18%, for a total of 60% over the next three years.
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- Storms and heavy mountain snow expected this afternoon in Central California
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A quick storm system is moving into Central California that is forecast to bring possible thunderstorms and heavy mountain snow. Here's what Christine Gregory is tracking.
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- Heavy rainfall and mountain snow headed for Central California
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- After a warmer weekend, prepare for heavy rainfall and mountain snow on Tuesday in Central California. Here’s what Meteorologist Christine Gregory is tracking.
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- Fresno cancer survivor meets life-saving stem cell donor at runDisney event
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- An emotional moment this week for a Fresno cancer survivor included a little Disney magic.
Abby Hudak had a chance to meet the stem cell donor who saved her life. The Fresno woman underwent a life-saving transplant in 2023.
This week, she met Lewis Haggerty of Scotland while in Florida for the 2026 "runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend" at the Walt Disney World resort.
The complete strangers found out they were a match through an online blood stem cell donor registry.
After many big hugs and conversations filled with deep gratitude, Abby and Lewis took part in a 5k run together Friday morning.
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- 5 years later, justice handed down in fentanyl death of Olivia Patla
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Five years later, Lakota Wakley learned his fate in court after a drug he sold took the life of Olivia Patla.
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- Man sentenced 28 years to life in prison for shooting at Fresno Police officers
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- 41-year-old Bradley Nicholson was sentenced to 28 years to life behind bars on Thursday afternoon inside a Fresno County Courtroom. His charges are attempted murder of a police officer and assault on a peace officer after firing his weapon at two Fresno Police officers on December 7, 2025.
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- Iran fully opens Strait of Hormuz, President Trump says
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump has announced that Iran is fully opening the Strait of Hormuz, in a post on social media. Despite Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said the U.S. blockade on Iran will remain in effect.
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- Sold-out Visalia Rawhide game honors fallen Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- It was a sold-out crowd Thursday night as hundreds of baseball fans filled the seats inside Valley Strong Ballpark in Downtown Visalia.
A community gathered in its grief to remember the life of fallen Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy Randy Hoppert.
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- Psychologists testify in transfer hearing for teen girl accused in Caleb Quick's death
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- On Thursday, a key expert testifying in the case of a teen girl prosecutors want tried as an adult for the death of Caleb Quick.
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- Singer D4vd arrested in connection with murder of Celeste Rivas, LAPD says
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- D4vd has been arrested in connection with the murder of a teenager found dead in a Tesla registered to the singer, police said on Thursday.
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- Police investigating deadly shooting at Merced apartment complex
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- An investigation is underway in Merced after a 28-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday night, and his killer is on the loose. Police say the attack happened just after at the Grand Resort Apartments on Devonwood Drive at Meadows Avenue.
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- Northwest Fresno school area gets county's first HAWK crosswalk
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A new high‑intensity activated crosswalk is now operating in northwest Fresno, aiming to improve pedestrian safety near an elementary school.
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- Fresno Police launches its 'Drone as First Responder' program
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto announced the department's "Drone as First Responder" program. Fresno Police have utilized conventional drones in the fight against crime since 2019 but says this program goes a step further.
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- Judge advances teen girl's transfer hearing in Caleb Quick murder case
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A transfer hearing will go forward for the teen girl accused of being the getaway driver in the murder of Caleb Quick. A judge ruled there is "overwhelming circumstantial evidence" to see if she should be tried as an adult.
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- Candidates react to Eric Swalwell's resignation, new sexual assault claims
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Eric Swalwell's congressional career, like his campaign for governor, is officially over.
The bombshell allegations against the former Bay Area representative continued in Los Angeles that morning, where former model Lonna Drewes came forward with claims that Swalwell drugged and raped her in his hotel room in 2018.
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- Text messages, online searches connected to Caleb Quick's death shown in court
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The teen girl accused in the killing of Caleb Quick faced a judge Tuesday as disturbing new surveillance video, phone data and testimony were revealed.
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- Duncan Polytechnical rock climbing team helps students build strength and confidence
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Long before sunrise, students at Duncan Polytechnical High are already scaling walls, pushing past fear and testing their physical and mental limits.
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- 77-year-old man killed in Selma mobile home fire identified
- Runtime
- 0:27
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The man killed in a mobile home fire in Selma has been identified as 77-year-old Refugio Ramirez.
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- Community, law enforcement rally around Tulare County sheriff's office after deputy's death
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Support continues to pour in across the Valley following the line‑of‑duty death of Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy Randy Hoppert. Local agencies and community members are stepping up to support the sheriff's office and Hoppert's family.
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- Century-old Merced courthouse redwood reborn as bear sculpture
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A dying redwood tree outside Merced's historic courthouse is gaining new life through art after county officials partnered with a local wood carver to preserve part of the century-old tree.
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- South Valley doctor warn residents to stay alert for rattlesnakes as weather warms up
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- California is home to different kinds of snakes, including many species of rattlesnakes, and doctors say the risk of bites rises as temperatures rise.
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- Signatures submitted to replace Measure C on November ballot
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Supporters of the "Better Roads, Safe Streets" transportation measure rallied outside the Fresno County elections office on Tuesday before submitting more than 30,000 signatures to qualify the proposal for the November ballot.
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- Man shot by ICE in Patterson is now in FBI custody according to attorney
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The attorney for 36-year-old Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez says he was taken out of the hospital Monday afternoon and directly into FBI custody following a warrant.
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- Eric Swalwell resigns from Congress, denies sexual assault allegations
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- After passionate denial, Bay Area representative Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress on Monday.
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- Witnesses say Livingston man shot mother of one of his children, then himself
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Officers responded to reports of shots fired at the intersection of North Main Street and Olive Avenue in Livingston just before 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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- Watching Your Wallet: Getting a head start on your 2026 taxes
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The looming April 15 deadline to file your 2025 taxes is a good reminder that it's never too early to get your paperwork in order.
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- Crucial hearing to begin Tuesday for teen accused in Caleb Quick's killing
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- On Monday, one of the teens accused in the killing of Caleb Quick last April arrived at the Fresno County Courthouse for a crucial court hearing, in which a judge must now decide if the girl will be tried as an adult or remain in the juvenile system.
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- Community rallies to honor fallen Tulare County Sheriff's Office Deputy Randy Hoppert
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Remembering and honoring Tulare County Deputy Randy Hoppert is top of mind for many in the Central Valley.
Hoppert was shot and killed while serving an eviction notice in Porterville last Thursday.
The tragedy is weighing heavily on the community as Hoppert leaves behind a pregnant wife and family.
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- Valley wine producers adapt as consumption drops and costs rise
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Recent Valley rain isn't troubling winegrape growers, but falling demand has led to vineyard removals as the industry faces economic and consumer headwinds.
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- Nancy Osborne, beloved Action News anchor and trailblazer, dies at 78
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Nancy Osborne, the beloved anchor who graced the Central California airwaves for nearly 40 years, has died at 78 years old.
