Vanessa Villafuerte (right) joins Madison Macay (left) as co-anchor of KMPH’s 10 p.m. newscast.

Vanessa Villafuerte (right) joins Madison Macay (left) as co-anchor of KMPH’s 10 p.m. newscast.

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Thursday’s news from Fresno included a TV news shake-up as a familiar anchor moved to a new station, a long-awaited paving plan taking shape for one of the city’s busiest corridors and a late-night crash on Herndon Avenue that sent one driver to the hospital.

Here are Thursday’s top stories to catch you upThis news anchor left CBS47 for another Fresno station. Where to see her now. Vanessa Villafuerte joined KMPH as a reporter and co-anchor of the Fox affiliate’s 10 p.m. newscast this week, after more than a year and a half anchoring CBS47’s afternoon broadcast. The hire fills a gap at the 10 p.m. desk that opened after Monte Torres’s medical leave and June retirement, leaving Madison Macay without an official partner. Villafuerte is a Los Angeles native and Pepperdine graduate whose previous stops include Yuma, Omaha and Bakersfield.Major Shaw Avenue repaving plan coming to fruition in Fresno. See the details Shaw Avenue from Highway 99 to Highway 41 will be repaved through a combination of funding sources and coordinated construction projects, city leaders announced last week. Mayor Jerry Dyer said the city is “attacking this corridor from every angle,” using federal and local dollars along with city crews on a route that sees about 80,000 drivers daily. Most repaving is expected to wrap by the end of summer 2027, with the final College Avenue to Highway 41 segment slated for spring 2028.Two injured in suspected DUI crash at Herndon/Van Ness in Fresno, police say A two-vehicle crash at Herndon Avenue and Van Ness Boulevard around 11 p.m. Wednesday injured two people, Fresno police said. One vehicle traveling eastbound on Herndon at 50 mph was rear-ended by another driver going at a high rate of speed, leaving the first driver briefly unconscious and pinned inside. That driver was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition, while the second driver was booked into Fresno County jail on felony DUI and an enhancement for inflicting bodily injury during a felony.

Original stories by Joshua Tehee, Liliana Fannin and Anthony Galaviz

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