Derek Carr, who retired last May after 11 seasons in the NFL with the Raiders and New Orleans Saints, has joined UCLA’s staff to work with quarterbacks and help with game planning.
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Tuesday’s news from The Fresno Bee covers a former Fresno State star’s next chapter, an off-duty Fresno police officer’s arrest across the county line and the death of a California climber known for a Yosemite speed record.
Here are Tuesday’s top stories to catch you upFormer Fresno State QB Derek Carr lands coaching job he coveted at a Big Ten school Derek Carr, who retired last May after 11 seasons in the NFL with the Raiders and New Orleans Saints, has joined UCLA’s staff to work with quarterbacks and help with game planning. Bruins coach Bob Chesney said Carr’s decade-plus of high-level quarterback experience will be “an incredible resource” for a program coming off 3-9 and 5-7 seasons. The connection runs through Darrick Yray, a former Fresno State assistant director of football operations who is now UCLA’s general manager. Carr told The Fresno Bee last December he wanted to coach and is currently coaching fourth through sixth grade.Drunk Fresno officer tried to break into home, terrorizes resident, Madera deputies say Matthew Rodarte, a 28-year-old Fresno police officer, was arrested early Sunday in Madera County after deputies said he showed up drunk at the wrong house and tried to force his way in. Madera deputies were called about 1:45 a.m. to a home near Cathedral Court and Peters Road. Rodarte was booked on suspicion of intent to terrorize, attempted burglary and disorderly conduct, and released from jail about 2 p.m. Sunday. He has been placed on administrative leave while the Madera County Sheriff’s Office, Fresno’s Internal Affairs and the Office of Independent Review investigate.California climber who set Yosemite speed record dies after Sierra Nevada fall Jacob “Jake” Whisenant, 30, died from blunt force trauma after a climbing-related incident in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness on Aug. 2, according to the National Park Service and the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. Rangers found him deceased after a two-day search-and-rescue and recovery operation. Whisenant made headlines in October 2024 when he and Brant Hysell climbed El Capitan’s 2,000-foot Lurking Fear route in 2 hours, 55 minutes and 32 seconds. In May, he and Noah Fox climbed the Nose route on El Capitan twice in one day, finishing the second summit in 14 hours and 38 minutes.
Original stories by Robert Kuwada, Gagandeep Singh and Thaddeus Miller
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