The Fresno Police Officers Association building in Fresno, seen on Sept. 1, 2026.
David Taub
The Fresno Bee
Tuesday brought a wave of news from across Fresno, from a city investigation into the head of the police officers union to a scathing state audit questioning the very existence of Fresno State’s athletics corporation and an officer-involved shooting that left a suspect in critical condition.
Garrett Klassy speaks to the media after he was introduced as Fresno State’s athletics director during a news conference in 2024. Fresno Here are the top stories of the dayFresno investigating police union chief for sexual harassment. Union calls it retaliation — The city of Fresno is investigating Sgt. Jeff La Blue, president of the Fresno Police Officers Association, over sexual harassment allegations. La Blue and the FPOA settled a sexual harassment lawsuit in March with former office manager Anna Pine for an undisclosed sum. Union attorney Michael Rains called the probe retaliatory and timed to interfere with upcoming FPOA leadership elections. City Manager Georgeanne White said the investigation began in February and has nothing to do with the union election.CSU slams Fresno State Athletic Corp. in highly critical audit. Should it even exist? — A California State University chancellor’s office audit questioned whether the Fresno State Athletic Corporation should continue to exist, finding no clear operational, financial or governance benefit to running athletics through an auxiliary organization. The 32-page report issued Monday made 45 recommendations and flagged operating losses of $11.1 million in 2022-23, $8.7 million in 2023-24 and $16.5 million in 2024-25. Fresno State is the only CSU campus that runs athletics this way, and the university will complete a review by Sept. 25 to decide whether to keep or dissolve the corporation.UPDATE: Fresno police shoot man accused of firing at officers; suspect identified — Two Fresno police officers shot David Rascon, 42, early Tuesday after he allegedly fired at them while running on Huntington Boulevard. Officers had responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 300 block of South Orchard Avenue and encountered Rascon nearby before he fled with a gun. He was struck multiple times, taken to a hospital for surgery and remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon. Neither officer, both with four years on the department, was injured.
Original stories by David Taub, Robert Kuwada and Anthony Galaviz
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