{"id":233109,"date":"2026-03-23T21:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233109\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:33:36","slug":"fresno-firefighters-rescue-two-clinging-to-tree-branches-in-san-joaquin-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233109\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Firefighters Rescue Two Clinging to Tree Branches in San Joaquin River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno firefighters rescued two people from the San Joaquin River near Highway 41 Sunday evening after reports they were yelling for help, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews arrived just before 8 p.m. and found the individuals clinging to tree branches in the river\u2019s moving water, the Fresno Fire Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the department\u2019s Water Rescue Team reached the victims using boats and brought them safely to shore. One person was transported to a local hospital for evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials warned that rivers can be dangerous, even when appearing calm, and urged caution as warmer weather draws more people to waterways.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno firefighters rescued two people from the San Joaquin River near Highway 41 Sunday evening after reports they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-233109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}