{"id":292503,"date":"2026-04-30T03:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292503\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:32:11","slug":"several-fresno-area-schools-swatted-due-to-false-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292503\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Fresno-area schools \u2018swatted\u2019 due to false threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least four high schools in the Fresno area received unsubstantiated threats on Wednesday, leading to shelter-in-place orders and police responses.<\/p>\n

Two Fresno Unified sites \u2014 Bullard and Fresno high schools \u2014 were targeted by bomb threats, according to a ParentSquare announcement from the district.<\/p>\n

A.J. Kato, spokesperson for Fresno Unified, said both sites followed safety protocols and issued a lockdown order. Due to its proximity to Bullard, Gibson Elementary went into a voluntary shelter-in-place as well.<\/p>\n

Kato said both sites were cleared and that mental health resources would be available for anyone impacted by the lockdowns.<\/p>\n

A Clovis Unified high school also was impacted by an unsubstantiated threat Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Clovis High School \u2014 which was \u201cswatted,\u201d or targeted by phony threats<\/a>, in October \u2014 initiated a shelter-in-place order following a \u201csuspicious call,\u201d Clovis Unified spokesperson Kelly Avants told The Bee.<\/p>\n

The Clovis Police Department got a call for service around 1 p.m., spokesperson Ty Wood said, and authorities vacated the campus around 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Reedley Police Department announced via social media that Reedley High School was also the target of a \u201choax\u201d that resulted in a 50-minute lockdown Wednesday.<\/p>\n


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The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least four high schools in the Fresno area received unsubstantiated threats on Wednesday, leading to shelter-in-place orders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-292503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292503","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=292503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}