{"id":344212,"date":"2026-06-03T06:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344212\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:13:17","slug":"fresno-city-council-district-3-results-fresno-city-council-district-3-primary-race-clouded-in-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344212\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno City Council District 3 results: Fresno City Council District 3 primary race clouded in controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A candidate facing scrutiny has clouded a tight primary race for a seat on the Fresno City Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">California state Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula, one of several candidates vying to be among the top vote-getters in the race for Fresno City Council District 3. However, Arambula has faced new scrutiny following allegations outlined in public divorce court records, including claims of substance abuse and a stay in rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/assemblymember-joaquin-arambula-faces-new-scrutiny-allegations-divorce-filings\/18686902\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula faces new scrutiny after allegations in divorce filings<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Arambula is running in hopes of replacing termed-out Councilmember Miguel Arias. District 3 represents parts of southwest and downtown Fresno, including Chinatown and the Tower District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The tight race also features Fresno Unified Board Member Keshia Thomas, whose current term will end this year, and Tiffany Apodaca, founder of local non-profit Breaking the Chains and current Crisis Response Manager at the Marjaree Mason Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">All look to take advantage of California&#8217;s jungle primary election system, where the top two vote-getters advance to the general election in November.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A candidate facing scrutiny has clouded a tight primary race for a seat on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[141462,112,114,113],"class_list":["post-344212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-141462","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344212","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=344212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}