{"id":394452,"date":"2026-07-11T05:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394452\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T05:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:35:15","slug":"top-stories-fresno-mall-facelift-jc-athlete-saved-tulare-county-victim-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394452\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories: Fresno mall facelift; JC athlete saved; Tulare County victim ID"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fresno Bee’s coverage for Friday touched on subjects including a sweeping makeover at Fashion Fair mall, a life-saving response by Fresno City College basketball coaches and an update on a fatal motorcycle crash in Tulare County.<\/p>\n

Here are the top stories of the day:\"Former<\/p>\n

Former Clovis High standout Jackson Scarborough, right, drives past Atascadero’s Isaiah Rodriguez, left, in the Central Section D-II championship held Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 at Selland Arena in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Here are the new restaurants, shops added in makeover at Fresno’s Fashion Fair<\/a>: Fashion Fair mall is undergoing major renovations that include an exterior redesign, updated interior lighting and new seating areas. New tenants include Seoul Meat Co., Mongolian chain Mong Q and Filipino french fry franchise Potato Corner. Longtime tenants Hot Dog on a Stick and Bath & Body Works are relocating to larger spaces within the mall, while discount perfume outlet Perfumania and escape room company Escapology are also on the way.<\/p>\n

Fresno City basketball coaches’ fast response helps save former Clovis High standout<\/a>: Former Clovis High basketball standout Jackson Scarborough is recovering after emergency open-heart surgery following a medical emergency during Monday’s practice at Fresno City College. Staff under coach Robert Haynes immediately called an ambulance when Scarborough began experiencing chest pain, a response his mother Joanna credits with saving his life. The incoming Rams freshman underwent a nine-hour surgery and remained unconscious for several days before waking up Thursday.<\/p>\n

Motorcyclist killed in Tulare County solo crash ID’d by coroner<\/a>: The Tulare County Coroner’s Office identified the motorcyclist killed in Wednesday night’s solo crash outside Strathmore as 35-year-old Joshua James Gonzales of Porterville. Gonzales was riding a 2024 Harley-Davidson on Avenue 176 near Road 276 when his motorcycle went off the road and struck a fence around 8:03 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Original stories by Amber Hair, Anthony Galaviz and Maria G. Ortiz-Briones.<\/p>\n

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno Bee’s coverage for Friday touched on subjects including a sweeping makeover at Fashion Fair mall, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[43548,112,1907,114,113,8412],"class_list":["post-394452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fashion-fair-mall","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-city-college","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-tulare-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394452","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=394452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}