{"id":400509,"date":"2026-07-16T08:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:23:20","slug":"top-stories-friant-upgrades-victim-id-deputy-shoots-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400509\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories: Friant upgrades; victim ID; deputy shoots man"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, The Bee covered stories that spanned safety improvements at an intersection known for its violent crashes, an update on a fatal collision and a deputy-involved shooting.<\/p>\n

Here are the top stories: \"The The three-way intersection at Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue is infamously known as \u201cFriant Roulette\u201d for the number of red light-runners, crashes and occasional fatalities that occur there. The city of Fresno has made it a priority to improve safety at the intersection. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com Crashes reduced at infamous Fresno intersection after safety measures. What\u2019s next? Crashes at the intersection of Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue<\/a> have dropped sharply since safety upgrades were installed in April, with just one major crash in four months compared to roughly one per month before. The main fix was adding a dedicated traffic light for each northbound lane on Friant Road. Councilmember Nick Richardson said the intersection now feels significantly safer.Coroner ID\u2019s driver who died in rear-end crash that also killed dog in Fresno. The Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office identified Daniel Martinez, 63, as the driver killed Monday when his sedan was rear-ended at Gettysburg and Maple avenues<\/a>. Martinez died at the scene along with a dog inside his car. At least three vehicles were struck, including two parked along Gettysburg Avenue.Fresno County deputy shoots suspect after violent confrontation, sheriff says. A Fresno County deputy shot a suspect Tuesday evening after a physical altercation while responding to a reported home invasion<\/a>. The suspect was allegedly threatening to kill residents. Sheriff John Zanoni said the deputy fired approximately three rounds in self-defense, striking the suspect, who is in critical condition. The deputy was also hospitalized for injuries.<\/p>\n

Original stories by Bryant-Jon Anteola, Joshua Tehee and Anthony Galaviz.<\/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\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, The Bee covered stories that spanned safety improvements at an intersection known for its violent crashes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-400509","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\/400509","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=400509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}