{"id":407380,"date":"2026-07-22T01:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407380\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T01:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:57:11","slug":"top-stories-companys-sale-selma-lawsuit-retail-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407380\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories: Company\u2019s sale; Selma lawsuit; retail updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bee\u2019s coverage on Tuesday included the reported billion-dollar sale of a sauce company with Clovis ties, a new legal battle at Selma City Hall and a retail construction update at one of Fresno\u2019s fastest-growing shopping centers.<\/p>\n

Here are today\u2019s top stories: \"Lyons Lyons Magnus, a Fresno-based maker of food products including dessert sauces, was sold to a Los Angeles-based private equity firm on July 20, 2026. Special to the Bee Landmark Fresno company sold for reported $1 billion. It makes syrups, sauces \u2014 Lyons Magnus, the Fresno-based specialty ingredients manufacturer founded in 1852, has been sold to Truelink Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm<\/a>. Sources told the Wall Street Journal the deal was valued at roughly $1 billion, though the sale price was not officially disclosed. The company makes syrups, sauces, smoothie bases and concentrates. It was owned for 46 years by the Smittcamp family of Clovis before being sold to Paine Schwartz Partners in 2017.Mayor of Selma accused of gender discrimination, workplace harassment in lawsuit \u2014 Former City of Selma employee Mary Jane Venegas recently filed a lawsuit against Mayor Scott Robertson and the city<\/a>, alleging harassment and retaliation. Venegas says Robertson and city attorney Neal Costanzo threatened her with legal action and job loss when she refused to reveal a whistleblower\u2019s identity in 2025. She claims she was placed on retaliatory administrative leave before being discharged. A city spokesperson said Selma had not been formally served as of Tuesday afternoon.More construction at Fresno\u2019s Fancher Creek. Who\u2019s coming next \u2013 and who\u2019s not \u2014 A new US Bank is nearly finished at the shopping center at Clovis and Tulare avenues, while Chipotle construction has recently started and is expected to open by year\u2019s end<\/a>. HomeGoods will hold its grand opening July 30, following a soft opening on July 28. Michaels remains on track to open, but Starbucks \u2014 previously teased in marketing materials \u2014 is not coming to the center yet. A planned second phase will include a movie theater and extra retail space.<\/p>\n

Original stories by Robert Rodriguez, Nick Fenley and Bethany Clough.<\/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":"The Bee\u2019s coverage on Tuesday included the reported billion-dollar sale of a sauce company with Clovis ties, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-407380","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\/407380","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=407380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}