{"id":408849,"date":"2026-07-23T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408849\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:00:17","slug":"top-stories-councilmember-clash-new-miniso-hit-and-run-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408849\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories: Councilmember clash; new Miniso; hit-and-run ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bee\u2019s coverage on Wednesday brought a mix of political sparring between Clovis councilmembers, retail expansion news and an update on a Fresno County traffic fatality across Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top stories of the day:                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784772017_50_Mouanoutoua and Pearce IMG_1089.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"Mouanoutoua and Pearce IMG_1089.JPG\" alt=\"Fresno City Councilmembers Vong Mouanoutoua, left, and Diane Pearce debate at a meeting of the Fresno County Republican National Hispanic Assembly at Mama Iguana\u2019s in Fresno on July 20, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    Fresno City Councilmembers Vong Mouanoutoua, left, and Diane Pearce debate at a meeting of the Fresno County Republican National Hispanic Assembly at Mama Iguana\u2019s in Fresno on July 20, 2026.                                                                                            David Taub                                                                            The Fresno Bee                                                                                        Clovis candidates for supervisor debate over conservative credentials, transportation tax: Clovis city councilmembers Diane Pearce and Vong Mouanoutoua, both registered Republicans, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/politics-government\/article316598544.html\">pitched themselves Monday night<\/a> to the Fresno County Republican National Hispanic Assembly. Both are eying an expected vacancy on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. The two split sharply on a proposed 30-year, $7 billion transportation tax.Chinese lifestyle store to open third Fresno location, find out when and where: Miniso, the international retailer known for snacks, toys, beauty products and blind boxes, is set to open its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/business\/article316584555.html\">third Fresno-area location this fall<\/a> at the former Kirkland\u2019s in Clovis Crossing Shopping Center. Commercial Retail Associates said the store is estimated to open in about three months. Founded in China in 2013, Miniso has grown to more than 330 U.S. locations.Victim killed in Golden State Blvd. hit-and-run crash identified as Fowler man: Dominic Chavez, 49, of Fowler was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article316612086.html\">identified as the pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run<\/a> Monday night on Golden State Boulevard. CHP officers said Chavez was walking in the road around 10:20 p.m. when he was struck by one or more cars. Investigators suspect a white 2018-2023 Toyota Camry may have been involved, and they\u2019re investigating a white 2008 Infiniti G37 found on fire nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Original stories by David Taub, Grace Gillio and Nick Fenley.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bee\u2019s coverage on Wednesday brought a mix of political sparring between Clovis councilmembers, retail expansion news and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-408849","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\/408849","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=408849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}