{"id":438403,"date":"2026-08-20T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438403\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:36:32","slug":"wednesdays-top-stories-from-the-fresno-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438403\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s top stories from The Fresno Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cassandra20Michael20in20court.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Cassandra Michael, 18, enters Department 50 of the Fresno County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, on the third day of trial. She\u2019s accused of the murder of Caleb Quick from April 2025, when she was 16.\" alt=\"Cassandra Michael, 18, enters Department 50 of the Fresno County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, on the third day of trial. She\u2019s accused of the murder of Caleb Quick from April 2025, when she was 16.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Cassandra Michael, 18, enters Department 50 of the Fresno County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, on the third day of trial. She\u2019s accused of the murder of Caleb Quick from April 2025, when she was 16.<\/p>\n<p>                THADDEUS MILLER<\/p>\n<p>            tmiller@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s top stories from The Fresno Bee. Here\u2019s what to know<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Bee\u2019s coverage Wednesday spanned a high-profile murder case, a hometown football star\u2019s next chapter and a new dining option coming to north Fresno. From courtroom decisions to coaching moves and restaurant openings, here\u2019s a quick look at what readers are following across the region.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787236592_339_CARRFAMILY.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"0\" title=\"CARRFAMILY\" alt=\"\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                CRAIG KOHLRUSS                                                                            Fresno Bee Staff Photo                                                                                        Here are the top stories of the day<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article316926969.html?mrfhud=true#storylink=var-wtk\">Here\u2019s where convicted killer of Caleb Quick will do her time. Clovis dad criticizes<\/a>: Cassandra Michael, convicted this month of murder with a gun enhancement in the April 2025 killing of 18-year-old Caleb Quick, will serve her sentence at the Fresno County Juvenile Justice Center. Michael, now 18, faces four to seven years in custody or until age 25, with a sentencing hearing set for Sept. 2. Quick\u2019s father, Stephen Quick, criticized a state provision that could shave up to 180 days off her sentence every six months if she meets requirements.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/sports\/college\/mountain-west\/fresno-state\/bulldogs-football\/article316925136.html?mrfhud=true#storylink=var-wtk\">Derek Carr wanted to coach, so how did he end up at UCLA and not his alma mater?<\/a>: Former Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr has joined UCLA as a special advisor to Bruins coach Bob Chesney after retiring from the NFL following 11 seasons. Carr said UCLA committed immediately to bringing him aboard, while Fresno State didn\u2019t move as quickly. He now assists with game planning, works with quarterbacks including Nico Iamaleava and reviews practice film, while remaining based in Fresno with his family.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/business\/article316522100.html?mrfhud=true#storylink=var-wtk\">What\u2019s the Mexican restaurant from San Diego moving into the closed KFC in Fresno?<\/a>: Victoria\u2019s Mexican Food, a fast-food chain based in San Diego and owned by Santos de la Torre, is moving into the former KFC building at Herndon and Spruce avenues in north Fresno. Representative Mago Espinoza said the restaurant aims to open by early September with 24-hour service and both dine-in and drive-thru options. It will be the chain\u2019s first Fresno location, joining three restaurants in the San Diego area and one in Merced.<\/p>\n<p>Original stories by Thaddeus Miller, Robert Kuwada and Maria G. Ortiz-Briones<\/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<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cassandra Michael, 18, enters Department 50 of the Fresno County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-438403","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\/438403","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=438403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}