{"id":488508,"date":"2026-10-07T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488508\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:46:10","slug":"fresno-school-board-controversy-over-mailbox-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488508\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno school board controversy over mailbox incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791413169_285_Screenshot 2026-10-06 143212 Frazier allegedly.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A screenshot from a video, provided to The Bee, shows a confrontation between the sister of SCCCD trustee candidate and a man who bears a resemblance to the other person in the race, Terance Frazier.\" alt=\"A screenshot from a video, provided to The Bee, shows a confrontation between the sister of SCCCD trustee candidate and a man who bears a resemblance to the other person in the race, Terance Frazier.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A screenshot from a video, provided to The Bee, shows a confrontation between the sister of SCCCD trustee candidate and a man who bears a resemblance to the other person in the race, Terance Frazier.<\/p>\n<p>            Special to The Bee<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service may now be investigating an accusation that Terance Frazier, a local developer and candidate for a Community College board seat, rifled though the mailbox of his political opponent and peered through the windows at his Fresno house.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier \u2014 a developer and the husband of Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria, D-Fresno \u2014 and Marcos Osorio, an education consultant and educator, are running for the State Center Community College District 5 trustees seat. A third candidate is also in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio\u2019s sister, Allyson Osorio, said she witnessed a man who looked like Frazier at her brother\u2019s house on Monday night as she dropped off her niece and nephew. She told The Bee the man was by the front door and mailbox. Marcos Osorio\u2019s 10-year-old son witnessed the man at the mailbox, according to his father and aunt.<\/p>\n<p>She took a video of the encounter and filed a police report electronically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do turn these types of investigations over to the Postal Service,\u201d Fresno Police Lt. Brian Pierce told The Bee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service confirmed Tuesday that it received the case.<\/p>\n<p>Allyson Osorio told The Bee that she recognized the man as Frazier. A representative for Marcos Osorio provided a video to The Fresno Bee taken by Allyson Osorio as she confronted him. The video shows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article317517074.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">man bearing the resemblance of Frazier allegedly at the home.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The union representing community college faculty is calling for Frazier to drop out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a gray area. A candidate showed up at his opponent&#8217;s home at night, went through the mail, and lied to a family&#8217;s face about who he was. That is disqualifying. It may be the most brazen example we have seen of a local politician crossing a personal line and acting in bad faith,\u201d Keith Ford, president of AFT Local 1533, said in a news release Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Also, one endorser that Frazier claims says he never endorsed him.<\/p>\n<p>On his website, Frazier said he has the support of Assemblyman David Tangipa, R-Clovis. Tangipa\u2019s staff told The Bee, \u201cthat is not accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why Frazier was at the home of his political opponent. He has not responded to text or phone messages. At one point, his voicemail played a message that it was full. Later, it was able to accept messages.<\/p>\n<p>What the video shows<\/p>\n<p>Allyson Osorio said the man she spotted started jogging away as she pulled into her brother\u2019s home. She started recording a video.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio questioned the man about his business at the home. The man responded that he was knocking on the door. Marcos Osorios was not at home at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The man asked Allyson Osorio if she lived there and if she was \u201cCatalina,\u201d according to the video. That is an approximate name of Marcos Osorio\u2019s ex-wife Carolina, his sister said. Allyson Osorio then asked for the man\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>He responded with \u201cCharles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, tell me the truth &#8230; come on, what\u2019s up, what\u2019s up? Tell me, what\u2019s your name?\u201d Osorio responded. She later told The Bee she recognized the man as Frazier.<\/p>\n<p>The man said he wants to talk to \u201cwhoever lives here.\u201d He later told her he is looking for an \u201cAndrew Van Horn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was a neighbor, the man responded, \u201csometimes.\u201d Voter registration records show that Frazier and his wife, the assemblywoman, have their residence a few blocks away on East Harvard Avenue. The address is within SCCCD District 5 boundary.<\/p>\n<p>The man in the video said he buys houses, then took a phone call from someone he identified as \u201cCarol.\u201d That is when the video ends.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Osorio sent a video of a piece of mail addressed to a Andrew Van Horn, with Marcos Osorio\u2019s address. It is from a health plan provider. Osorio said he is not familiar with Van Horn, but occasionally does inadvertently receive some of his mail.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier\u2019s nonprofit lost lease for public sports park<\/p>\n<p>A developer by trade, Frazier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article316334901.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost a battle over control of the Granite Park Sports Complex<\/a> to the city of Fresno. In June, the city took back its lease of the central Fresno sports facility, claiming Frazier\u2019s nonprofit, the Central Valley Community Sports Foundation, violated its lease.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier also has an active civil rights lawsuit against the city related to Granite Park. The long-delayed case \u2014 initially filed in 2020 \u2014 returns to court for a scheduling conference on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Frazier leads campaign fundraising<\/p>\n<p>Frazier reported raising $111,880 during the campaign, with $92,116 cash on hand. He has also reported an additional $10,500 contributed after the last reporting deadline of Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Soria\u2019s campaign contributed $10,607.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio reported raising $20,633 overall, with $10,661 cash on hand. He also reported an additional $13,500 after the deadline, with $7,000 coming from himself.<\/p>\n<p>A third candidate, Miguel Castaneda Sanchez, is also on the ballot. He is listed as sales associate and student. He filed a statement, saying he would raise and spend less than $2,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published October 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/315822996\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791413170_862_David Taub headshot IMG_4559.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David Taub\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/315822996\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Taub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            David joined The Fresno Bee in 2026 as Civic Watchdog Reporter. He covers elected officials from the Central Valley and the ins and outs of local elections and politics. David also keeps a sharp eye on how your local tax dollars are spent. David previously worked at GV Wire for 10 years. Born in Los Altos, California, David graduated from the University of Michigan and has lived in Fresno for two decades with his family.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A screenshot from a video, provided to The Bee, shows a confrontation between the sister of SCCCD trustee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-488508","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\/488508","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=488508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}