Gabe Ferris
Reporter at KFSN-TV (Fresno, CA)
City Hall and Courts for @ABC30, an @ABCStations O&O // Past: Capitol Hill for @ABC // @AU_SOC Grad // @PressClubDC Member // Send tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
abc30.com | Gabe Ferris
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A local sales tax to fund transportation projects is not set to wind down for two years, and there is already debate about how to move forward. With Election 2026 more than a year away, organizers are already mounting their effort to renew Measure C. The half-cent sales tax has funded transportation in Fresno County for nearly 40 years. Voters first passed it in 1986 and renewed it in 2006. It's set to expire in just two years.
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2 weeks ago |
abc30.com | Gabe Ferris
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- With graduation preps just days away, nine Clovis North students are now barred from walking. "They've been treated the worst of everybody," attorney Steven Smith said, along with attorney Brandon Lee on Tuesday. They claim administrators singled out their clients after finding alcohol on a party bus to the Clovis North prom. "They were told that if they admitted their involvement, they would be treated better, and then there was a 'denial' line," Smith said.
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3 weeks ago |
abc30.com | Gabe Ferris
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- There was a desperate plea in Fresno's Tower District on Friday. Mirna Garcia wants Rudolph Martin Acosta to stay in prison after he sexually assaulted her and eight others more than 30 years ago. "I will not stop fighting to keep him where he is at," Garcia said. "He hurt me, and my life is impacted."A judge sentenced Acosta to 78 years in prison in 1992. At the time of the assaults, he was just weeks shy of his 26th birthday.
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3 weeks ago |
abc30.com | Gabe Ferris
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- After years of denials, there was a stunning reversal in court Thursday as Nickey Stane pleaded guilty to all the charges against him. "Mr. Stane, how do you plead to a felony violation of Penal Code 187, that is, first-degree murder?" Judge Arlan Harrell asked. "Guilty," Stane said. Stane is now convicted of killing Debbie Dorian at her Fresno apartment nearly 30 years ago. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Terrifying courtroom testimony doesn't faze Nickey StaneShe was 22.
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3 weeks ago |
abc30.com | Gabe Ferris
ByGabe FerrisThursday, May 15, 2025 12:17AMFRESNO COUNTY,C alif. (KFSN) -- The teens accused of killing Caleb Quick at a Clovis McDonald's appeared in juvenile court for the first time Wednesday. No pleas were entered, and no evidence was presented. Cameras were not allowed inside. Action News could only take notes on what we saw and is not naming the suspects due to their ages. At 1:37 p.m., the teen girl entered the courtroom in an orange sweater. Her parents were sitting in the front row.
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After years of denials, there was a stunning reversal in court Thursday as Nickey Stane pleaded guilty to all the charges against him. Watch my latest reporting for @ABC30 https://t.co/k5mWrMD7eW
The teens accused of killing Caleb Quick at a Clovis McDonald's appeared in juvenile court for the first time Wednesday. Action News could only take notes on what we saw. Read and watch my latest live reporting for @ABC30: https://t.co/40aJ92rVnd
Two teenagers were charged Tuesday with the murder of 18-year-old Caleb Quick in Clovis. They were arrested last Friday and remain in juvenile hall. Watch my latest reporting for @ABC30 https://t.co/SY2LxdUm3Y