July 20, 2025 – Fresno County Sheriff’s office officials report that a kayaker drowned in Courtright Reservoir, the man who drowned has been identified as 35-year-old Matthias Aguilar of Merced.

Fresno County Sheriff Lt. Brent Stalker said a man entered the water around 5:15 p.m. at Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue in the river and did not resurface. The sheriff’s helicopter orbited the waters ...

Juan Heredia, a scuba instructor from Stockton, has developed a strange specialty: He has found the bodies of a dozen drowning victims in California rivers after authorities had either given up or ...