Central Valley Weekly News: Canvas Hack, School Crisis, Fresno Crash & Public Safety Updates | May 4–8, 2026

This week on Central Valley Entertainment Weekly News, we cover major Central California stories from Monday, May 4 through Friday, May 8, 2026.Top stories include a Sacramento City Unified cash crisis, a Canvas cyberattack affecting Fresno State, UC Merced and College of the Sequoias, a heartbreaking Fresno moped crash update, the former Del Oro High School coach plea, the Reedley biolab guilty verdict, a Knights Ferry homicide investigation, a Modesto fatal shooting, a Stockton police shooting update and the Patterson High School lockdown being lifted.Stories and sources:Sacramento school cash crisis — KCRA reports Sacramento City Unified faces a major deficit and possible cash shortage by July.https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-city-unified-school-district-budget-funds/71248128College Canvas hack — ABC30 reports Central California colleges were impacted by a Canvas cybersecurity incident during finals week.https://abc30.com/post/multiple-central-california-colleges-impacted-massive-canvas-hack/19060564/Fresno moped crash update — ABC30 reports new details after a crash near Bullard and Palm killed Dominiq Puentes and severely injured Jay Garcia.https://abc30.com/post/12-year-old-boy-injured-fatal-moped-crash-northwest-fresno-has-leg-amputated/19060468/Del Oro coach plea — BakersfieldNow reports former walk-on band coach Salvador Fabian entered a no-contest plea in Kern County court.https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/former-del-oro-high-school-band-coach-pleads-no-contest-to-having-sex-with-a-student-court-crime-kern-high-school-district-bakersfield-californiaReedley biolab verdict — ABC30 reports Jia Bei Zhu, also known as David He, was found guilty on 12 counts connected to the illegal Reedley biolab case.https://abc30.com/post/man-found-guilty-12-counts-running-illegal-biolab-reedley/19051585/Knights Ferry remains case — KCRA reports a homicide investigation after human remains were found near Highway 108 in Stanislaus County.https://www.kcra.com/article/homicide-investigation-human-remains-knights-ferry/71246807Modesto fatal shooting — The Modesto Bee reports police are investigating a deadly shooting near Ellison and Lancey drives.https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article315653966.htmlStockton police shooting update — Stocktonia reports police identified Moises Flores-Andrade as the man killed in an officer-involved shooting.https://stocktonia.org/news/crime/2026/05/06/ax-wielding-attacker-shot-and-killed-by-police-was-25-year-old-stockton-man/Patterson High lockdown lifted — KCRA reports officials found no active threat after a lockdown at Patterson High School.https://www.kcra.com/article/patterson-high-school-on-lockdown-due-to-possible-explosive-devices-police-say/71234249Follow Central Valley Entertainment for Central Valley news, Central California news, Fresno news, Sacramento news, Bakersfield news, Modesto news, Stockton news, public safety updates, court stories, crime news, school updates, food, business and community coverage.Visit centralvalleyentertainment.com