Corin Hoggard
Corin joined Action News in March 2005 after spending six years producing the highest-rated morning newscast in the country at our sister station in Houston, KTRK-TV.
He prides himself on breaking exclusive stories -- like securing body camera videos showing alleged excessive force by a police officer, his investigation into Fresno and Clovis clinics accused of shortchanging vaccines for patients, leaving them vulnerable to illness and pregnancy, and exposing a Fresno police officer accused of pimping out his prostitute girlfriend.
His exclusive series on loopholes in jail policies and AB-109 allowing sex offenders to avoid jail despite violating parole even got reaction from the state government. He was the first reporter to interview the Valley Marine who robbed two banks just after he was released from the VA on a PTSD diagnosis and who later got help from President Obama to regain control of his life.
The Radio-Television News Directors Association recognized Corin for his reporting on the brain drain out of the Central Valley, and he won an Emmy for reporting on a terrorist's knife attack at UC Merced. (He's still trying to unearth FBI and other investigative records from that investigation.)
Corin toddled through his childhood traveling the world, living in Germany, Canada, New York City and Fargo, North Dakota, where he caught the journalism bug while delivering the Fargo Forum and putting together a junior high school newspaper.
After graduating from the University of Houston Honors College with a B.S. in biology, Corin rediscovered his passion for journalism, and broke into the TV business after earning a Houston Press award for his writing at a local newspaper. He even returned to Houston to help out ABC13 with their wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Harvey's devastation and the area's early steps towards recovery.
While he isn't a native of the Valley, Corin has planted roots here. When he's not in the newsroom, he loves spending time with his wife (a Clovis High School graduate) and daughter. Favorite pastimes include baseball, visiting Yosemite or Kings Canyon, tasting his way through every beer crafted in the Valley, catching the live music scene in Fresno or Visalia, and running.
Corin's Stories
COVID-related childhood illness on the rise, bigger impact in Central CA
A dangerous childhood illness connected to COVID is on the rise and having a bigger impact in the Central Valley than in the rest of California.
Proud Boys problems force new police tactics at Tower Theatre protests
The new plan includes having bicycle officers ready to escort people away to safety and installing physical barriers.
Johnson & Johnson pause: What to look for and why not to worry
About 2,300 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine won't get into arms in Fresno County this week.
Escalating violence from suspect led to double murder leaving big hole in family
A Fresno double murder suspect seems to have slipped through the cracks in the system.
City of Fresno may soon enter the fight over sale of Tower Theatre
The City of Fresno may soon jump into the fray in the fight over the sale of the Tower Theatre to Adventure Church because the longer it goes, the more it costs taxpayers.
Warrant: Fresno County employee took $16,000 from developer as he negotiated big housing deal
A big affordable housing project in Fresno is back to the drawing board and Action News is digging deeper into the alleged criminal activity that put it on pause.
Felon's own words doom chance at mental health diversion from possible third strike
A Fresno County man with a long history of violent crime and mental health problems nearly got a chance at freedom despite a new robbery case.
Where will we be on June 15? End in sight to COVID restrictions
The number of new cases and hospitalizations has trended down in the Central Valley, but public health officials hope it'll look much better.
Teenager's lawsuit: Grizzlies negligent in father's death at taco eating contest
Dana Andrew Hutchings had high hopes for the 2019 amateur taco eating contest during the Fresno Grizzlies Taco Truck Throwdown.
Fresno parks open for Easter with minimal restrictions
Easter weekend will look drastically different from last year at Fresno parks and families are welcome to pay the parks a visit.
