{"id":157851,"date":"2026-01-31T08:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157851\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:51:07","slug":"fresno-ice-cream-store-takes-a-stand-during-nationwide-demonstrations-cbs47-and-ksee24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157851\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno ice cream store takes a stand during nationwide demonstrations | CBS47 and KSEE24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSEE\/KGPE<\/a>) \u2013 Fresno ice cream store Ampersand took a stand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/news\/california\/protesters-clash-with-police-federal-agents-in-downtown-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during the nationwide \u201cICE Out\u201d demonstration taking place across the country<\/a> to make it clear to its customers that they are choosing to keep doors open.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUJX3M8knzi\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUJX3M8knzi\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">message shared on social media<\/a>, Ampersand wrote that they \u201ccontinue to be a safe and welcoming space for our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on nationwide concerns, management added that \u201cmany of the actions unfolding in neighborhoods across the nation do not reflect the spirit of the community we believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company says that all of the proceeds from Friday\u2019s business will be donated to a local nonprofit dedicated to uplifting and strengthening the people they serve.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose Modal<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE\/KGPE) \u2013 Fresno ice cream store Ampersand took a stand during the nationwide \u201cICE Out\u201d demonstration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[77065,4843,112,114,113,77066,1560],"class_list":{"0":"post-157851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-ampersand-ice-cream-store","9":"tag-customers","10":"tag-fresno","11":"tag-fresno-headlines","12":"tag-fresno-news","13":"tag-ice-out-demonstration","14":"tag-local-nonprofit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157851","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=157851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}