{"id":187721,"date":"2026-02-21T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:05:07","slug":"happening-in-fresno-protests-cumbia-pizza-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187721\/","title":{"rendered":"Happening in Fresno: protests, cumbia pizza party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"The 35th Pride Parade in the Tower District on June 7, 2025 drew 16,000 spectators, according to organizers.\" title=\"The 35th Pride Parade in the Tower District on June 7, 2025 drew 16,000 spectators, according to organizers.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        The 35th Pride Parade in the Tower District on June 7, 2025 drew 16,000 spectators, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>                JUAN ESPARZA LOERA<\/p>\n<p>            jesparza@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list of events scheduled to take place over the weekend and upcoming week in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Community members are invited to join Fresno Resistance and Goldstein\u2019s Beer Co. for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU9CfDgErrh\/\">a neighborhood cleanup<\/a> on Sunday, Feb. 22 in the Tower District. Volunteers will meet at Goldstein\u2019s at 10:30 a.m., start picking up trash at 11 a.m., and finish by noon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The biggest Quincea\u00f1era expo in the Central Valley will take place Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Big Fresno Fair. The expo includes fashion shows, vendors, DJs, photographers, and other services all in one place for families planning celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cumbia Con Pizza Party: On Saturday, Feb. 21 at 10 p.m. at Club Encore in Fresno \u2014 a 21+ event featuring DJ Youngoscar, live cumbia music and pizza \u2014 promises a late\u2011night celebration with music and dancing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Blossom Trail Bus Tour: Enjoy a scenic charter tour of the Fresno County Blossom Trail from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with brunch, lunch, and winery tastings \u2014 a popular seasonal outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Black History Month Celebration at Fresno Chaffee Zoo: Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the zoo will host food trucks, live entertainment, and community booths as part of ongoing Black History Month programming.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307754275\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771693507_6_marina Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Marina Pe\u00f1a\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307754275\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marina Pe\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Marina Pe\u00f1a is the Latino communities reporter for The Bee. She earned a bachelor\u2019s in Political Economy and another one in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She\u2019s originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but grew up in Los Angeles.\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 35th Pride Parade in the Tower District on June 7, 2025 drew 16,000 spectators, according to organizers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[88274,88273,112,88271,114,113,44134,88272],"class_list":["post-187721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-blossom-trail-tour","tag-cumbia-party","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-events","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-state-basketball","tag-protests-in-fresno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187721","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=187721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}