{"id":240086,"date":"2026-03-28T00:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240086\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:48:08","slug":"dad-details-nightmare-family-meal-in-fresno-as-homeless-man-freaks-out-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240086\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad details nightmare family meal in Fresno as homeless man freaks out nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A simple family dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/24\/us-news\/2-teens-dead-1-injured-in-targeted-fresno-shooting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Fresno<\/a> turned into a scene straight out of a nightmare for one local dad, who says a homeless man went berserk just feet from his child.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/19\/us-news\/homeless-squatters-set-fire-to-la-house-destroying-family-home-next-door-and-killing-their-dogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The unsettling moment <\/a>was captured on video: a young boy quietly chowing down on pasta while a shirtless man flailed his arms, muttered to himself, and danced around outside the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>A young boy quietly chowing down on pasta. X\/@OreoExpress<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray these people get the tough love they need and are forced to sober up. \u201d X\/@OreoExpress<\/p>\n<p>The father, who shared the video on social media, blasted city leaders for what he calls enabling dangerous behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyfresnocountydata.org\/indicators\/index\/view?indicatorId=7891&amp;localeId=247#:~:text=4%2C305,Fresno%20County%20and%20Madera%20County.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">back up his fears<\/a>: a 2024 Point\u2011in\u2011Time count found 4,305 people experiencing homelessness in Fresno and Madera counties, with 61% living unsheltered, exposed to the streets and traffic.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to dinner in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorJerryDyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MayorJerryDyer<\/a> One Fresno. Him and his partner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> have worked really hard wasting tax dollars and normalizing this with their policies. I purposely don\u2019t dine with my family in many parts of Fresno because this is the norm. Jerry and Gavin enable\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/urVGtebhvQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/urVGtebhvQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oreo Express (@OreoExpress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OreoExpress\/status\/2037425216293384654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OreoExpress\/status\/2037425216293384654?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">In a fiery post<\/a>, he accused Mayor Jerry Dyer and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/27\/us-news\/gavin-newsom-jabs-trump-on-prediction-markets-by-banning-california-officials-from-making-insider-bets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> of wasting taxpayer dollars while normalizing homelessness, saying, \u201cI refuse to allow this to be normal in the eyes of my child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father, who shared the video on social media, blasted city leaders for what he calls enabling dangerous behavior. fresno.gov<\/p>\n<p>He argued that housing-first initiatives fail when they don\u2019t address addiction or force accountability for criminal behavior, insisting the man\u2019s erratic actions stemmed from serious substance abuse and mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p> X\/@OreoExpress<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving him a room to do drugs does nothing to help him,\u201d the dad wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The clip has gone viral, sparking a heated debate over how <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/26\/us-news\/mayoral-candidate-nitha-ramans-take-on-homeless-encampments-near-schools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California handles homelessness<\/a>, and whether families should avoid certain areas altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving him a room to do drugs does nothing to help him,\u201d the dad wrote.  Debra L. Rothenberg\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>For now, one local dad says dinner will never be the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray these people get the tough love they need and are forced to sober up. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A simple family dinner in Fresno turned into a scene straight out of a nightmare for one local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[7,1431,112,114,113,1493,4182,3586],"class_list":{"0":"post-240086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-family","10":"tag-fresno","11":"tag-fresno-headlines","12":"tag-fresno-news","13":"tag-homelessness","14":"tag-metro","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240086","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=240086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}