{"id":249186,"date":"2026-04-02T23:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249186\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:21:25","slug":"cesar-chavez-mural-in-downtown-bakersfield-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249186\/","title":{"rendered":"Cesar Chavez mural in Downtown Bakersfield vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Cesar Chavez Mural in Downtown Bakersfield has been defaced. <\/p>\n<p>The mural at the northeast corner of 18th and L streets in Downtown Bakersfield now reads &#8220;believe survivors&#8221; in gold spray paint across the nose of Chavez. <\/p>\n<p>This comes after multiple <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnto23.com\/news\/in-your-neighborhood\/bakersfield\/cesar-chavez-accused-of-sexual-abuse-in-report-prompting-changes-statewide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of Chavez sexually assaulting young girls and Dolores Huerta<\/a> during the pivotal times of the farmworker labor movement, which birthed the UFW.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH OUR COVERAGE OF THE CHAVEZ ALLEGATIONS BELOW:<\/p>\n<p>Allegations against Chavez rock farm labor movement<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear when the vandalism to the mural occurred. <\/p>\n<p>23ABC has reached out to the Bakersfield Police Department for more details and if a report has been filed. <\/p>\n<p>Since the allegations of sexual misconduct have been brought to light, cities across America have been renaming streets, removing monuments and painting over murals that paid tribute to Chavez.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Cesar Chavez Mural in Downtown Bakersfield has been defaced. The mural at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-249186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249186","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=249186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}