{"id":323667,"date":"2026-05-20T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323667\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:06:07","slug":"fresno-county-sheriffs-office-invites-public-to-candlelight-vigil-on-wednesday-evening-to-honor-fallen-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323667\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office Invites Public to Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday Evening To Honor Fallen Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, CA (KMJ) \u2013 The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is inviting the community on Wednesday evening to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>A candlelight vigil will be held at the Fresno Sheriff\u2019s Memorial to remember deputies who lost their lives in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural event brings together employees, community members, and families to reflect and pay tribute.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled speakers include Sheriff John Zanoni, former Sheriff Margaret Mims, former Fresno Mayor Alan Autry, and memorial artist Christopher Slatoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_isselectedend\">Date:\u00a0Wednesday, May 20, 2026<br \/>Time:\u00a07:00 PM \u2013 8:30 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_isselectedend\">Location:<br \/>The Fresno Sheriff Memorial<br \/>Fresno County Sheriff Area Two Substation<br \/>1129 N. Armstrong<br \/>Fresno, CA 93727<\/p>\n<p>The vigil runs from seven to eight-thirty p.m. at the memorial located at the Sheriff\u2019s Area Two Substation on North Armstrong in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the event is meant to honor service, sacrifice, and keep the memories of fallen deputies alive.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the report by KMJ\u2019s Liz Kern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3441\/files\/2026\/05\/lk-vigil-sheriffs-memorial.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3441\/files\/2026\/05\/lk-vigil-sheriffs-memorial.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, CA (KMJ) \u2013 The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is inviting the community on Wednesday evening to honor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-323667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323667","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=323667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}