{"id":343813,"date":"2026-06-03T01:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343813\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:46:12","slug":"married-couple-drowns-at-kings-canyon-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343813\/","title":{"rendered":"Married couple drowns at Kings Canyon on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A married couple from the Bay Area drowned at Kings Canyon National Park in Central California during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office on Monday reported the victims \u2014 Parth Patel, 30, and Dharti Patel, 29, of San Mateo \u2014 were killed May 25.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the National Park Service on Tuesday confirmed two deaths occurred over Memorial Day weekend in the Cedar Grove region of the park, which includes Roaring River Falls. The spokesperson said no additional details were available.<\/p>\n<p>Online, the National Park Service warned visitors to exercise caution at the falls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be fooled if the pool appears calm and safe for swimming. The rocks are slippery and the currents below the surface of the water can easily drag you under. Drowning in rivers like this one is the most common cause of death in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,\u201d an NPS webpage on Roaring River Falls reads.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A married couple from the Bay Area drowned at Kings Canyon National Park in Central California during the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-343813","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\/343813","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=343813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}