{"id":482969,"date":"2026-10-02T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482969\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:46:15","slug":"fresno-mayor-jerry-dyer-tours-armenian-genocide-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482969\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer tours Armenian Genocide Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is currently in Armenia to tour the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790963175_651_origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, October 2, 2026 4:40PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is currently in Armenia to tour the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The memorial honors the 1.5 million Armenians killed in the ethnic attack beginning in 1915.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mayor Dyer says being in Armenia has given him the opportunity to better understand the history, culture and traditions that are so important to so many Fresnans, as more than 50,000 Armenians call Fresno home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The mayor has been giving updates on his trip through social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He acknowledged many similarities between Fresno and Armenia, including deep agricultural roots, and recognizing the importance of diversity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Fresno also has a &#8220;sister city&#8221; in Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is currently in Armenia to tour the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan. Friday, October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[189212,76500,189211,112,114,116928,113,10332,294],"class_list":["post-482969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-189212","tag-armenia","tag-armenian-genocide-memorial","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-mayor","tag-fresno-news","tag-jerry-dyer","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482969","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=482969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}