{"id":502427,"date":"2026-10-20T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502427\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:36:10","slug":"new-fresno-park-honoring-former-california-lt-gov-cruz-bustamante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502427\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fresno park honoring former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A New northwest Fresno Park has been named to honor a trailblazer with deep roots in the Central Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Councilmember Mike Karbassi said the park at Veterans and Barstow Avenues will honor former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Dinuba native became California&#8217;s first Latino Assembly Speaker in 1996, and later served as lieutenant governor for eight years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Many prominent figures throughout the Valley were at the event and gave testimony about Bustamante&#8217;s service to the Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I always saw our lieutenant governor as that connection, that bridge builder, that brought people together,&#8221; says Supervisor Luis Chavez. &#8220;It didn&#8217;t matter what you looked like, where you came from. If you were willing to work hard, he made opportunities for our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Karbassi says the dedication celebrates Bustamante&#8217;s legacy of public service and his commitment to the Central Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The park will officially be named Cruz M. Bustamante Park.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A New northwest Fresno Park has been named to honor a trailblazer with deep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[194511,175916,112,114,113,78916,1075,294,194510],"class_list":["post-502427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-194511","tag-cruz-bustamante","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-new-park","tag-northwest-fresno","tag-timely","tag-veterans-barstow-avenues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502427","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=502427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}