{"id":503191,"date":"2026-10-21T08:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503191\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:36:38","slug":"fresno-chaffee-zoo-cancels-dia-de-los-muertos-for-community-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503191\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Chaffee Zoo cancels D\u00eda de los Muertos for community safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/1792571798_721_origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 20, 2026 3:50PM<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is pulling plans for a D\u00eda de los Muertos event after speaking with its partners that serve the immigrant community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is pulling plans for a D\u00eda de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, event after speaking with its partners that serve the immigrant community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The zoo says the decision was difficult but &#8220;reflects our desire to stand in solidarity with the community and ensure their safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the last weeks, Action News has reported on the increase in ICE operations and traffic stops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Families will still see special decorations, art and two altars, where they can visit and bring photos of loved ones or beloved pets to be honored from October 27 through November 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The zoo says it is donating to Faith in the Valley, which helps undocumented immigrants find a path to legal status and citizenship.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, October 20, 2026 3:50PM The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is pulling plans for a D\u00eda de los Muertos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[194708,9038,112,5483,114,113,2871,14,294],"class_list":["post-503191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-194708","tag-dia-de-los-muertos","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-chaffee-zoo","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503191","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=503191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}