{"id":503839,"date":"2026-10-22T05:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503839\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:58:21","slug":"merced-band-mourns-member-after-fresno-county-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503839\/","title":{"rendered":"Merced band mourns member after Fresno County crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A band based out of Merced is grieving the loss of one of its members who died in a crash<\/a> in Fresno County on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The band, Banda La M\u00e1s Pedida<\/a>, has started a GoFundMe fundraiser<\/a> to raise money for a funeral service for Juan Jes\u00fas Rivera Zepeda,<\/a> 33.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing a profound loss that deeply saddens us, and we are seeking to raise funds to provide a dignified farewell and memorial service for our dear colleague, Juan Jes\u00fas Rivera Zepeda,\u201d the fundraiser says.<\/p>\n

The three-vehicle crash was reported at about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday. Six other people, the three drivers and three passengers, were taken to a hospital with injuries ranging from moderate to major.<\/p>\n

CHP does not suspect alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also want to offer our support to our colleagues who are critically ill and fighting for their lives at the Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, California,\u201d the GoFundMe post says. \u201cToday, more than ever, we need to come together as a family, as colleagues, and as a community to support one another during this time of grief and uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GoFundMe has raised $4,180 out of a goal of $5,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n


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Jim Silva<\/a><\/p>\n

The Modesto Bee<\/p>\n

Jim Silva has been involved in covering local sports and news for The Modesto Bee and Merced Sun-Star since 1996. He graduated with a degree in journalism from San Jose State.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screenshot A band based out of Merced is grieving the loss of one of its members who died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-503839","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\/503839","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=503839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}