SEVERAL VALLEY CHUZCHES
GATHERED IN HANFORD TODAY...
MARCHING]%Q! THE MESSAGE -
WORSHIP IS ESSENTIAL.
ORGANIZERS SAY THE AIM OF THE
EVENT WAS NOT POLITICAL. BUT
AS KSEE24'S DENNIS VALERA
REPORTS, POLITICS*WER* PART
OF THE CONVERSATION.
nats "we're here to worship
god!" IN A TIME WHEN NO ONE
CAN WORSHIP IN GROUPS
INDOORS... A GROUP OF PASTORS
AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS...
WANTED TO GIVE HOPE. Edward
Alvarado/Local Evangelist
"whether they're business
people, whether they're people
that came from a life of
addiction, whether they're
middle class, whoever they are
because everybody's affected
right now." CALLyNG IT A
PEA[EFUL PROTEST... A LARGE
CROWD GATHERED IN HANFORD'S
LACEY PARK... (nats:
*motorcycle engin*) WHILE
SOME WORE MASKS MANY DID
NOT....AS THEY MARCHED TO THE
FRONT OF THE HANFORD CIVIC
AUDITORIUM. nats "i am tired
of being distracted by the
politics, but it's not
political, it's biblical,
hello." ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS,
PASTOR BOBBY GUERRA... SAID
GIVEN THE CURREOT
RESTRICTIONS... WORSHIPPING
TOGETHER OUTDOORS WILL SUFFICE
FOR NOW. BUT HE DID QUESTION
WHY PLACES OF WORSHIP AREN'T
DEEMED ESSENTIAL. Pastor Bobby
Guerra/Hanford Pentecostal
Church of God "if you have
casinos opened up, walmarts
and costcos and everything
else opened, and you can get a
dish soap in aisle 5, why
can't you come and get your
healing in one of the aisles
in church." Dennis Valera "now
aside from gathering to
worship, attendees could also
sign a petition to recall
governor gavin newsom. this
petition started the second
week of june." AT THE MIC...
NONE OF THE EVENT'S SPEAKERS
EXPLICITLY CALLED FOR GOVERNOR
NEWSOO'S REMOVAL. BUT DID HOPE
SOME OF THEIR WORDS GET TO
HIM. Edward Alvarado/Local
Evangelist "i'm gonna pray
that that would come and bring
him some type of
enlightenment, that we are
essential. and that the
message would get through to
him." DENNIS VALERA, KSEE 24
LOCAL NEWS THAT MATTERS.
FIRE OFFICIALS PROVIDED AN
UPDATE TODAY ON THE S-Q-F
COMPLEX IN THE SEQUOIA
NATIONAL FOREST... WHICH
INCLUDES THE CASTLE FIRE AND
THE SHOTGUN FIRE IN THE GOLDEN
