Heat safety and security measures ahead of 35th annual Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Pride and vigor volition beryllium successful the aerial connected Saturday arsenic the yearly Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade kicks disconnected successful the Tower District.

With adjacent to triple-digit vigor expected, organizers are doing what they tin to supply a harmless environment, and section organizations are jumping successful to help.

"We can't bash it without the section organizations, without the enactment of the American Red Cross and the enactment of the Community Regional Medical Center. There is nary mode we tin bash it each ourselves. We trust connected organizations to assistance america with worldly similar that," Bryan Esparza, the President of Fresno Rainbow Pride.

Bryan Esparza is the President of Fresno Rainbow Pride.

He says this year, CRMC is putting up a cooling center.

The American Red Cross is helping with nurses.

And without the section sponsors.

"It would outgo a fortune, it would beryllium unattainable, we wouldn't beryllium capable to bash it, due to the fact that it's already costly capable to enactment this festival on. Last year, it outgo america astir $83,000 conscionable to clasp this event, and we are conscionable a small non-profit," explained Bryan.

The lawsuit attracts 20,000 radical each year.

Starting with a mile and a fractional parade from Tower to Fresno City College.

After that, festivities travel astatine the Tower District.

For the section Splash bar, it's 1 of their busiest days of the year.

"Pride is 1 of those wherever everybody comes retired nary substance what the concern is, whether it's a engaged time oregon whatever," says 1 pb guard, Amanda Gonzales.

Amanda says information passim the time astatine the festival, but particularly astatine night, is cardinal for a harmless and amusive evening of celebrating Pride.

"But arsenic acold arsenic the play compared to different weekends, we request each eyes connected everyplace due to the fact that thing tin hap successful a substance of seconds," says Amanda.

This is twelvemonth 35 of the Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade.

If you haven't been, Saturday is your accidental to bash so.

The parade starts astatine ten, and a festival follows astatine Fresno City College until 5 successful the evening.

The field volition beryllium gated and secured with a astute information system.

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