{"id":113777,"date":"2025-12-30T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113777\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:34:09","slug":"merceds-applegate-zoo-to-be-temporarily-closed-for-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113777\/","title":{"rendered":"Merced&#8217;s Applegate Zoo to be temporarily closed for renovations"},"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\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 30, 2025 4:05PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Merced's Applegate Zoo to be temporarily closed for renovations\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Merced Applegate Park Zoo will close its doors to the public this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It&#8217;ll be temporary so crews can start work on several long-awaited improvements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The shutdown starts January 1 and runs through April 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">City leaders say this will allow for the safe construction of a brand-new black bear exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When the work is finished, visitors can also enjoy improved walking paths and an upgraded gift shop entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Zoo officials say the upgrades are an investment in a better experience for animals, guests, and the Merced community.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, December 30, 2025 4:05PM MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Merced Applegate Park Zoo will close its doors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[60994,60992,112,114,113,5389,60993,294,13473],"class_list":["post-113777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-60994","tag-applegate-park","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-merced","tag-renovation-project","tag-timely","tag-zoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113777","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=113777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}