{"id":169983,"date":"2026-02-09T04:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/169983\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:26:07","slug":"fresno-chaffee-zoo-ends-illuminature-with-a-lunar-new-year-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/169983\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Chaffee Zoo ends IllumiNATURE with a Lunar New Year celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo wrapped up IllumiNATURE with a bang and celebrated its final night with a special Lunar New Year event.<\/p>\n<p>Families packed the zoo to enjoy this new IllumiNature experience, featuring food trucks, craft corners, and live performances.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of the night was a performance by the Long Fist Kung Fu Association, bringing excitement and tradition to the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Gia Krupens, the communications coordinator, said, &#8220;So there&#8217;s a ton of different ways for families to explore that tradition. Even if it&#8217;s not one that you typically celebrate you can still come out and have a great time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guests also welcomed the Chinese zodiac year of the horse while enjoying Asian cuisine from Fresno Street Eats.<\/p>\n<p>A festive way to end IllumiNATURE, full of culture, food, and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo wrapped up IllumiNATURE with a bang and celebrated its final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-169983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169983","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=169983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}