{"id":300354,"date":"2026-05-05T05:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300354\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:20:11","slug":"calm-to-celebrate-43-years-with-birthday-bash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300354\/","title":{"rendered":"CALM to celebrate 43 years with birthday bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The CALM Zoo is inviting the community to its 43rd birthday bash.<\/p>\n<p>The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16, according to CALM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch \u2018After Sunrise\u2019 on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Watch \u2018After Sunrise\u2019 on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attendees can look forward to special \u201ccakes\u201d and \u201cpresents\u201d for the zoo animals, interactive booths hosted by civic organizations, a Keeper Chat in the amphitheater and games, CALM said.<\/p>\n<p>Community members can also grab lunch from Hunsaker Bros or bring their own picnic meal.<\/p>\n<p>It will cost $2 to get a ride on the Central California Children\u2019s Railroad from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost $5 for kids between the ages of 3 and 12 when accompanied by an adult, $12 for adults and $9 for seniors. CALM members and children younger than 3 can enter for free.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmzoo.org\/events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">click here<\/a>. Tickets will also be sold in the CALM gift store on the day of the birthday bash, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The CALM Zoo is inviting the community to its 43rd birthday bash. The event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[126967,151,153,152,126968,126971,126970,126969],"class_list":["post-300354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-43rd-birthday-bash","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-calm-members","tag-hunsaker-bros","tag-interactive-booths","tag-keeper-chat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300354","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=300354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}