{"id":392503,"date":"2026-07-09T20:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392503\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:51:11","slug":"merced-applegate-park-zoo-set-to-reopen-following-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392503\/","title":{"rendered":"Merced Applegate Park Zoo set to reopen following 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\/2026\/07\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 9, 2026 8:19PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC30 Central CA | Action News\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; You&#8217;ll be able to see animals again at the Merced Applegate Park Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The zoo says it will be reopening on Friday, July 24, following much-needed improvements and additions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The closure began at the start of the year and had been extended after the zoo originally shut its gates to build a new black bear exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We&#8217;re told the Bobcat exhibit was also upgraded, along with walking paths and the gift shop upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Zoo will open at 10 am for the grand reopening.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, July 9, 2026 8:19PM MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; You&#8217;ll be able to see animals again at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[157883,157882,112,114,113,5389,4088,106308],"class_list":["post-392503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-157883","tag-applegate-park-zoo","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-merced","tag-renovations","tag-reopening-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392503","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=392503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}