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TSA officers will begin to ask travelers to remove electronics larger than a cell phone from their carry-on bags an place them in a bin with nothing on top or below, similarly to how laptops have been screened for years. This simple step helps TSA officers obtain a clearer X-ray image. Passengers may experience moderate delays at the security checkpoint while TSA trains officers on the new screening procedures.

TSA continuously evaluates and updates security procedures to stay ahead of evolving threats. The screening of large electronics is similar to how laptop computers have been screened for years. Passengers will be asked to remove electronics larger than a cell phone from carry-on bags and place them in a bin with nothing on top or below for better screening. TSA officers also may suggest passengers remove other select items, including food, from their carry-on bags. This is not required, but also helps x-ray operators get a clearer view of the contents of the bag and speeds up the screening process.

TSA officers will be stationed in front of checkpoint lanes to guide passengers through the divesting process. Travelers are encouraged to listen closely to their instructions and to place large electronics at the top of their bag for easier removal.

There are no changes to what travelers can bring through the checkpoint. Food and liquid items that comply with the 3-1-1 liquids rule, electronics, and books continue to be allowed in carry-on bags. The stronger security measures do not apply to passengers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who are using theTSA Pre✓® lane

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California Academy of Sciences

Here they boast “an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum—all under one living roof.” Indeed, located in Golden Gate Park at 55 Music Concourse Drive, it would take several days to see all it has to offer. It’s open daily, Monday – Saturday from 9:30am – 5pm, and Sundays, 11am – 5pm.

There’s a diversity of ongoing exhibits including Water Planet, Animal Attraction, Human Odyssey, The Swamp, Gems and Minerals Unearthed, and the Color of Life.

The Morrison Planetarium features a 75-foot dome which displays “one of the most accurate digital Universes ever created.” The planetarium shows are included in general admission.

The Osher Rainforest is a four-story vibrant rainforest with free-flying birds and butterflies. Here there are more than 1,600 species of critters and plant life. Frogs, chameleons and tree boas climb among the plants, as well as beetles, silk orb-weaver spiders. Amazonian fish species swim past in waterways that run overhead. This 90-foot dome maintains a constant 82-85F degrees, and 75% humidity, and is the largest of its kind in the world.

Close to 40,000 species live in the Steinhart Aquarium where a variety of ecosystems are located from a Philippine Coral Reef, the California Coast and Rainforests of the World.

It is also home to an African Penguin exhibit and here is where kids can have all of the fun! Penguins and Pajamas Sleepovers are for kids only, unless you are lucky enough to be an adult supervisor. Included in this Academy of Sciences sleepover is an overnight stay in one of the exhibit areas and live-animal demonstrations. The Osher Rainforest remains open for the group until 8pm. There are planetarium showings, a late night snack and early morning breakfast. Overnight parking is included in Music Concourse Garage, and the group has next day admission to the Academy.

Other nighttime activities include NightLife, Behind-the-Scenes Tours and various lectures and workshops.

Admission runs from $35.95 for adults; $30.95 for seniors, students and youth. Members visit the Academy anytime for free. Special events may cost extra.

Visit the California Academy Sciences website, www.calacademy.org/, for more information.

San Francisco Botanical Gardens

The Botanical Gardens is a living museum within Golden Gate Park. Located near the Japanese Tea Garden and the California Academy of Sciences, near the corner of Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, the Botanical Gardens open daily year-round at 7:30am. There are 55 acres of grounds containing more than 8,000 different plant species from around the world.

Because of San Francisco’s unique mild temperatures, plant species are able to thrive, when not being able to live at any other locations, including several endangered species. The plant life is kept in various collections throughout the facility including the Magnolia collection, and two Cloud Forest collections – one for Mesoamerican plant life, another for the Andean collection.

Mediterranean Climate habitats include Australia, and Chilean collections. The High Elevation Palms includes some palms that grow up at an elevation of 11,000 feet in their native habitats.

One special collection is the Ancient Plant Garden. Here there are many non-extinct living plant groups some of which are known as “living fossils.” For example, you may find Chinese Rhubarb, Gunnera tinctoria, also known as Dinosaur Food. The plant has five-foot long leaves, with teeth on the underparts. A native to Central and South America, it is said to grow like a weed there. These plants are cut back in winter, and grow back with a vengeance in early spring.

The South African Garden shows off with shocking pink fall blooms in November with the Guernsey Lily, Nerine bowdenii. Not a true lily, it is more closely related to Amaryllis.

The Botanical Gardens offers docent-led tours, or you may enjoy the gardens at your own leisure. If you are a botany lover, you probably will not be able to see it all in one afternoon.

Visit the Botanical Gardens website at www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/.

Cartoon Art Museum

Moving this fall to its new location one block from Ghirardelli Square and the Aquatic Park, at 781 Beach Street, the Cartoon Art Museum first opened in 1984. It has been closed since 2015. It claims to have something for everyone, “from comic strips, comic books and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels and underground commix.”

Organized by a group of cartoon art enthusiasts, the museum maintains some 7,000 original cartoon pieces in its permanent collection. The collection includes original Disney animation art from the collection of Mike Glad; historic comic strip art from Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes), Walt Kelly (Pogo), George Herriman (Krazy Kat) and Winsor McCay; political cartoons from Bill Mauldin and Lou Grant; comic book art from Bob Kane, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. It is managed by a board of trustees and has an advisory board of cartoonists, graphic artists, historians and authors.

Through its history, the museum has produced nearly 200 exhibitions on topics ranging from politics and sports to children’s literature and Latino culture. It maintains a research library and hosts a variety of public programs.

More about the Cartoon Art Museum can be found at www.cartoonart.org/.

Cable Car Museum

Alright, maybe this is a given with the continued modern-day use of cable cars in the city, but there is a history of them at the Cable Car Museum located at 1201 Mason St. Established in 1974, this museum is operated by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum as a nonprofit educational facility. It is appropriately located in the old Washington/Mason cable car barn and powerhouse on Nob Hill.

History reveals the first cable car was tested by Andrew Smith Hallidie on Clay Street, in San Francisco, in August of 1873. Hallidie had entered into a partnership to form the Clay Street Hill Railroad, which started construction of a cable line on Clay Street in May, 1873. Clay Street Hill Railroad began public service on September 1, 1873. Some 53 miles of cable car track once traversed around the city.

Repairs to maintain the current cable car systems are underway including gearbox rehabilitation scheduled to start this past September. Some lines may be down for up to eight-day periods throughout the next two years.

The museum attracts cable car and rail enthusiasts as it houses three antique cable cars from the 1870’s – the only surviving car from the first cable car company, the Clay Street Hill Railroad, No. 8 grip car as well as the Sutter Street Railway No. 46 grip car & No. 54 trailer. Also on display are various grips, track, cable, models, and a large collection of historic photographs.

For more information on the Cable Car Museum, visit www.cablecarmuseum.org/index.html.

There is much more to see and do in this “City by the Bay.” Each time you go, you may discover something new, while visiting your favorite haunts.

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Hot springs are found throughout the world. The definition varies, but most often is some version of a spring with water temperatures above the air temperature and/or average human body temperature. While many are a temperature safe to relax in, others may be too hot. Hot springs are geothermally warmed, or warmed by rocks heated by the Earth’s mantle. Those heated in active volcanic zones generally are the ones too hot for use.

In addition to the warmth of the water relaxing the muscles, hot water dissolves more solids than cold, making hot springs higher in mineral content. Many believe in the medicinal values of these minerals in recovering from injuries, or reducing pain and inflammation of arthritis. Soaking in a hot spring can be wonderful therapy, for a number of reasons. The heat and subsequent sweating have a deep-cleansing effect on the skin, as well as the entire body-to-mind realm.

Hot springs and their therapeutic properties have been written up in medical papers for decades.

In a 2014 paper, Scientific Evidence-Based Effects of Hydrotherapy on Various Systems of the Body, the abstract reports in the North American Journal of Medical Sciences:

The use of water for various treatments (hydrotherapy) is probably as old as mankind. Hydrotherapy is one of the basic methods of treatment widely used in the system of natural medicine, which is also called as water therapy, aquatic therapy, pool therapy, and balneotherapy. Use of water in various forms and in various temperatures can produce different effects on different system of the body. Many studies/reviews reported the effects of hydrotherapy only on very few systems and there is lack of studies/reviews in reporting the evidence-based effects of hydrotherapy on various systems. We performed PubMed and PubMed central search to review relevant articles in English literature based on “effects of hydrotherapy/balneotherapy” on various systems of the body. Based on the available literature this review suggests that the hydrotherapy has a scientific evidence-based effect on various systems of the body.

The report went on to reveal positive results of hydrotherapy on the cardiovascular system with an increase in blood flow, the muscular-skeletal system and the nervous system to name a few.

In conclusion, authors of the report, A Mooventhan and L Nivethitha, stated:

Based on available literature, this review suggests that hydrotherapy was widely used to improve immunity and for the management of pain, CHF, MI, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma, PD, AS, RA, OAK, FMS, anorectal disorders, fatigue, anxiety, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hyperthermia, labor, etc. It produces different effects on various systems of the body depending on the temperature of water and though these effects are scientifically evidence based, there is lack of evidences for the mechanism on how hydrotherapy improves these diseases, which is one of the limitations of hydrotherapy, and further studies are required to find the mechanism of hydrotherapy on various diseases.

California Hot Springs

In California, we are lucky to have several outlets of hot springs. Within the South Valley, California Hot Springs is a region named after its therapeutic springs – is a short distance and can be visited for a day, or longer. The area, first discovered by the Yokut Indians, was later founded by settlers in 1882, and developed as a health resort. The Yokuts would fill hollowed out logs to soak in, to relieve the pain of rheumatism caused by sleeping on the damp ground.

In 1902, a hotel was being built followed by a commercial center, swimming pool, and therapeutic area around the springs in 1920. Fires destroyed the hotel in the ‘30s and commercial center in 1968. Abandoned for years, restoration began in the mid ‘80s and the facilities were reopened with a pool, RV Park and hot springs-fed showers, and a main building with a breakfast and lunch delicatessen, and dining area.

California Hot Springs Resort is open year-round. For more information, visit www.cahotsprings.com/index.html.

Paso Robles Hot Springs

When visiting the Paso Robles area, you may want to save an afternoon, or entire day, to spend at Franklin Hot Springs. Opened since the 1960’s, this facility is open daily with a large swimming pool and a mortared hot tub pool. According to the facility website – “the water is a positive-charged, ionized mineral hot spring made up of potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and fluoride. It exits the ground at 100.1 F. and the swimming area stays at a constant 97.3 F. The hot tub stays at a constant 100.1 F.”

Here there is also small boating and fishing on a pond with no license required. Barbecuing is available and Franklin Hot Springs is open into the evening hours. Overnight camping may be available, contact the facility for information. Visit franklinhotsprings.com/ for more.

Mono Hot Springs

Located between Kings Canyon and Yosemite, the Mono Hot Springs Resort is closed during the winter. It opens mid-May each year and is available through October. Here you have the chance to stay in rustic cabins where pets are welcome, however, furry friends may not enter the spa or eating areas. There is also a campground located across from the resort along the San Joaquin River, managed by California Land Management

The area was first discovered by the Mono Indians, who later shared the location with visitors, while only accessible by horseback in the 1920’s. Water from the hot springs are now piped into a bathhouse for soaking tubs, showers and an outdoor mineral spa surrounded by breath-taking views. Massage therapy is also available.

Other local activities include swimming, boating and kayaking, hiking, horseback riding and fly fishing with fishing guides available.

While closed now, you can book for the 2018 season. For more information, visit www.monohotsprings.com/.

Death Valley Hot Springs

Open year-round, but perhaps the best time to visit the Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, in Shoshone, is in the fall and winter, where the hot springs can ward off the winter chill. Just east of the southern end of Death Valley, this resort offers hot springs, cabins, a motel, camping and RV park, and weekend dinning. There are private soaking tubs in the motel and a bathhouse. Water temperatures range between 101F and 104F per health department regulations. Twenty-four hour access to soaking is available to guests utilizing camping or lodging with no extra charge. Day access to the facility is also available.

For more information, visit www.tecopahotsprings.org/TecopaHotSprings/Home.html

While the therapeutic properties of hot springs have long been established, for those with any medical condition, it would be best to consult your doctor before you partake in utilizing a hot springs spa. With a green light, a visit to one of the many hot spring facilities throughout the state, or while on vacation elsewhere, would be well worth a try. You may just become a regular.

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Now through the end of the year, tours offer trips out of Monterey Bay to view Humpbacks, Blue Whales and dolphins. Humpbacks and blues migrate each fall to the California waters to feed off of anchovies and krill. Blues measure 75-100 feet long and weigh 100 to 150 tons, while humpbacks are a bit smaller, 40-50 feet long and weighing up to 40 tons. It is the humpback that is most famous for their communication through amazingly complex songs.

Killer Whales (orca), Minke Whales, and Fin Whales may also be seen during this time.

A variety of dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, seals and otter are present most of the year and are also seen on tours and off the coastline, along with numerous bird species.

Gray Whales start migrating through the area in mid-December through May. Grays have one of the longest animal migrations known, traveling some 10,000 – 14,000 miles from their summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea off Alaska, to their winter breeding grounds in Baja California and back again. They feed on small crustaceans and tube worms along the bottom and hug the shores, making them often available for viewing directly from the shore. Gray whales reach 45-50 feet in length and weigh 30-40 tons.

On shore locations best noted for viewing include Point Sal State Beach, Estero Bluffs State Beach, Harmony Headlands State Beach, the Big Sur Coast, Point Lobos, Pebble Beach and Asilomar State Beach. These are day parks, but there are an abundance of overnight options close by including camping, RV parks, and rustic and modern lodges and motels.

Off-shore boat tours are offered from Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Monterey Bay and Moss Landing on the Central Coast, but actually are available all up and down the California coast including off the Channel Islands, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Mendocino. Full day and half-day trips, or 2 1/2-3-hour tours, are available from most tour operators. Some trips may be on larger power-motor boats, while others may be small with as little as six passengers aboard a sailing vessel.

When preparing for a whale watching tour, here are some considerations:

• Dress in layers – it may be warm before you set out to sea, but can get quite cold on the water.
• Rubber soled shoes – the deck will undoubtedly get wet, and you want to avoid slipping.
• Wear sunscreen – the water reflects the sun’s rays and can intensify it. Cloudy days can even be worse with UV rays passing through. Bring it along as well – to reapply more as the hours wear on.
• Make sure your camera and/or binoculars have straps and you use them – you don’t them too fall overboard.
• Don’t forget fresh batteries and memory card for your camera to capture all you want to.
• Take a motion sickness remedy, if you are susceptible or bring some along, if you don’t take ahead of the trip.

Most tours allow children, although the very young may be prohibited. Some trips may also prohibit pregnant women. Be sure to check these issues out before you book a trip.

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There are many others. While there are similarities 5K or 10K runs, music, arts and crafts – there are also differences, especially in foods and sometimes in events. Below are a few upcoming festivals worth a day or weekend visit:

Saturday, Nov. 4: 10am – 5pm – Madera Pomegranate Festival at the Madera District Fairgrounds

Yes, it’s all about the pomegranate – well, and nuts, too! The pomegranate has been used in folk medicine for centuries in the Middle East, India and Iran. The health giving properties of the pomegranate are celebrated in a Jewish fairy tale, and it takes its place in Indian Ayurvedic medicine.

The pomegranate provides a substantial amount of potassium, is high in fiber, and contains Vitamin C and niacin.

Madera is in the heart of pomegranate country, and the annual Madera Pomegranate Festival celebrates the connection to the heart-healthy fruit. There will be numerous vendors selling pomegranate-related items, food, live music and there is the always entertaining Pomegranate Grenade Launch.

The festival features a full day of delicious pomegranate food and nuts, cooking demonstrations from local chefs, educational briefings on pomegranates and fun for the whole family. There will be pomegranate and nut-inspired foods and products to taste and purchase. Learn about the flavors of pomegranates and local nuts such as almonds, pistachios, and walnuts through the live cooking demonstrations. Learn new recipes. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.pomegranatefestival.com/.

November 2-4: Big Sur Food & Wine Festival

This year’s Big Sur Food & Wine Festival will be the event of the year for the area as they celebrate a new bridge and the resiliency of the Big Sur community.

Thursday 10am – Magical Mystery Tour – Shuttles will whisk you away to some of Big Sur’s most spectacular and unique properties. One-part Hiking with Stemware, one-part Garden Party, one-part mystery. You will experience wine and food tasting in amazing private North Coast Properties that are open to only you and only on this day.

Friday 6-10pm – A Return to the Big Sur Jazz Festival at the Henry Miller Library. While the rest of the Peninsula is celebrating the anniversary of the Summer of Love, here they will be celebrating fond memories of the great years of the Big Sur Jazz Festival. For those who remember, lucky enough to have attended or just wished you had, there may be nowhere more special than under the Big Sur redwoods to enjoy jazz, food and wine with friends.

Saturday 10:30am – 3:30pm – Hiking with Stemware – A truly unique event on the amazing Rancho Rico property. A condor has been seen perched on the fence near the barn and red-tailed hawks can be seen playing above the ridges of this spectacular property, home of the now famed Big Sur Fiddle Camp. The Festival is always grateful to the Chappellet family for hosting this event, and delicious lunch to follow. Limited to 36 guests.

There’s more – visit www.bigsurfoodandwine.org/events/ for more information.

November 3-5: Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival

For 20 years, Lodi’s Sandhill Crane Festival has celebrated the return of the cranes. In partnership with the City of Lodi, the Festival continues this November, welcoming an ever-growing circle of friends to the community to share the wonder of the Sandhill Crane … and so much more.

This is a bird watchers paradise with a variety of special events including:

2:30pm – A Friday or Saturday Afternoon with the Sandhill Cranes and World-Re-known Crane Expert Paul Tebbel – a four-hour plus, small group tour. Move about the Delta in a passenger van, to observe cranes resting, eating, dancing, parenting, disputing territory, and the myriad of other fascinating and intricate behaviors that they display during the “great winter rendezvous.”

7:30am – Saturday or Sunday morning Birdwalk Through the Wilderness for all skill levels. Bring your binoculars and enjoy a leisurely walk on flat ground through the old growth riparian habitat at Lodi Lake Wilderness Area with a local birding expert.  Learn the basics, or hone your skills in identifying the many birds that reside or frequent this outstanding area, which is also home to other species, including deer, beaver, fox, possums and turtles, to name only a few.

1:40pm – Sunday Bird Carving Workshop – Join master carvers from the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association to learn how to carve a bird from wood.  All the necessary materials including a study guide and carving knives will be provided.  Short lectures with lots of hands-on carving time will enable you to complete a perching Mourning Dove.

There are a lot more activities with this festival including an art show. Visit www.cranefestival.com/index.php for more information and to register for specific tours or events.

November 17-19: Auburn Mountain Mandarin Festival at the Gold Country Fairgrounds

Some of the sweetest mandarin fruit comes from the golden hills of Placer County, east of Sacramento. The annual Mandarin Festival in Auburn celebrates the crop with an outdoor / indoor event containing thousands of mandarin recipes in contests, foods you can buy and eat, and sweet 10 pound bags of mandarins to take home with you.

A little known fact is that 10 ounces of mandarin juice contains as much synephrine as a Sudafed decongestant tablet. Placer’s popular Owari Satsuma mandarins pack a jolt of synephrine, a natural antihistamine that relieves cold and allergy symptoms.

A Mandarin Recipe cooking contest, professional chef demonstrations, food, artisan crafts, and activities featuring the Mandarin orange, a Peel & Eat contest, live music and entertainment are focused on the region’s healthy crop. Smell the citrus in the air and discover chocolate-covered fresh Mandarins, Mandarin pizza, pulled pork, and English Scones with Mandarin Curd. Visitors can take home Mandarin BBQ sauces, syrups, olive oils, dressings and dozens of other Mandarin inspired concoctions.

Admission – $8; parking – $6. For more information, visit www.mandarinfestival.com/.

December 2-3: Indio International Tamale Festival

Saturday – 10am – 6pm; Sunday – 10am – 5pm – It all started in 1992 with an idea by Dave Hernandez, a member of the Downtown Indio Merchants Association. The rich heritage of the tamale, consistent community support and hard-working tamale makers have created the festival’s tremendous success.

The festival celebrates the rich heritage of the tamale. Recently, the Food Network-TV ranked the Indio International Tamale Festival in the Top 10 “All-American Food Festivals” in the nation!

Beside a vast array of tamales, there is also other food and drink, a farmers’ market, music and entertainment, Art in the Park, a car show, Kiddieland and a carnival.

Held in Oldtown Indio, the Festival is between Highway 111 and Indio Boulevard and fills-in the streets of Miles, Towne, Smurr and Requa. For more information, visit www.tamalefestival.net/.

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The unique, vibrant and fun event brings in visitors from all over the world to experience
the best of the Central Valley’s local pomegranate and nut products. The event is organized
by the Madera Tourism Alliance, of the Madera Chamber of Commerce. Admission and
parking are free.

The festival features a full day of delicious pomegranate food and nuts, live entertainment,
cooking demonstrations from local chefs, educational briefings on pomegranates, arts &
crafts, and fun for the whole family.

“On behalf of the Madera Chamber, I would like to invite everyone to come out and join us
for this fun-filled event, it’s a great outing for the entire family, ” Debi Bray, President/CEO,
stated. “The Tourism Alliance Committee and Chamber staff are working hard to bring yet
another great event to our community this year.”

This year, the Central Valley’s hottest band, the Marie Wilson Band, will perform the latest
chart-topping hits and non-stop classics throughout the decades.

• Festival highlights include:
• NEW this year is the fire truck pull organized by the Madera County Probation
  Department:  Eight-person teams from area law enforcement agencies each take
  turns pulling a rope…on the other end is a fully equipped fire truck. Teams must pull
  the fire truck 40 feet to the finish line in a designated time. Proceeds benefit Special
  Olympics Northern California.
• Pomegranate and Nut Inspired Foods and Products to taste and purchase. Learn about the flavors of Pomegranates and Local Nuts such as almonds, pistachios, and walnuts through live cooking demonstrations.
• Kid Zone that includes art lessons, activities and games, children’s stage, educational information about local agriculture and interactive displays featuring law enforcement.
• Live music entertainment
• Classic Car Show
• 100 plus vendors and exhibitors featuring pomegranate and nut products as well as a variety of other items.

The momentum is building and exciting things are falling into place for this year’s
Pomegranate Festival. The annual event celebrates what Madera does best! Agriculture is
Madera’s #1 industry and the event takes place during November which is National
Pomegranate Month. Co-Chairs; David Huff and Nicki Rincon, encourage everyone to come
out and join the fun.

To learn more about the festival, visit www.PomegranateFestival.com or
www.Facebook.com/PomegranateFestival, or call the Madera Chamber of Commerce at (559) 679-3563.

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The new branch is located at 1401 Dolliver Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 and boasts a beautiful ocean view with convenient amenities including two ATMs, ample parking, and easy access from Highway 101.

Kevin McPhaill, President and CEO of Bank of the Sierra, expressed his excitement for the new opening, “Bank of the Sierra’s expansion along the coast will bring the benefits of a great community banking experience to the Pismo Beach market.” He added, “We anticipate the new location will be a nice addition to the Pismo Beach Community with its convenient range of amenities and accessibility.”

For additional information regarding the new location, feel free to contact Bank of the Sierra at 1-888-454-BANK.

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Guests can beat the heat at this all-you-can-eat ice cream event as they enjoy unlimited ice cream, sherbets,
frozen yogurt and sundaes. While satisfying their sweet cravings, guests can stroll through the Zoo and get the
latest scoop on their favorite animals and enjoy kid-friendly entertainment, live music and local mascots!

Admission prices are as follows:

(Children 1 and under are free)
Fresno Chaffee Zoo members:
Adults $16 (12 years and up)
Children $10 (2-11 years)

Non-Members:
Adults $20 (12 years and up)
Children $16 (2-11 years)

Day of Event (if available):
Adults $25 (12 years and up)
Children $18 (2-11 years)

Tickets can be purchased at www.fresnochaffeezoo.org, by visiting the Zoo’s admission booth, or by calling
(559) 498-5921 M-F from 9am – 5pm.

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Introductory fares, flight frequencies and schedules for non-stop service between Fresno and Denver will soon be announced for travel in spring 2018. Today’s announcement by Frontier increases the airline’s destinations served by 30 percent, doubling the number of its total routes.  By next spring, Frontier will offer low fares to 90 percent of the U.S. population.

“We are excited to be included in Frontier’s major network expansion and look forward to welcoming the airline to our healthy mix of air service options through Fresno,” said Director of Aviation Kevin Meikle. “The addition of a low-cost carrier in our market will help foster airfare competition and provide travelers with more airline choices to Frontier’s major network hub in Denver and to connections beyond.”

“With today’s announcement, Frontier now offers our Low Fares Done Right to travelers in Fresno,” said Frontier spokesman Rich Oliver. “Travelers in Fresno now have a significantly lower cost option to travel to great Frontier destinations.”

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