Applegate Zoo unveils new exhibits this Friday
By FLIP HASSETT &
JIM CUNNINGHAM
The Merced Applegate Zoo is reopening after being closed since the start of the year.
Zoo officials say their grand reopening will be Friday, July 24, at 10 a.m.
The zoo has been closed since Jan. 1 to work on “exciting upgrades: including a brand-new black bear exhibit, new donor wall, a…