The park opened in 1955, as a localized, scaled-down version of larger amusement parks like Disneyland (which also celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025). For decades, Playland was extremely popular ...

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is hosting a March Madness-style competition to see which habitat can raise the most money. As a ...

Rattlesnake season is coming, and the best way to avoid  bites is to avoid the reptiles altogether, the Fresno Chaffee Zoo ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Zoomania is back at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo! It's the zoo's big fundraiser that comes around during March Madness. You can log on to their website right now to see the ...

Fresno’s Playland park is days away from closing it gates — again. The nearly 70-year-old children’s theme park announced earlier this month that its current operator, Helm and Sons ...

A historic landmark and core memory for many in the Central Valley has officially closed its doors. Playland, the beloved ...