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Hearts & Tails at Micke Grove, February 14

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9 years ago

February 4, 2015

This Valentine’s Day, share your love for wildlife by adopting an animal in your Valentine’s name.

Available for purchase at MGZOO.COM through February 14, Micke Grove Zoo is offering a sweet $25 “Zoo Parent” adoption package festively geared towards the big day of love. These special packages will also be available for purchase at Micke Grove Zoo during its Hearts and Tails: Wild Love Stories event occurring February 14 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Some of cupid’s critters available for adoption include the “The Sassy Sweetheart” (snow leopard), “The Balding Beauty” (Waldrapp ibis), “The Forever Flame” (Madagascar hissing cockroach), and “The Lovely Lady” (yellow-knobbed curassow). Male and female animals of many other species are available to adopt as part of this offer and throughout the year.

Each adoption package includes a personalized certificate with a photo of the adopted animal, species fact sheet, recognition for a full year in the zoo, and recognition at the adopted animal’s exhibit during Valentine’s Day weekend. All adoption purchases support the Micke Grove Zoological Society, a nonprofit serving to enhance the Micke Grove Zoo.

By attending Micke Grove Zoo during its Hearts and Tails: Wild Love Stories event, families and love birds alike can participate in a self-guided tour and discover the different wild romances of the animal kingdom. Participants move from exhibit to exhibit learning about unique animal rituals such as coupling, mating, and parenting. Guests can also vote for their favorite animal love story with donations made in support of the Zoo’s conservation education programs. This event is free with Zoo admission.

Individuals are encouraged to purchase their Valentine’s Day “Zoo Parent” packages by February 4 to ensure delivery by Valentine’s Day.

Micke Grove Zoo is located within Micke Grove Regional Park at 11793 N. Micke Grove Road in Lodi. Zoo admission is $5 for individuals 14 and up, $3 for children 3-13, and free for children 2 and under and members of the Micke Grove Zoological Society.

For more information about the Zoo, visit the zoo website at www.mgzoo.com. For more information about San Joaquin County parks, including parking fees, please visit www.sjparks.com.

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Scene from the 2023 Cinco de Mayo parade from Richmond to San Pablo. Photo courtesy The Richmond Standard.

By Mike Kinney

The Richmond Standard

Cinco de Mayo festivities in Richmond and San Pablo are some of the bests in Bay, and organizers say that tradition will be alive and well at this weekend’s annual parade and festival.

The action kicks off Saturday, May 4, with the 16th Annual Cinco de Mayo Richmond/San Pablo Peace & Unity Parade. The parade of floats, performances, and community organizations starts at 10 a.m. at 24th Street and Barrett Avenue and Richmond and ends at 12:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church, 1845 Church Lane in San Pablo.

The parade’s Grand Marshall this year will be community organizer Diego Garcia, owner of Leftside Printing.

The festivities continue Sunday with the Cinco de Mayo Festival along 23rd Street, which last year drew over 100,000 people, according to the 23rd Street Merchants Association. This year’s festival will again run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. between the intersections of Rheem Avenue and Clinton Avenue. It will feature two entertainment stages, one sponsored by La Raza 93.3 FM at 23rd and Rheem, and another sponsored by Radio Lazer FM at 23rd and Clinton.

Both events are important for the city and the region’s Latino community.

San Pablo Mayor Genoveva Calloway, who co-chairs the parade alongside John Marquez, president of the Contra Costa Community College District Board of Trustees, says Saturday’s festivities are about bringing the Richmond and San Pablo communities together in unity.

“This truly connects the spectators and people in the parade as one,” Calloway said. “The parade showcases the real communities of Richmond and San Pablo – our nonprofits, schools, horse riders, classic cars and trucks, our local businesses. All of these people represent the heartbeat of our community.”

Rigo Mendoza, vice president of the 23rd Street Merchants Association, said that at its heart, Richmond’s Cinco de Mayo Festival celebrates the date the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

But John Marquez started up the popular festival to bring the community together and also to exhibit the community’s businesses and culture to visitors, Mendoza said. The gathering was also a way to promote peace in the community.