California Beaches Blog

Santa Ana, Calif. — If you happen upon the delightful Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, you may be surprised to know that the zoo got its start with a local judge who was “monkeying” around. He loved his pets and when he deeded land for a park and zoo, the judge made a stipulation [...]

I went to the Santa Ana Zoo today, looking for the bears. “They haven’t been here since the 80’s,” somebody told me. “You need to visit more often.”
That’s absolutely true. What I discovered simply floored me. The Santa Ana Zoo, once a nice place to drop by for a picnic in Prentice Park,  has grown [...]