The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/10/oakland-zoos-glowfari-is-more-expensive-this-year-thanks-to-trumps-tariffs/Donald Trump’s tariffs are making it a zoo out there on Americans' finances, as the Oakland Zoo’s holiday spectacular Glowfari is more expensive this year because of Trump’s tariffs on illuminated display equipment from China. We have many times conceded that Oakland has a better zoo than San Francisco, because they take in and rescue so many injured and neglected animals, and because of their annual light-up holiday festival called Glowfari. Glowfari is now in its sixth consecutive very popular year, and just opened this past Friday with all of its spectacularly colored lit lanterns depicting animals and Bay Area landmarks.

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