San Diego Union-Tribune announces new round of job cutsAugust 13th, 2009 San Diego Union-Tribune announces more job cutsSAN DIEGO — The new owners of the San Diego Union-Tribune have announced the second round of layoffs since completing their acquisition of the newspaper in May. The company said Wednesday it is eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs as part of a package of initiatives it said would bolster growth.
San Diego officials say they dismantled Mexican drug ring involved in 9 killingsAugust 13th, 2009 San Diego officials dismantle deadly drug ringSAN DIEGO — Authorities in San Diego say they've dismantled a ring of Mexican drug traffickers responsible for nine murders, including two where the victims' bodies were dissolved in acid. A county grand jury indictment was announced Thursday.
Fred Kinne, San Diego editor whose paper won Pulitzer for plane crash coverage, dies at 93August 11th, 2009 San Diego editor who helped win Pulitzer diesSAN DIEGO — Fred Kinne, a veteran editor who helped a San Diego newspaper win the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a 1978 plane crash, has died. He was 93. His family says Kinne died Sunday night at a nursing center in La Mesa.
17-year-old panda at San Diego Zoo gives birth to cub, 13th panda in the United StatesAugust 5th, 2009 San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cubSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo says its prized giant panda has given birth to her fifth cub, the 13th panda in the United States. The zoo announced Wednesday that 17-year-old Bai Yun (by-yuhn) had delivered.
17-year-old panda at San Diego Zoo gives birth to 5th cub, 13th panda in the United StatesAugust 5th, 2009 San Diego Zoo super panda gives birth to 5th cubSAN DIEGO — Prized San Diego Zoo panda mom Bai Yun has given birth to her fifth cub, the zoo announced Wednesday. The cub, born to 17-year-old Bai Yun (White Cloud), becomes just the 13th panda in the United States.
Ohio family's exotic 22,000-mile adventure on a budget leads to 52 zoos in 52 weeksAugust 4th, 2009 Wild! Ohio family visits 52 zoos in 52 weeksCOLUMBUS, Ohio — It's been a wild year for members of an Ohio family, who say they've accomplished a goal of visiting 52 zoos in 52 weeks. Columbus resident Marla Taviano, her husband and three daughters began last August with the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky and spent weekends and vacations going to zoos across the country.
San Diego Zoo says ultrasound shows prize panda Bai Yun is pregnant againJuly 29th, 2009 San Diego Zoo says giant panda Bai Yun is pregnantSAN DIEGO — San Diego Zoo officials say their prized giant panda is pregnant again. Seventeen-year-old Bai Yun (by-yuhn) already is a mother of four.
China announces first panda cub to be born from frozen spermJuly 24th, 2009 China announces first panda from frozen spermBEIJING — For the first time, a giant panda cub has been born in China after being conceived using frozen sperm, officials announced Friday — an innovation scientists hope will help the endangered species avoid extinction. The new cub's birth Thursday means breeders will no longer be forced to rely on semen from China's few virile males, and may even be able to bring in sperm from zoos in San Diego, Mexico City or elsewhere.
Dog nurses abandoned panda cubs in northern ChinaJuly 16th, 2009 Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in ChinaBEIJING — Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother — a dog, state media reported on Thursday. The cubs, born June 25, were abandoned immediately by their mother after giving birth in front of a crowd of visitors at the Taiyuan Zoo in northern China's Shanxi province, according to Ha Guojiang, a zoo employee quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency.
Mass. lawmakers vow to restore zoo funding to state budget after animal euthanasia threatJuly 14th, 2009 Boston zoos may get funds after euthanasia scareBOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers said Monday they would try to restore $4 million in state funds for two local zoos after operators suggested that without the money, animals might have to be destroyed — a claim the governor called a scare tactic. Zoo New England, which runs the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and the companion Stone Zoo in suburban Stoneham, warned late last week that if the cuts stood, it would be forced to lay off most of its 165 employees and some of its 1,000 animals could possibly have to be euthanized.
San Diego Earthquake Measure 4.0July 11th, 2009 Early morning today a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off the coast of San Diego. There were no immediate reports of property damage or injuries.
Thousands turn out to see baby panda's 1st public viewing at Thailand zooJuly 4th, 2009 Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on displayCHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago. The coming-out party at the Chiang Mai Zoo included a parade led by an orangutan.
Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes crashes car into San Diego store, injuring customerJuly 1st, 2009 Fashion designer crashes car into Calif. storeSAN DIEGO — A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside.
Red panda at Red River Zoo in ND has triplets, a rarity for the Asian animalsJune 20th, 2009 Red panda at ND zoo has rare set of tripletsFARGO, N.D. — The Red River Zoo in North Dakota has welcomed a rare new set of red panda triplets.
Rare condor chick hatches in Mexican wilderness; 2nd to do so since reintroduced to areaJune 19th, 2009 Rare condor chick hatches in Baja CaliforniaSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo says a rare California condor chick has hatched on a rocky cliff in Baja California. The zoo announced the hatching Thursday.
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