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U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced on Nov. 27, 2024. (Photos from U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

US-Mexico Border 3 hours ago

MS-13 gang member from El Salvador arrested at US-Mexico border: CBP

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced last week.

Balboa Park Oct 28

San Diego police ups patrol at Balboa Park after finding hoax device at House of Israel

A suspicious but non-life-threatening package was found on top of a flagpole right outside Balboa Park’s House of Israel on Saturday, leading San Diego police to investigate it as a targeted incident.

Nov 5, 2022

Woman Attacked By Shark in Del Mar, Lifeguards Close Beach

A female swimmer received a non life-threatening shark bite while swimming in Del Mar Friday, according to Del Mar lifeguards.

California Nov 5, 2022

Why Do We Still Have Daylight Saving Time in California?

If you’re vaguely remembering something about a bill to stop the time change and make it permanent, it’s not just your sleep-deprived brain talking.

California Nov 4, 2022

SoCal Photographer Captures One-in-a-Million Shot of a Shark Breaching off San Diego

A photographer shooting a surf contest at the famous surf break off San Onofre captured a once-in-a-lifetime image

San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Birth of Southern White Rhino Calf at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 22, 2022) — A male southern white rhino calf stands with his mother after playing in a mud wallow at Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Rolling in mud is a natural behavior of rhinos. Rhinos coat themselves with a thick layer of mud that helps act as a sunscreen and bug repellent, and helps to keep them cool.
The calf was conceived through natural breeding and was born on Aug. 6 to first-time mom Livia, and father J Gregory. Wildlife care specialists report the calf, yet-to-be-named, is healthy, confident and full of energy, and that Livia is an excellent mother, very attentive and protective 0f her offspring.
All rhino births are significant, and this calf’s birth represents an essential step in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Northern White Rhino Initiative, showing Livia can carry a calf to term and care for her offspring. This is vitally important, as Livia is now among the female rhinos at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center who could potentially serve in the future as a surrogate mother to a northern white embryo.
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Northern White Rhino Initiative is dedicated to saving the northern white rhino through innovative reproductive technologies, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. At the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center, an interdisciplinary team—including wildlife care and health teams, reproductive physiologists and geneticists—are working with southern white rhinos as a model for developing these advanced reproductive technologies, with the ultimate goal to establish a sustainable population of northern white rhinos using banked genetic material from the Frozen Zoo®, a critical component of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Wildlife Biodiversity Banking efforts.
Only two northern white rhinos remain on

San Diego Zoo Safari Park 7 hours ago

A New Hope: Southern White Rhino Calf Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

A southern white rhino calf has been born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Nikita Rhino Rescue Center!

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