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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Rosey's Diary and Newsy Things: Pride Month Resources | Transpo Projects | Baby Sea Lions | Panda Plans | Budget Revised to Cover Fatal 15 | Bird Flu News |

Baby Baird's Tapir Born 6.2.24 (Taken 6.11.24)

I guess it's been a minute since I've posted a diary. So let's see, we went to the North Park Music Fest on the first and then last week Darren started his new job. On Tuesday we went to La Jolla Cove to see the Sea Lion rookery before going to La Jolla Playhouse to see The Ballad of Johnny and June, on Saturday we did a kayak cleanup of the National City tidelands, and on Sunday I went to the Celebration of Life for my friend Mike Down, and then Monday we saw Vampire Weekend at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. In between I've been working my butt off, going to the zoo, and I had to run the kid around to some appointments before he finished school on Thursday and kicked off summer break. I've been fully engrossed in watching the Karen Read trial via Emily D Baker on YouTube so I've been missing out on all my usual trash TV, which I can say is just fine by me. I've really been enjoying my zoo days and evenings, though I know it will get a whole lot busier and hotter and I might have to incorporate other places to work that aren't so bananas, but I'll get there when I get there. I hope pre-summer is treating everyone well thus far.

Stay safe out there.

PRIDE:

Want to learn more about Pride Month? Trans-Affirming Pride Month Resource Guide - Translash Media (6.3.24)

SAN DIEGO LOCALS:

Nine Things You Might Not Know You Can Do at the County Library - County News Center (5.29.24)
Explore Transportation Projects Planned with New Interactive Map - SANDAG
California gas tax to go up in July: What it means for you - kpbs (5.30.24)
Crystal Pier Repair Update: "City Council unanimously approved funding to repair Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach damaged by severe winter storms. The city declared a state of emergency and closed the public half of the pier." - Councilman Joe LaCava Newsletter (6.6.24)

Council Resolution- San Diego City Council

Times of San Diego Joins Arizona State University Nonprofit to Develop New Model for Local Journalism - Times of San Diego (6.7.24)
The Baby Sea Lions Are (Generally) Alright. Researchers who discovered an abnormal amount of dead baby sea lions on one of their Channel Island breeding grounds say the trend has not continued. - Voice of San Diego (6.7.24)
San Diego Is 2024’s 7th Best City for Staycations – WalletHub Study (6.10.24)

ZOO GOSS:

San Diego Zoo's panda plans reveal details about their impending arrival. Yun Chuan and Xin Bao could arrive at the world-famous San Diego Zoo as soon as next month. (some are saying by 4th of July!!)- NBC San Diego (5.24.24)
I always find that I have baby fever when I'm at the zoo. Following the births of animals like the Andean bear cubs (Ransisku & Suyana) or the Amur leopard cubs Ulybka & Zorinka, Pavitra the red panda, the Debrazza's monkey Kasai, the Schmidt's Red-Tailed monkey Hemasi, or Yezi the Francois langur. And the capybara birthday were pretty sweet, too. And of course I pretty much still visit little Kaja the orangutan almost every day. So of course everyone was delighted to hear that Luna, the Baird's tapir gave birth last week. While some got an early glimpse, I finally got to see her on habitat today and tapir babies are beyond cute. I can't wait to see her running around with all the baby capybaras that share a habitat. The waterfall has temporarily been turned off for her safety but mom doesn't seem to be letting her out of her sight so she should be just fine. Summer is in full swing at the San Diego Zoo and it's open until 9pm daily, which gives plenty of opportunities to enjoy the hippos late at night when they really come to life in their pool.