Day 1 of Comic-Con has come and gone. Thousands were in downtown San Diego Thursday for the pop culture extravaganza.
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KPBS Midday EditionBobbi Brink opened the Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary near Alpine 19 years ago. Over most of that time, she's also fought for national legislation that would shut down the exotic animal trade of lions, tigers and leopards. -
KPBS Midday EditionA group of Sumatran tigers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is suspected to have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID- 19, prompting the closure of that park's Tiger Trail habitat, zoo officials said Tuesday. -
San Diego officials are seeking a temporary emergency closure of a portion of Point La Jolla at Ellen Scripps Browning Park to protect the sea lion rookery from tourists during the annual sea lion pupping season, it was announced Tuesday. -
Parklets helped San Diego restaurants during the pandemic by providing outdoor dining space. Now they must be brought up to code, which includes permits and removing permanent roofs. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe term "Latinx" has been used increasingly in recent years to describe the Latin-American community as a whole within the United States. -
The move is intended to help create space in the shelter for other animals urgently in need. -
Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California. -
The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now because of concerns about the surging infection rate due to the delta variant. -
Some patients who have had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself. -
A male snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has preliminarily tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, it was announced Friday.
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