San Diego Zoo Safari Park Archives - Times of San Diego

San Diego Weekend Guide: March 20–22 – Ballet & Brackets

by Editor March 19, 2026, 5:55 a.m.

San Diego County’s weekend calendar has a serious case of more-is-more – more hoops, more butterflies, more baroque and yes, more cowbell.

Arts

So close you can smell them: Elephant Valley finally open at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

by Tessa Balc • Times of San Diego March 5, 2026, 6:41 p.m.March 10, 2026, 12:48 p.m.

San Diego Weekend Guide: March 6–8 – Trunk Show

by Editor March 5, 2026, 5:55 a.m.

San Diego Weekend Guide: Dec. 19-21 – Oh What Fun!

by Editor Dec. 18, 2025, 5:55 a.m.

Scene from a hay bale fire in North County. (Photo courtesy San Diego Fire Department)

Crime

Firefighters work hay fire near Safari Park

by Staff and Wire Reports Dec. 7, 2025, 10:41 a.m.Dec. 7, 2025, 2:51 p.m.

Cloning San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Life

Hope in the herd: Safari Park welcomes two endangered foals

by Esmeralda Hernandez • Times of San Diego Dec. 4, 2025, 2:16 p.m.Dec. 4, 2025, 2:17 p.m.

Two gorillas in a rocky enclosure with one larger gorilla walking toward the camera.

Life

Meet San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s new silverback gorilla, ‘Paul Donn’

by Elizabeth Ireland • Times of San Diego Aug. 11, 2025, 5:39 p.m.Aug. 11, 2025, 5:39 p.m.

Emergency Fire Responders

Crime

Fire near San Diego Zoo Safari Park now fully contained

by City News Service May 18, 2025, 12:16 p.m.

Rabid bat found at San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Health officials issue warning

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego May 10, 2025, 11:20 a.m.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Masai Giraffe Calf

Life

San Diego Zoo Safari Park welcomes birth of Masai giraffe calf

by Fatima Gabir • Times of San Diego April 30, 2025, 5:54 p.m.April 30, 2025, 5:54 p.m.

SDPD officer. FILE: A closeup photo of a San Diego Police officer. (Courtesy San Diego Police Department)

Crime

49-Year-Old Woman Killed in Solo Vespa Crash Near San Diego Zoo Safari Park

by City News Service Jan. 13, 2025, 2:50 p.m.Jan. 14, 2025, 12:19 p.m.

Arts

San Diego Safari Park’s Wild Holidays Returns with Festive Lights, Music

by Sydney Brammer Nov. 27, 2024, 10:05 p.m.Nov. 28, 2024, 7:13 a.m.

A blue-billed curassow chick just born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after years of research. Courtesy: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Life

After Years of Trying, San Diego Zoo Safari Park Celebrates First Blue-Billed Curassow Chick

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego Nov. 17, 2024, 11:20 p.m.Nov. 18, 2024, 7:25 a.m.

This Dec. 23, 2023 image provided by The Peregrine Fund shows a young condor named Milagra while at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. (Kelsey Tatton/The Peregrine Fund via AP)

Life

Milagra the Miracle California Condor Returned to Wild With Help From San Diego Zoo Safari Park

by Associated Press Sept. 29, 2024, 11:25 p.m.Sept. 30, 2024, 7:16 a.m.