Downtown parking poll shows demand for cleaner, cheaper fun
A Herald Journal poll finds residents want cleaner streets, lower costs, and more fun downtown. Voters call for better and additional parking to lure people back, while City Development Director Joe Mareane backs garage expansion but rejects free parking, citing cost and fairness.
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Babe's tragic calf birth tests elephant birth limits
Babe the elephant faced a protracted labor starting Wednesday. After four and a half days veterinarians attempted to induce contractions, then performed a Caesarean section on Monday at 1:30 p.m. The calf died, and zoo officials say earlier surgery might have saved it, marking a rare, unsuccessful North American elephant Caesarean.
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Calf Dies, Babe the Elephant Survives Caesarean
Raboy reports the calf died in the last 24 to 36 hours before Babe the elephant underwent a caesarean section. Vets suspect blood flow loss caused asphyxia in the calf, autopsy to confirm. Babe recovered, stood by 4 14 p.m., after surgeons repaired uterus and abdominal wall.
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Warm Tonight With Slight Shower Chance Forecast
Weather note forecasts a warm night with about 30 percent shower risk and low temperatures around 50 to 55. Wednesday brings sun and clouds with a chance of a shower or flurry and a high near 5. Details labeled A2.
Hubble Telescope Sealed In Orbit By Discovery Launch
Cape Canaveral witnessed the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope ride into a record high shuttle orbit aboard Discovery with five astronauts aboard. Mission officials reported a brief fuel valve delay, then confirmed a 380 mile final orbit for the telescope.
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Elizabeth Taylor In Intensive Care With Pneumonia
Elizabeth Taylor, 58, has been in hospital since April 10 in Inglewood and then Santa Monica, now in intensive care on a ventilator after a lung biopsy to find pneumonia's cause. Her four children and brother are allowed overnight visits as doctors monitor her stabilized condition and await biopsy results.
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Maria Burton Carson
Liza Todd Tivey
Christopher Wilding
Michael Wilding
Howard Taylor
Lisa Delfavaro
Chen Lam
Santa Monica
Delfawaro
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