Fox 5 San Diego

City to start charging San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park visitors for parking in January

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — After several months of contention between the public and the City of San Diego, paid parking will finally be implemented in Balboa Park — and that includes at the San Diego ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Zoo has $1 billion, and millions pour in each year. It’s about to get another income stream.

San Diego property owners will steer more than $20 million to the San Diego Zoo this year, a tax subsidy voters approved back in 1934 when they wanted to make sure the wildlife attraction would remain ...
NBC 7 San Diego

San Diego Zoo to start charging for parking in January. Here's how much

Some visitors of the San Diego Zoo will have to start paying to park next year, according to the zoo's website. This change is part of the city of San Diego's larger plan to charge for parking at ...
The New York Times

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was in the White House. By Victor Mather Tortoises are slow. While most of Earth’s creatures zip ...
New York Post

Oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, dies at estimated 141 years old

LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.
Times of San Diego

‘Queen of the Zoo’ Gramma the tortoise dies after century at San Diego Zoo

Gramma at the zoo’s celebration of what’s believed to have been her 138th birthday in 2022. (Image from @SanDiegoZoo on YouTube) Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise that the San Diego Zoo called “a quiet and ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...
Los Angeles Times

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gramma, a beloved Galápagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo believed to be 141 years old, was euthanized after ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Gramma, a 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, dies at the San Diego Zoo

Gramma, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, died Thursday at the San Diego Zoo, ending a near century-long chapter of what the zoo said was quiet, yet constant ambassadorship to generations ...
UPI

San Diego Zoo announces arrival of three fossa pups

Nov. 26 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo offered the first glimpses of a trio of fossa pups who were born at the facility in July but have just started to explore their enclosure. The zoo said in a news ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Gramma the tortoise, oldest animal at the San Diego Zoo, dies

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the ...
USA Today

Zoo mourns giant tortoise that lived over 140 years

Gramma, the beloved Galapagos tortoise who lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly a century, has died on Nov. 20. She was (about) 141. The zoo's care team "made the compassionate and exceptionally ...