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Escondido, California - Animal care staff at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are taking extra-special care of one of the giraffe calves in the East Africa habitat. Starting today, Congo, a 2-month-old giraffe calf, will be bottle-fed three times a day while he’s with his herd. Eileen Neff, a senior mammal keeper at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, fed Congo his bottle this morning from the back of a keeper truck. Congo gets 2.6 liters of formula at each feeding—and he finished his bottle in about 5 minutes.
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Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) voted today in support of the California Fair Pay Act (SB 358), which was authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara). The bill would revise the California Equal Pay Act to prohibit employers from paying employees wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for “similar work” as opposed to the current standard of “equal work.”
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Sacramento, California - A dangerous disease, west Nile virus, has returned to California this summer. The disease has been detected in four horses - two in Riverside County, one in Tehama County, and one in Shasta County. Two of the horses have died and the other two are recovering.
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Sacramento, California - Drought impacts to the Russian River and the role of agriculture in conservation efforts will be the topics of discussion at the next California State Board of Food and Agriculture meeting on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015. The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 ‘N’ Street - Main Auditorium, Sacramento.
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Sacramento, California - The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is hosting its annual emergency preparedness event for the whole family that encourages Californians to take the necessary steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, schools and communities.
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San Diego, California - The San Diego Zoo Food, Wine & Brew Celebration presented by Cymer® is one of San Diego’s premier fundraising events, and it’s a wild party not to be missed! Guests attending the 35th annual event at the Zoo September 26 can sample culinary delights and sip beverages from more than 150 San Diego area restaurants, wineries and breweries, and meet exotic animals like a cheetah or a koala up close—all while supporting wildlife conservation.
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