California
A California condor chick began the struggle to break out of its eggshell and should emerge as the latest addition to the nearly extinct species by Wednesday, San Diego Wild Animal Park officials said Monday.
April 18, 1989
A California condor chick hatched at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, bringing the endangered bird’s population to its highest level in more than 20 years, a park official said.
May 19, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Richard Hatch, famous for his role of Commander Apollo in the original TV series “Battlestar Galactica” which ran from 1978 to 1979, has passed away.
Feb. 7, 2017
A California condor chick emerged from its shell Thursday afternoon in the second of a series of hatchings this year that brings the bird’s population to its highest level in more than 20 years, an official said.
A California condor hatched at San Diego Wild Animal Park, becoming the third chick produced this year in a program to save the endangered species from extinction, a park spokesman said.
April 2, 1991
Business
The escape hatch used by the Pan American World Airways cockpit crew to slip out of a hijacked jumbo jet in Pakistan is a standard feature designed for quick getaways in land-based emergencies, Boeing Co. spokesmen said Friday.
Sept. 6, 1986
Mandan, the second California condor to be conceived and born in captivity, is sleeping peacefully after its 63-hour pecking ordeal Wednesday, officials at the San Diego Wild Animal Park said.
April 20, 1989
Wildlife officials on Friday heralded the laying of yet another California condor egg in captivity--the third in a week--and proclaimed the newest egg especially significant because it was the first laid by a condor which itself was hatched in captivity and has never known the wild.
Feb. 25, 1989
A tiny California condor chick that scientists say represents the salvation of its species pecked a hole in its eggshell today, sparking a 72-hour watch to make sure it hatches in good health, officials said.
April 27, 1988
Mandan, the second California condor to be conceived and born in captivity, was sleeping peacefully after hatching, officials at the San Diego Wild Animal Park said.