Giant pandas to make public debut at San Diego Zoo

We start this morning as Fox 5 is on Panda Watch at the San Diego Zoo as the Panda Ridge exhibit Opens this morning. Oh, man It's like we're living through a script of anchorman as we speak for the first time in a couple of weeks We're getting a better look at the pair in their brand new home The new habitat will be four times larger than the zoo's previous Panda space and already those pandas are taking advantage of the elements the exhibit by the way Officially opens to the public at noon In our bigger habitat, we we modeled it after the Chinese mountainside And so you might see a distant view of Tsingbao or she might be up close and have a front view in the glass area They do come together for breeding which is a really short window about three days once a year So at this time, we're still letting them acclimate to the space here at the San Diego Zoo and then eventually down the road I'm sure we'll be looking forward to breeding and having babies. Oh The city of San Diego is warning residents and visitors of the heavy traffic that will be expected around the zoo today our own Heather Lake will be live at the San Diego Zoo later this morning with a preview of all the pandemonium meantime governor Gavin Newsom proclaiming today is California Panda Day his office released a statement yesterday saying in honor of the two pandas making their debut He hopes the pandas can lead to even more future exchanges between our state and China