Local News Sunday, September 23, 2007
Posted by Roland in Current Events.Tags: "Green Issues", "Public Health", California, Environmental, Hunger, Ocean, Poverty, Whales
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These “local news” articles caught my attention:
Growing Number Of Los Angeles Residents Going Hungry
09-23-2007 8:55 AM(Los Angeles, CA) — A public health report released Friday indicates a growing number of Los Angeles County’s poorest families are going hungry or can’t easily get healthy food. Close to a half a million households don’t get enough to eat, or struggle with limited access to nutritious food. That’s a 17-percent increase of Los Angeles residents facing this problem, based on results of county health surveys conducted between 2002 and 2005. The “Los Angeles Times,” reports that the population facing unreliable food sources has hit Latino families, the disabled or unemployed and those with children particularly hard. Public health officials have largely attributed the increase to the number of low-wage workers living in a region with a high cost of living.
Third Whale Found Dead In Southern California Waters
09-23-2007 8:55 AM(Point Mugu, CA) — A blue whale found dead last week in the Santa Barbara Channel was probably the third victim of a collision with a ship, according to scientists conducting a post-mortem on the 60-ton creature. Three blue whales have been discovered dead in Southern California waters in the last two weeks, the most recent on Wednesday. The “Los Angeles Times,” reports that the two whales found in the Santa Barbara Channel were hit by ships, while a third found in Long Beach Harbor was probably hauled into port on a ship’s bow. Marine biologists conducting extensive laboratory tests could point to an illness or infection that slowed the whales as they swam through the busy shipping lanes of Southern California.
