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Pelicans are starving and dying along California coastline
FAIRFIELD, Calif. - A surge of injured and starving pelicans are showing up at wildlife centers in California and those that don't make it are dying in high numbers. Since April 20, an "unusually high number" of the water birds have been arriving at wildlife rehabilitation centers along the Santa Cruz to San Diego coastlines, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.
SoCal has six of the top barbecue spots in the U.S.
According to a recent Yelp Top 100 list, Southern California has six of the top barbecue restaurants in the country. “Great barbecue is an American treasure,” the Yelp post said. “Just a whiff of sweet wood smoke and sizzling meat is enough to get mouths watering and stomachs rumbling. And everyone—including our Yelp community—has an opinion about the best BBQ.”
Sick Brown Pelicans Are Turning Up Along the Coast — and We Don't Know Why
Dozens of malnourished and injured brown pelicans are turning up along the Northern California coastline. Russ Curtis, a spokesperson for the nonprofit organization International Bird Rescue, said the organization has also recovered sick pelicans in Southern California. Since April 20, the organization has cared for more than 235 pelicans at its wildlife rescue centers in Fairfield in the Bay Area and San Pedro in Los Angeles.
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