Bad economy even effecting sea life

It is not just homeless that find habitat in the park just north of the Santa Monica pier. This story from Associated Press:

Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers (just like jobs - an excuse the Obama administration hasn't used - yet).

Rescuers say the El Nino ocean warming makes the sea lions' prey, squid and fish, scarce.

The same weather pattern has been blamed for sickening hundreds of California brown pelicans.