Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The South American palm weevil has made its way up to Southern California and that's a big problem.
According to Mark Hoddle, an entomologist at UC Riverside and the director of the Center for Invasive Species Research, they spread efficiently, are difficult to catch and they destroy palm trees from the inside out. All of which means one thing: our palm trees, and our date industry, are in trouble.
Will scientists be able to stop them before they spread further throughout the Golden State?
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