From the ANR News Blog

Southern California's iconic palm trees are now threatened by another invasive species, the South American palm weevil, reported Mark Muckenfuss in the Riverside Press Enterprise.

Mark Hoddle, UC Cooperative Extension specialist based at UC Riverside, has been monitoring the pest south of the border and recently visited Tijuana to assess the infestation.

"We found about 130 dead Canary Island palms," Hoddle said. "It's been devastating in Tijuana."

On the way back to Riverside, he stopped in...