Behind the scenes, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been working to resolve the port problems, spokesman Jeff Millman said.
Despite the proliferation of careful studies revealing troubling connections between pesticides and serious health problems, spokesmen for the pesticide industry and conventional agriculture have stuck to their talking points with unshakeable discipline, attacking anyone who raises concerns about the effects of these chemicals on health and the environment.
"The rain was the biggest problem," a spokesman for the police said.
"We do believe the bank is putting the appropriate focus and resources on resolving the problem," a spokesman, Rod Giles, said.
"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein, and it's not a problem," the spokesman, Daniel Reist, said Friday.
Another problem, the spokesman said, was that wolves in surrounding areas did not respect manmade boundaries and frequently staged sorties into the Madrid region.
Israel, in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, was trying to fix the problem, the spokesman added, but so far has not been able to do it.
The Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant was taken off line yesterday for the second time in two weeks because of a valve problem, a spokesman for the plant said.
Alessandra Stanley (NYT) CZECH REPUBLIC: NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTS A nuclear plant at Temelin, about 35 miles from the Austrian border, was shut down after a technical problem, a spokesman said.
