1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- California's population is projected to grow by nearly 75 percent during the next half-century to nearly 60 million people.
Riverside County will outgrow its bigger neighbors, Orange and San Diego counties, to become the second most populated county after Los Angeles, said projections released Monday by the California Department of Finance.
Latinos are projected to become the dominant ethnic group, eclipsing all others combined, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
The explosive growth projections raise questions about how California will function and whether all the people and their cars will be housed in continuing sprawl or in more dense, high-rise development, the Times reported.
Some planners forecast gridlock and environmental disaster while others see a possible economic boon.
"It's opportunity with baggage in a country masquerading as a state," said Jack Kyser, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
|
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Hollywood's Paramount Pictures says director Michael Bay is to helm a fourth Transformers movie to be released in 2014.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Texas police said they arrested an 18-year-old woman who led them on a chase while wearing nothing but a pair of cowboy boots.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
