times" enormously powerful, and then the oil, which at that time doheny money was establiment l.a.'s money in other words it was ten or 15 years old, which back then seemed like or indeed was a very long period of time in the city's history, and then we have-- i was talking to the wonderful writer, d.j. willging about their-- the emigrant, the different immigrant influx so you mentioned adamic earlier. this slovenians guy who came to los angeles in the late teens and was the city's first boswell, and he wrote a wonderful book which is almost impossible to find and long out of print called laughing in the jungles. >> laughing in theungle. >> which is a series of essays and kind of diarie that he had writn of his early experiences in los angeles, anti-says it is a city full of old people. and in the early 1920's that was true. it was the people who had come from the midwest and had been encourag to ce here with their retirement money because it was warm, and you could kind of guy and comfort and warmth, listening to some person on the radio. in some way, los angeles carved hollywood i

. >> he's at tower six in doheny beach. >> reporter: dean is about to save another life. >> there heght there. >> reporter: this sick and stranded sea lion on the southern california coast is lucky to be snared by his net. >> basically, this animal would sit here and starve to death and eventually die if it wasn't for places like this. >> reporter: the pacific marine mammal center in laguna beach is starving with sea lion pups. many arrive emaciated with ribs showing through their skin. this sea lion is nearly 20 pounds underweight. >> he's got ribs stick out all over. >> reporter: the center has already rescued 172 sea lions this year, 139% more than last year. it's the same story 400 miles north in san francisco. >> it's the one furthest over. it doesn't look good. >> reporter: they've rescued a record 890 california sea lions. one ended up in a squad car after being found on a highway. >> a significant portion of our animals are so debilitated when they join us we are not able to rescue them or save them. >> reporter: why is this happening? part of the problem would be overpopulat