Ailing brown pelicans, now healthy again, will be released on San Pedro beach

Distressed and ailing brown pelicans, found along the shoreline in the past few months, are ready to go home.
Fed, hydrated and ready to leave the International Bird Rescue center in San Pedro where they have been recuperating, several of the recovered birds will be released at 1 p.m. Wednesday on the lower shoreline of White Point/Royal Palms Beach.
“This was not as severe a year as we’ve had before, in 2008 or 2010,” said Russ Curtis, online communications manager for the cen