Whales down for the count at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center

Citizen scientists at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center are documenting a historic low in Gray Whale sightings, but the apparent decline doesn’t tell the whole storyby Chelsea SektnanFrom sunrise to sundown, binoculars pressed to their eyes, volunteer whale counters at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes scan the Pacific for the telltale puff of a gray whale blow. Some days, the ocean yields nothing but waves. Other times, a ripple, a spout, or the curve