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Even with the hot and dry weather, mosquitos can still breed in the smallest amounts of stagnant water and spread diseases. The West Nile Virus is one of them.

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BREAKING NEWS Fly Fire has burned 3,800 acres with 5% containment Full Story SEVERE WX : Fire Weather Watch View Alerts Human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in Shasta County Officials confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Shasta County this season. Posted: Jul 23, 2021 5:58 PM Updated: Jul 23, 2021 6:06 PM Posted By: Chloe Curtis SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - An adult is the first person to test postive for the West Nile Virus in Shasta County this season, according to S...

   -- West Covina: three mosquito samples. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, one in five individuals infected with the WNV, for which there is no cure, will exhibit symptoms that include fever, headache, body aches, nausea or skin rash. The symptoms can last for several days to months. One in 150 people infected with the virus will require hospitalization. Severe symptoms include high fever, muscle weakness, neck stiffness, coma, paralysis and possibly death. T...

Baker died on Feb. 20. He was 79. A retired businessman and teacher, Baker served on the Desert Hot Springs City Council from 2007 until 2011 Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas, who served on City Council with Baker from 2007-11, remembers Baker as eclectic and intelligent, with a strong interest in public service.   "He was a very big supporter of the LGBT community and passionate about city finances, so he was always asking questions about our financial status," Matas said on Thursday. M...

Trails around treatment area will be closed to the public Uploaded: Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 9:43 am Time to read: about 1 minutes On Feb. 26, the Santa Clara County Vector Control District plans to treat a section of the Palo Alto Baylands in an effort to prevent the spread of mosquitoes. Courtesy Santa Clara County. On Friday, Santa Clara County plans to hover over the Palo Alto Flood Basin — an area known to be a mosquito breeding ground around this time of the year — to release a specific bac...

By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media Jan 29, 2021 A judge rules against a state public union for improperly requesting to read employee emails. Administrative Law Judge Alicia Clement sided with the plaintiffs that the International Union of Operating Engineers public request for emails had to stop because the search was inappropriate. Three employees at the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District said the union was fishing for anti-union emails and had violated their privacy rights. U...