The Riverside County Vector Control Program will conduct a pesticide spraying operation in Banning this week in hopes of controlling the mosquito population in response to the recent detection of West Nile virus in the area.
Riverside County vector control officials will conduct anti-mosquito spraying Thursday in Nuevo, covering a total 255 acres, to eradicate growing infestations that pose a potential risk to public health.
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus were discovered in Palm Desert, signaling the first detection of the virus so far this year in Riverside County, officials announced Monday, The infected mosquitoes were collected from two traps — one near the Shadow Mountain Golf Club on Portola Avenue, and the other near Highway 74 and Mesa […]
