Some of Orange County has been placed under a quarantine due to an invasive fruit fly species, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which told residents in affected areas to ...

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Five different species of fruit flies have finally been eradicated from nine different California counties, marking a successful effort involving traps, backyard treatments, prohibitions against fruit ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has placed the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove under quarantine to try to stop the spread of the oriental fruit fly. The state has also started ...

Efforts are underway in Orange County to stop the invasion of an unwelcomed pest. The county is working with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to target the Oriental fruit fly.

(KRON) — Before San Jose became part of Silicon Valley and a home to tech giants, the region was known for its sprawling orchards of fruit trees. One of San Jose’s last orchards standing, Giant Orange ...

Five Mexican fruit flies have been found within three miles of each other in La Mesa, prompting the California Department of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday to declare a 77-square-mile quarantine in ...

Q. Could you explain what is going on with the latest fruit fly quarantine? I heard that the Department of Agriculture was stripping fruit from trees in Redlands. A few weeks ago I wrote about the ...

The Mexican fruit fly, closely related to the Caribbean fruit fly, has made inroads through California, alongside several other fruit fly species. (USDA photo) California agriculture is once again ...