Medflies Reach Southern California Amid Spraying Prep
The Mediterranean fruit fly has moved 300 miles into southern California raising alarm for the $14 billion agriculture sector. LA suburbs brace for aerial spraying in a 40,000 population area as workers warn residents. Fertile flies were found in the San Gabriel Valley and more maggots appeared 15 miles east of Los Angeles. U.S. officials struggle to keep untreated California fruit from entering Japan as other states push for stricter quarantines and fumigation around infested zones.