As gardening season blooms across California, officials with the California Department of Food and Agriculture are urging residents to take action to prevent the introduction of invasive fruit flies and other pests, which can threaten backyard gardens and the state’s robust agricultural landscape. Invasive fruit flies are tiny pests no bigger than a grain of rice that can infest and ...

A produce quarantine has been issued for a nearly 80 square mile area to combat the invasive Tau fruit fly, which has been detected in the Santa Clarita Valley. A portion of Los Angeles County has been placed under quarantine for the Tau fruit fly (Zeugodacus tau group) following the detection of more than 20 flies in the unincorporated area ...