News Releases 2009

November 12, 2009
Budget Outlook Grim Thru 2012

November 6, 2009
Important to vote on Tuesday

October 26, 2009
Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District Receives Sonoma County Employer Best Practices Award

UC Davis Researchers Walter Leal and Zain Syed Identify Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes to Humans

October 13, 2009
Senate Committee on Local Government

October 8, 2009
First Human West Nile Virus Infection in Palmdale

First West Nile Virus Human Case in the West Valley in 2009

September 24, 2009
Beware of West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitoes

September 17, 2009
More Isolation of West Nile Virus in Mosquitoes in the West Valley

September 4, 2009
West Nile Virus Detected in East Palmdale

September 3, 2009
Continuous Detection of West Nile Virus in Mosquitoes and Sentinel Chickens in the West Valley

September 1, 2009
West Nile Virus (WNV) Infects Mosquitoes in Crowley Lake area

August 28, 2009
West Nile Virus Cases still on the Rise

In Memoriam – Dave Martinez, District Manager of the Antelope Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

August 20, 2009
West Nile Virus Cases Still on the Rise

August 14, 2009
A Fourth AV Resident is Infected with West Nile Virus

August 4, 2009
5 Birds and 5 Mosquito Samples Show West Nile Virus Activity in the West Valley

July 27, 2009
3rd Bird, 4 Mosquito Samples Show West Nile Virus Circulating in Valley

July 17, 2009
Michael Parrella Named Chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology

July 13, 2009
Birds, Chickens and Mosquitoes – WNV Transmission is Increasing

July 9, 2009
First Positive Test for West Nile Virus in 2009 Reported in Santa Barbara County

West Nile Virus Season Official: Dead Bird Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Contra Costa County

July 8, 2009
West Nile Virus Hotline Staffing on Furlough Fridays

June 30, 2009
Elevated West Nile Virus Risk in Lancaster

June 25, 2009
AALRR Wins Groundbreaking Case on the Application of California’s Wage and Hour Laws to the Public Sector

June 23, 2009
Constitutional overhaul would omit Prop. 13 property tax changes

DPR Scientists Against Moving Pesticide Risk Assessment to OEHHA

June 18, 2009
A Second Bird Tests Positive for West Nile in the AV

June 16, 2009
State Budget Update

June 12, 2009
Local Agency Announces Winning Logo Designs and New Logo Adoption

June 11, 2009
University of California Mosquito Research Program Funding Letter

Santa Clara County Vector Control District Fills Vacant Manager Position

June 4, 2009
Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger Regarding Proposition 1A

About Bad Pools and Birds

May 28, 2009
Vector Control Finance Department Wins Award

Effective Mosquito Control in California at Risk

May 14, 2009
Aerial Neglected Pools Survey Begins In West Valley

April 22, 2009
Four More Groups of Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Contra Costa County

April 20, 2009
Coachella Valley MVCD Makes Official Comment on Grand Jury Report

April 16, 2009
State Legislature Declares April 20-26, 2009, West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness

April 9, 2009
Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California Joins Governor in Urging EPA to Request Case Rehearing