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Monthly Mosquito Larvicide Application Done by Hand Crews This Week

| 11:40 AM

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County Vector Control crews will conduct their regular mosquito-fighting larvicide applications this week on dozens of local waterways — but by hand, rather than from the air, because the helicopter used is down for unscheduled maintenance.

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Mosquito Season is Back; County Conducts First Larvicide Drop of 2017

| 10:29 AM

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The County of San Diego’s Vector Control Program will drop its first batch of larvicide of the year on 48 rivers, streams, ponds and other waterways to kill mosquito larvae Wednesday. (Update 4/19/17: Conditions did not allow all sites to be treated Wednesday. Remaining sites will be treated Thursday.)