A dangerous pest that is threat to Los Angeles’ many citrus trees has been spotted in Highland Park, according to the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture. The pest is called the Asian citrus psyllid, and it is confirmed to be in Imperial, San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, which has sparked quarantines in those ...
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California’s majestic oak trees have been felled by the hundreds of thousands by a disease first reported in 1995 and dubbed “sudden oak death.” To get a broader perspective on the disease, UC Berkeley scientists have developed a smartphone app for hikers and other nature lovers to report trees they find that have succumbed to sudden oak death. For more ...
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The Midpennisula Regional Open Space District in the Half Moon Bay area is working with scientists, the California Oak Mortality Task Force and several West Coast universities to examine Sudden Oak Death in three separate studies.  For more information on these three studies, visit the Half Moon Bay Review to read a full article.