Orange County Takes a Bite out of Its Mosquito Population

Mosquitoes in a container in a laboratory in Germany, which saw its first case of West Nile virus in 2019, in a 2019 file photograph. Steffen Kugler/Getty Images

Southern California cities are preparing for battle against blood-sucking pests this summer as mosquito season picks up.

The city of La Habra—which has historically had high mosquito and West Nile virus activity—is conducting its first of many large-scale mosquito sprays on June 30.