Tiny detectives arrive at Sacramento Zoo as crime-fighting rats make their debut
HeroRATs are highly trained animals can sniff out tuberculosis, landmines and trafficked wildlife products, including rhino horn. SACRAMENTO,…
Rat-borne disease leaves one dead, another sickened in Berkeley
BERKELEY — One person died and another fell ill after they contracted a bacterial disease from wild rats…
Rats, other vermin spark notable restaurant closures by L.A. health department
Some of L.A.’s most famous restaurants, clubs and markets were temporarily closed in the last month because of…
Typhus from fleas hits record level in L.A.: Here are the hot spots
Attention pet parents: Los Angeles County is reporting a record number of flea-borne typhus cases. Public health officials…
The neuro disease rat lungworm has reached California
A disease that can cause neurological illness and meningitis in people, rat lungworm, has been found in wild…
City of San Diego agrees to pay $250K to officer accused of being ‘snitch’
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The City of San Diego has agreed to pay $250,000 to a police officer…