\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAY WILL BE SUNDAY, JULY 5TH. THIS IS NEW TONIGHT. CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY INVASIVE GOLDEN MUSSELS WERE FOUND IN AND AROUND THE PORT OF WEST SACRAMENTO. THIS IS THE NORTHERNMOST AREA. THEY\u2019VE BEEN FOUND SINCE THEY WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN STOCKTON IN 2024. THE MUSSELS CAN HARM ECOSYSTEMS, FOOD SUPPLY AND CLOG WATER PIPES. OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE MUSSELS CAN ATTACH TO ALMOST ANY UNDERWATER SURFACE, INCLUDING BOATS THAT COULD HELP IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DELTA. SO THEY\u2019RE URGING VOTER\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said invasive golden mussels have been found in and around the port of West Sacramento. This discovery marks the northernmost area where the mussels have been located since they were first identified in Stockton in 2024. | MORE | Sacramento County declares emergency over invasive golden musselsGolden mussels can harm ecosystems’ food supply and clog water pipes. Officials warn the mussels can attach to almost any underwater surface, including boats, which could help them spread throughout the Delta. They are urging boaters to clean, drain, and dry anything that touches the water to prevent the mussels from spreading further.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said invasive golden mussels have been found in and around the port of West Sacramento. <\/p>\n
This discovery marks the northernmost area where the mussels have been located since they were first identified in Stockton in 2024. <\/p>\n
| MORE | Sacramento County declares emergency over invasive golden mussels<\/a><\/p>\n Golden mussels can harm ecosystems’ food supply and clog water pipes. Officials warn the mussels can attach to almost any underwater surface, including boats, which could help them spread throughout the Delta. <\/p>\n They are urging boaters to clean, drain, and dry anything that touches the water to prevent the mussels from spreading further.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAY WILL BE SUNDAY, JULY 5TH. THIS IS NEW TONIGHT. CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[11357,16179,46611,18276,28409,3235,192,18211,42395,130375,314934,18900,79,18898,18901,208226,80127,314935,120619],"class_list":["post-731343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-app","tag-boat","tag-california-department","tag-download","tag-ecosystem","tag-emergency","tag-environment","tag-fish","tag-food-supply","tag-golden-mussels","tag-invasive-golden-mussel","tag-more-coverage","tag-science","tag-subscribe","tag-top-california-story","tag-water-pipe","tag-west-sacramento","tag-west-sacramento-port","tag-wildlife-official"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}