COUNTY HITS WASH IN WEST NILE FIGHT.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer PANORAMA CITY -- Saying it was time to treat the West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. scare in Panorama City like "an emergency," county officials revealed a plan Wednesday to immediately remove overgrown overgrown said of a part that has not been kept trimmed. overgrown hoof overgrown hooves put unusual stresses on bones and tendons and allow for distortion of the wall and sole. vegetation from the Pacoima Wash. As a backhoe scooped up musty smelling overgrowth overgrowth Rapid growth in the sales of a mutual fund's shares to the extent that the fund has difficulty finding promising new investments or it must take such large positions in individual investments that its trading flexibility is reduced. and debris from the wash behind them, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and other officials said the plan was necessary considering a recent announcement pegging Panorama City as a hot spot for West Nile virus carrying mosquitoes. In its announcement, the Los Angeles County Vector Control District said that in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , 17 out of 19 mosquito pools discovered carrying the potentially lethal virus were found in Panorama City. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, feeding off algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that and bacteria. Wednesday's action comes a day after county Department of Public Works officials gave conflicting reasons for not quickly clearing the wash before their permit-allowed Sept. 1 date. That date comes after the nesting season for many birds in the area, officials said Wednesday. Rudy Lee, assistant flood maintenance deputy director for the county's Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
"Through our working relationship with (Fish and Game), we still have to get clearance from them, but we can get it from them after the fact," Lee said. Officials from the county Vector Control Division said they learned late Friday that about 14 out of the 17 Panorama City positive West Nile mosquito pool readings came from the wash area in Panorama City. On Monday, Vector Control notified the Public Works Department, posted warning signs in Panorama City and treated the area with larvae-killing insecticide. A county-appointed biologist was on site Wednesday to assist in removing vegetation from the wash. The biologist was there "to make sure the work we're doing was not going to have an adverse effect on nesting birds," Lee said. Staff Writer Sue Doyle contributed to this story. rick.coca(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 |
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