PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — The first case of West Nile Virus has been detected in a mosquito in Placer County this year. The Placer County Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed the mosquito was ...

Sacramento shelters and foster parents are hoping to combat declining adoption rates, shelter overcrowding, and climbing euthanasia rates.

Mosquitoes are buzzing again — and some are carrying West Nile virus. Local health agencies have already found virus-positive mosquitoes in Sacramento, Kern, Tulare, and Santa Clara counties, ...