County Areas to Be Sprayed in March
The Brea and Garden Grove areas are scheduled for two malathion sprayings in March, according to federal and state agriculture officials.
Brea will be sprayed on March 5 and again on March 26. Garden Grove and several neighboring cities will be sprayed on March 8 and on March 29.
The outer-spraying boundaries in Brea include Colima Road, Paso Real Avenue, Brea Boulevard, Fir Street, Fern Avenue, Imperial Highway, Euclid Street and Whittier Boulevard. The area includes parts of Brea, Fullerton and La Habra.
In Garden Grove, the spraying will be confined to an area bounded by Katella Avenue, State College Boulevard, Bristol Street, 1st Street, Bolsa Avenue, Bolsa Chica Road and Satellite Drive.
The 36-square-mile area includes virtually all of Garden Grove, half of Westminster and parts of Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Cypress, Stanton, Anaheim, Orange and Santa Ana.
The malathion spraying is part of the local state and federal program to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly.
Officials said about 383 square miles of the Los Angeles basin are involved in the spraying program.
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