Medfly Spraying Over Norco, Corona Planned for Tuesday

RIVERSIDE — State agriculture officials said Thursday that they hope to begin aerial spraying of Medfly-killing malathion over an 18-square-mile area of Corona and Norco on Tuesday night.

But the controversial spraying--which has been postponed three times--will face another last-minute battle before the helicopters fly. Corona City Manager Bill Garrett said the city will file another appeal Monday, this time to the California Supreme Court.

Just as it unsuccessfully argued in an appeals court in San Bernardino, the new appeal will charge that Gov. Pete Wilson failed to meet certain requirements when he declared a Medfly crisis in Corona.