Local Anti-Mosquito Expert Wouldn't Be Surprised If CA Had A Thousand Or More West Nile Human Cases This Year; Says We're In Epidemic & "Real Action Hasn't Begun Yet"
Aug. 2004: 22 Backyard Mosquito Breeding Water Sources Found In One Square Mile Of ELB
Aug. 2004: L.A. County Human West Nile Cases Now Total At Least 25
Aug. 2004: LB's First Human West Nile Death Is In ELB Area With Standing Water In City Gutters; LB City Hall Sends Complaining Residents Letters; L.A. County Vector Control District Says It Treats ELB Gutters and Storm Drains On Recurring Cycle
Aug. 2004: Frustration, Anger in Neighborhood Where LB Woman Died of West Nile Virus
Aug. 2004: Mosquito Bite Kills Elderly LB Woman, First In City To Die From West Nile Virus
Aug 2004: Aerial Spraying Against Mosquito-Borne West Nile Virus Could Result In Hardest Hit CA Areas
Aug. 2004: Second Human West Nile Fatally Confirmed; San Ber'dino County Man Dies; No Human WNV Cases in LB As of Aug 2
Aug. 2004: Confirmed: First LB Human West Nile Virus Case
Aug. 2004: Second OC Human West Nile Virus Case Confirmed; Patient Recovering
July 2004: ELB Heads-Up: Multiple West Nile Infected Mosquitoes ID'd, Vicinity of South Lakewood/Old Lakewood Village; Drain b/w Clark & Bellflower Is One Problem Area
July 2004: Three More Human West Nile Virus Cases ID'd in L.A. County, But None In LB As of July 30
July 2004: Four More Human West Nile Virus Cases ID'd in L.A. County, None In LB As of July 28; Statewide Total Mounts
July 2004: More West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitoes Locally & Now In SD & Central & Northern CA
July 2004: First West Nile Virus CA Human Death Is In OC
July 2004: So Many West Nile Virus Dead Birds, Gov't Agencies Stop Testing Them In Various Zip Codes Including Some In LB; Phone Reports Still Welcome
Seven Human West Nile Cases ID'd in L.A. County, Some Leading To Encephalitis and Meningitis, All From "Eastern Region" of County
July 2004: Residents Urged To Take Protective Measures At Evening Muni Band Concerts Due To West Nile Virus; Other Sobering Info At Council Briefing on WNV
July 2004: LB Dead Crow Toll Mounts, Dead Birds Increasingly Prevalent As West Nile Virus Spreads
July 2004: West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitoes Found In Vicinity of Alamitos Bay Marina & PCH/Westminster area; Numerous Infected Dead Crows From Zips 90808 and 90815, Also Lakewood Zip 90713
July 2004: LBUSD Sends Updated West Nile Virus Prevention Tips To Principals for Distribution to Staff & Parents; We Post Text
July 2004: Kell Agendizes Report On City's West Nile Virus Efforts
West Nile Virus Watch:
LB Dept. Of Health Received Multiple ELB Resident Reports Re Standing Water In Untended Swimming Pool; Didn't Return Phone Calls; Didn't Refer Reports To County Vector Control And Didn't Ensure Follow Up
ELB Neighbors Now Say They've Got Mosquitoes En Masse, Can't Be Outside At Dusk And Just Found A Dying Crow
Incident Follows Other Reports of Standing Water in ELB Streets, Gutters
July 2004: First LB West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitoes Found Vicinity Heartwell Park
July 2004: West Nile Virus Warning Signs To Be Posted in El Dorado, Heartwell Parks
July 2004: Two New West Nile Virus Dead Crows From LB (90807 & 90804) + Three From Lakewood (90712 and 90713) + Two From Hawaiian Gardens (90716)
June 2004: First '04 Human West Nile Virus Cases In L.A. & Riverside Counties, One Becomes Meningitis
No LB WNV Dead Crows or Mosquitoes Reported In Past Week
Cerritos, Whittier, Fullerton Had Multiple WNV Dead Crows
June 2004: LBUSD Administrators Alerted to West Nile Virus Prevention Tips [subsequent update, , click here]
June 2004: Dead Crows, Possibly West Nile Virus Infected, Increasingly Visible in Cerritos
June 2004: West Nile Virus Warning Signs Posted @ Lakewood Golf Course & Bolivar Park in Lakewood
June 2004: Ground Zero For West Nile Virus: See Maps Showing WNV Totals & Recent WNV-Infected Dead Birds
June 2004: It's Here: Dead Crow w/ West Nile Virus ID'd in LB; Residents Again Urged to Take Precautions
June 2004: Two LB Mosquitoes Test Positive For WNV; More Infected Crows in Cerritos...And First CA 04 Human Case in San B'dino County
June 2004: West Nile Virus Expert Says We're In Midst Of Largest Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreak in North American History & Biggest West Nile Virus Outbreak Ever Documented in the World
June 2004: Editorial: Biting Back: Our Suggestions Re WNV in LB
May 2004: West Nile Virus Now Found In Dead Birds From Lakewood, Cerritos & Gardena As L.A. County Numbers Rise; Two Infected Mosquitoes Found South of El Monte; Officials Advise Taking Precautions
May 2004: West Nile Virus Found In Birds, Mosquitoes Near LB; Health Officials Advise Taking Precautions
