Overview
- Residents in northwestern El Segundo report nearly two months of mosquitoes invading homes, leaving children covered in bites and disrupting sleep.
- LA County Vector Control says an inspection identified breeding areas near the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant and cites rain, warm weather and maintenance issues as contributing factors.
- City leaders say the response is concentrated on six heavily impacted blocks in coordination with Los Angeles agencies and LADWP.
- Officials plan to set six additional traps along the greenbelt by the plant, with pesticides applied as needed and a private contractor on standby.
- Testing of mosquitoes since December has found no West Nile virus, and reporters observed traps filling with dozens of Aedes aegypti within hours.