It’s a brand new year and the intrepid inspectors with the Houston Health Department are more fired up than ever to track down restaurant violations that put you in danger when you eat out. Source: KPRC
Dirty Dining: Arby’s temporarily closed for 80+ rodent droppings, rodent gnaw marks in the kitchen (via WFTS)
A local Arby’s restaurant had to stop serving food for a couple hours after inspectors discovered evidence of rodents in the kitchen with over 80 rodent droppings. Source: WFTS
Cayucos Super Market closed after health inspector discovers rat, mouse infestation (via sanluisobispo)
San Luis Obispo County health officials on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, closed Cayucos Super Market due to a rat and mouse infestation. Source: sanluisobispo
Denton County reports another human case of West Nile Virus (via r20.rs6.net)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Source: r20.rs6.net
Maui Now: New Infestations of Little Fire Ants Discovered on Maui (via Maui Now | New Infestations of Little Fire Ants Discovered on Maui)
Two new infestations of little fire ants were discovered on Maui Source: Maui Now | New Infestations of Little Fire Ants Discovered on Maui
Group of bats invade Walmart meat department in Alvin (via ABC13 Houston)
Incredible video shows the bats flying back and forth, scoping out the Walmart store on N. Bypass 35 in Alvin Source: ABC13 Houston
Southaven family battling raccoon infestation (via WREG.com)
A family is scared of their own apartment because of raccoons. Their complex, The Legacy at Church Lake Apartments in Southaven, is having problems with the critters. Source: WREG.com
Squirrel blamed for campus-wide power outage at SJSU (via SFGate)
SAN JOSE (BCN) San Jose State University officials have traced the cause of their campus-wide power outage today to a squirrel. The power outage, which hit the campus at approximately 10 a.m., is believed to have been caused by a squirrel chewing through the insulation that serves as a protection to electrical wires. Source: SFGate
Brutal cold could take a bite out of forest-munching pests (via Philly.com)
The advance of two pests that have ravaged parts of forests in Pennsylvania and New Jersey because of the past two mild winters could possibly be slowed by this year’s long stretch of bitter cold. Experts say it’s too early to tell. But there’s hope. Source: Philly.com
How those pesky mosquitoes led to a Davis teen’s scientific publication (via Davis Enterprise)
Seventeen-year-old Helena Leal doesn’t like mosquitoes, but they like her. “I always get bitten by mosquitoes more often than my family and friends,” says the Davis High School senior. Source: Davis Enterprise
