However, the rat population is also on the rise in California. In 2024, Los Angeles was the second rattiest city in America, according to a report by pest control company Orkin. Chicago secured ...

Rat populations are increasing nationwide, and California is not exempt from the issue, which stems from warmer climates, urbanization and recent legislation, according to experts. The states ...

According to state estimates, California is home to around 50,000 marijuana farms. Only about 16,000 farmers are expected to seek licenses to grow cannabis legally now that California permits ...

18 and Sacramento was listed at No. 20. In September 2024, the California legislature passed the Poison-Free Wildlife Act, which bans some rat poisons. In the months since, some people have ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law today greater protections from toxic rat poisons, which are harmful and deadly for children, pets and wildlife. The California Ecosystems ...

The Poison-Free Wildlife Act, or Assembly Bill 2552, offers the strongest protections in the country against these toxic rat poisons, which unintentionally harm and kill wildlife. “This important ...

The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. They were brought from South America for ...