Ventura County is under quarantine, according to officials, after an aphid-like citrus pest that can carry an untreatable disease was discovered in Camarillo, reports the Associated Press. This weekend, California's Department of Food and Agriculture is expected to survey the area before beginning two pesticide treatments. more ›

A Sherman Oaks clinic frequented by performers in the adult entertainment industry has confirmed that one of their patients has tested positive for HIV, according to LA Now. Consequently, there is a quarantine in effect in the business which affects the individual's partners. more ›

A quarantine has been issued for "an 89-square-mile agricultural quarantine area in Los Angeles County after invasive oriental fruit flies were found in Pasadena," according to LA Now. "The area under quarantine is bordered by Figueroa Street on the west, Interstate 10 on the south, Big Santa Anita Wash to the east and the San Gabriel Mountain foothills on the north." Under these orders, plants cannot be moved from properties. The goal is to keep the infestation from spreading. The offending exotic pests, the oriental fruit fly, were found in traps in various locations in Pasadena and San Marino. To combat their spread, officials have mounted pesticide-laden bait stations. more ›

Quarantine is the Los Angeles based movie that opens today and it looks scary and stuff like that. Quarantween, the Los Angeles based movie by Disney looks even scarier. more ›

Here we go again with the Cloverfield type buzz, but this time, some speculate that this movie is of a Los Angeles setting for the plot. Defamer points out that this latest YouTube viral sensation released Saturday (video embedded below) could easily be suspected as Cloverfield 2 or M. Night Shyamalan's forthcoming Philadelphia disaster flick, The Happening. more ›