Great places to see birds in California’s Central Valley Davis is home to a university, great food and dozens of fantastic wood ducks. (Photo by Mick Thompson) ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus continues a slow but steady spread through California's Central Valley, with a total of 13 infections among dairy workers confirmed as of Monday, health officials said.

In the past two weeks, nearly 850,000 poultry have been killed in the San Joaquin Valley as the highly pathogenic avian influenza tightens its grip on Central California. It’s the third time ...

State health officials are warning the public after the bird flu virus was detected in a batch of raw milk from a Central California dairy farm. The sample, found in a batch of cream top, whole ...

These are the first human cases of bird flu identified in California and are both are Central Valley individuals who had contact with infected cattle.

Bird flu spreads to California’s dairy cows Regulators confirm that infected cattle were detected in three Central Valley herds but say the milk and food supply is safe ...

Five more people who presumably contracted the bird flu are being tested in California's Central Valley and are pending CDC testing.

Finally, the agricultural edges of Davis are as good a place as any for spotting yellow-billed magpies, fascinating birds that are found exclusively in California’s Central Valley.

The avian flu has already infected wild birds, poultry and dairy cows in the San Joaquin Valley. Now a pig in Oregon has the virus.

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