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Citrus-Killing Disease Spreading In SoCal; UC Riverside Gets Big Federal Grant To Fight It

ucrtoday.ucr.edu

A citrus disease that has spread from other countries into the U.S. has led to the decline of three-quarters of Florida's citrus industry.  As the disease now appears to be spreading in Southern California, the federal government has given a multi-million dollar grant to UC Riverside to help fight it.  KVCR's Ken Vincent and Brandon Gunzel have more.