UC Riverside

Students who are on campus are being tested twice a week. Tony Shin reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: thousands of tiny wasps are being released in areas of San Diego County this week. But the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) says the minuscule bugs are actually the good guys.

The University of California, Riverside, Botanic Gardens have been struck by plant thefts during the lengthening coronavirus shutdown. About 30 large potted plants and additional smaller ones have been taken, gardens director Jodie Holt told The Press-Enterprise. About a third of the stolen plants were part of the gardens’ collection and the remainder would have been sold. The gardens closed...