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The study analyzed county-level data on the annual use of 295 pesticides and prostate cancer rates across the contiguous United States.

UC Davis entomology professor James Carey, who has decades of Medfly study on his resume, told The Times: “Nowhere in the world are fruit fly invasions as frequent, recurrent, persistent, continuous, contiguous, widespread, and taxonomically diverse as those that have occurred in California.”

That high, also reached in Ocotillo Wells, was the hottest temperature anywhere in the contiguous U.S., according to the National Weather Service.

When drawing new lines, legislative bodies must create districts with equal populations that are both compact and contiguous.

Although visitors might expect winter to be the most dangerous time on the 14,505-foot mountain — the highest peak in the contiguous United States — summer and early fall are actually the busiest times for rescuers, said Reuther.