Santa Clarita Valley oak trees are being invaded by the goldspotted oak borer; an insect named for its iridescent black shell ...

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which are among the many tree species that the disease can infect, beyond the namesake oak. The researchers fear that this vigorous form of the pathogen could soon kick up the pace of sudden oak death ...