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A deadly bug called the glassy-winged sharpshooter, carrying the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa, has been found on grapevines sold at Costco in Fresno — potentially infecting up to 13,000 plants shipped across 24 California counties. If unchecked, this pest could wipe out $166 million annually from the state’s wine industry by causing Pierce’s disease. Officials are urgently asking customers who bought these vines between April 21 and May 21 to quarantine them immediately and contact local agricultural authorities. This isn’t the first time — a major outbreak in Temecula in 1999 led to widespread vine destruction. With California’s wine industry supporting over 422,000 jobs, stopping this threat now is critical to protecting the state’s agricultural backbone.

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