Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announces emergency measures for Kern, Colusa and San Joaquin counties because of their high West Nile virus concerns, at the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control Center in Bakersfield on Thursday. Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall and Dr. Mark Horton, director of California Department of Public Health, listen.

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
—Matthew 24:7