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Smith’s Pest Management – Full Service Pest Management For The Bay Area

Smith’s Pest Management was founded by Zachary Smith in 2009 as Smith’s Gopher Trapping Service. In the years since, Zach and the team at Smith’s Gopher Trapping have helped serve home and business owners across the Bay Area with safe and effective pest management solutions for all manner of different pests. Zach graduated from California Polytechnic State University in 2002 with a

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5 Tips For Stopping Mole Damage Before It Happens

When you’ve spent time and money to make your lawn beautiful, the last thing you want is for a pest to come along and destroy your hard work. Unfortunately, though, that’s exactly what happens far too often. There are many pests that can damage your lawn, but one of the worst offenders is the mole. To stop mole damage before it happens,

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Secret To Effective Spider Control For Your Oakland Home

Insect scientists are probably the only people immensely interested in spiders. The average person doesn’t even want to think about them. They creep people out with their long legs and sticky webs. Most of all, they carry venom and can bite. They don’t call a lot of attention to themselves, so they kind of catch you by surprise. Understandably, Oakland

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Bubonic Plague and Ground Squirrels in California: What You Need to Know

For many, the Bubonic Plague sounds like something out of ancient history. For some California residents, though, it’s become a modern reality. On August 20 of this year, state officials announced that a person in the South Lake Tahoe area had contracted the Plague – the state’s first case of the disease in five years. Spread by rodents, especially the ground squirrel,

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