Predators and people who eat animals that were poisoned by diphacinone can suffer "secondary exposure" to the poison because the substance can remain for a time in the organs and tissue of the animal.

"I'm not talking about a little blue, I'm talking about neon blue, blueberry blue," said the wild pig trapper who made the discovery.

Multiple wild pigs' tissue turned blue in the Monterey County area after pesticide bait exposure, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests. While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that about 440 more deaths may be linked to the disaster.

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest. This report is from Aug. 5 at 8 a.