The Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District plans to spray pesticide in parts of Antioch early Friday targeting an invasive mosquito species.

The spraying will take place between 3 and 6 a.m. for larval mosquitoes from the Aedes aegypti species. The treatment area is bordered on the north by Mountaire and Ashburton drives, on the south by Brookside Drive and Burwood Way, on the east by Barmouth Drive, and on the west by Garrow Drive, according to the district.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.