Black widow spiders are active in California. Here’s what the arachnids look like, where to find the pests and what to do if you’re bitten.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- One day in late August, Tonya Smith was shocked to find a small black snake suspended in a spider's web under a deck chair at her home in Inverness.The snake was dead.

OREGON CITY, Ore. – The brown widow spider, a cousin of the black widow, has been found in Oregon for the first time, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA). Marci Beddingfield ...