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Happening Now – October 2018

YubaNet - October 1, 2018, 12:00:00 AM

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Truckee Police: Tampering with Political Campaign Signs is unlawful and may result in criminal prosecution

Truckee Police - October 23, 2018, 10:05:06 AM

North San Juan Fire Protection District to recognize Rob Paulus tonight

North San Juan Fire Protection District - October 23, 2018, 09:23:17 AM

Prescribed fire along Henness Pass Road between Alleghany and Forest City today

Tahoe National Forest - October 23, 2018, 07:01:16 AM

UC Field Station Burn in Browns Valley today

CAL FIRE - October 23, 2018, 07:00:17 AM

Free medication take-back at 13 locations in Placer County on Oct. 27

Placer County - October 22, 2018, 02:22:25 PM

Nevada County: Last day to register to vote and receive your ballot in the mail

YubaNet - October 22, 2018, 09:41:55 AM

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California

CHP focuses on reducing teen distracted driving

California Highway Patrol (CHP) - October 22, 2018, 12:29:44 PM

Treasurer Chiang Unveils New CalSavers Website, Program to Open Pilot in November

YubaNet - October 22, 2018, 10:51:09 AM

Midnight Deadline to Register to Vote for November 6, 2018 General Election

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla - October 22, 2018, 10:31:30 AM

Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit to Block Slaughter of California Wild Horses

Animal Legal Defense Fund - October 22, 2018, 10:28:39 AM

Feinstein Statement on Republican Plans to Take Away Health Care

Senator Dianne Feinstein - October 19, 2018, 10:46:53 AM

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USA

Warrantless searches of journalists at U.S. borders pose press freedom threat

Committee to Protect Journalists - October 22, 2018, 04:23:38 PM

Children separated at border, suffering alarming and prolonged effects: UN rights experts

UN News - October 22, 2018, 12:43:56 PM

Trump-Pence Admin Reportedly Planning to Erase Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People Across Federal Agencies

Human Rights Campaign - October 22, 2018, 10:27:23 AM

What the Government Considers the US Border May Surprise You

Immigration Impact - October 22, 2018, 10:26:12 AM

Planned Parenthood Responds to Trump-Pence Attacks on Transgender People

Planned Parenthood - October 22, 2018, 09:20:31 AM

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Op-Ed

Michael Blake: Why bullshit hurts democracy more than lies

YubaNet - October 22, 2018, 03:35:21 PM

Lambda Legal: Trump Administration Effort to Erase Transgender Americans Will Not Stand

Lambda Legal - October 22, 2018, 09:19:48 AM

Karen Miller: Border Patrol, Don’t Board Our Buses Without Probable Cause or a Warrant

ACLU - October 19, 2018, 12:02:29 PM

Gayathri D. Naik: India: why collecting water turns millions of women into second-class citizens

Gayathri D. Naik - October 19, 2018, 11:02:57 AM

John Feffer: Assassins Without Borders

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus - October 18, 2018, 12:34:45 PM

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World

World Leaders Should Reject Saudi Whitewash, Says Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch - October 22, 2018, 04:22:50 PM

Guatemala: UN experts welcome court ruling that Ixil Mayans were victims of genocide

OHCHR - October 22, 2018, 10:29:46 AM

Americas: Authorities must not deport caravan members to face danger

YubaNet - October 22, 2018, 09:21:13 AM

Warming raises threat of global famine repeat

Tim Radford, Climate News Network - October 19, 2018, 10:33:18 AM

UN poverty expert warns against tsunami of unchecked privatization of public goods

OHCHR - October 19, 2018, 10:31:17 AM

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Enviro

Youth Plaintiffs File Response with SCOTUS Pointing to the Government’s Serious Mischaracterization of Juliana v. U.S.

YubaNet - October 22, 2018, 04:21:07 PM

Climate change, overharvesting may doom a pricey parasite, Stanford researchers find

Stanford University - October 22, 2018, 03:54:57 PM

Ranking Member Grijalva Pushes for Answers On Interior Dept. Weakening of Public Access to Endangered Species Records

Office of Congressman Raul M. Grijalva - October 19, 2018, 12:00:50 PM

Nevada: Conservation Organizations Oppose Military Expansion into Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Sierra Club - October 19, 2018, 11:59:03 AM

Air pollution linked to “huge” reduction in intelligence

United Nations Environment (UNEP) - October 16, 2018, 10:41:59 AM

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Sci-Tech

Rising Temperatures and Human Activity are Increasing Storm Runoff and Flash Floods

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Scien - October 22, 2018, 02:20:11 PM

First Image of Mars from NASA’s CubeSat “Wall-E”

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) - October 22, 2018, 12:28:08 PM

A Nutty Idea: A Little Stress Could Be Good for Walnuts

UC Davis - October 22, 2018, 10:02:10 AM

Chimps like to copy human visitors to the zoo – Ig Nobel Prize

Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc and Tomas Persson - October 22, 2018, 09:46:15 AM

Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis

Aarhus University - October 16, 2018, 10:39:02 AM

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Life

New Stanford research reexamines the story of the U.S. Constitution’s creation

Stanford University - October 22, 2018, 04:19:27 PM

Americans are not financially prepared for living longer lives, Stanford study finds

Stanford University - October 22, 2018, 09:49:51 AM

How do they make those crazy designs on major league baseball outfields?

American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America - October 22, 2018, 09:25:10 AM

New Planned Parenthood Video Series Helps Parents Talk with Children About Bodies, Gender, and Transgender Identities

Planned Parenthood - October 16, 2018, 01:30:26 PM

Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment

McGill University - October 16, 2018, 10:40:41 AM

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Cartoons

John McCain

Bill Day - August 27, 2018, 12:22:19 PM

Jacksonville Prayers

Bill Day - August 27, 2018, 12:20:54 PM

Their Sunday Best

Taylor Jones - June 18, 2018, 12:36:16 PM

New American ICE Age

Adam Zyglis - June 18, 2018, 12:35:09 PM

Senate Cancels August Recess

R.J. Matson - June 18, 2018, 11:39:34 AM

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