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Happening Now – May 2019

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Latest Regional

Annual Point in Time Count Results Released for Nevada County

Ready, Set, Go! for Families Wildfire Preparedness Presentation June 10th

Celebration of Trails 2019

Wildlife Intake Center Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Lake Tahoe Clarity Level Bounces Back

Harris Urges FEMA to Provide Further Housing Assistance to Californians Affected by Wildfires

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California

CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration Reports Cannabis Tax Revenues for 1st Quarter 2019

California State Parks Extends Application Deadline for Ranger and Lifeguard Cadet Academy

AG Becerra Leads Coalition of 21 Attorneys General Objecting Plaintiffs’ Lack of Standing in Texas v. US

Boaters Can Help Fight Spread of Invasive Mussels Over Memorial Day Weekend

“Jump Start” winter-run Chinook salmon return to Battle Creek

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USA

Serving Our Country Is No Longer a Way for Immigrant Soldiers to Gain Citizenship

Neal, Larson, and Lewis Demand Answers from Trump Admin. after Medicare Premium Withholding Failure

New Report: Nearly 19,000 Asylum Seekers Await U.S. Entry in Mexican Border Cities

Burgeoning Workloads for Immigration Judges

HUD Moves to Allow Anti-Trans Discrimination in Federally Funded Homeless Shelters

Op-Ed

Fred Wertheimer: Unfit to Serve: The Case Against William Barr

David Cortright: US is already fighting a conflict with Iran – an economic war that is hurting the wrong people

Mary Meg McCarthy: The Dream and Promise Act Provides Hope to Many, but Needlessly Takes it from Others

Robert Reich: Why We Must Legalize Marijuana (VIDEO)

Randall Marshall: Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is a Political Stunt That Will Cost Its Taxpayers

World

Study: Global temperature change attributable to human activity, other external factors

RSF: Terrible blow to what is left of Russian editorial independence

Palestine refugees’ relief chief warns Security Council money to fund Gaza operations will run out in mid-June

Israel: Settlers torch fields in Burin and ‘Asirah al-Qibliyah (VIDEO)

European elections: a beginner’s guide to the vote

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Enviro

Changing rainfall poses dilemma on dams

Chair Grijalva Cheers Environmental Funding Bills as House Appropriators Provide Strong Conservation Support, Oversight of Trump Admin.

Report: Dozens of Polls Showing Overwhelming Public Support for Protections Repealed in the Trump Era

4.4 million people in the U.S. are exposed to pollution from waste incinerators

Trump’s Rapidly Shriveling PFAS Response

More Environment News

Sci-Tech

Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth’s Oceans

NOAA predicts near-normal 2019 Atlantic hurricane season

Study: Antibiotics Proposed for Pesticide Use by Trump EPA Can Facilitate Resistance in Lethal Bacteria

Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth’s Moon

Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris

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Life

EWG: Two-Thirds of Sunscreen Products Offer Inferior Protection or Contain Worrisome Ingredients

Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting

Flying Embers commits to support local fire prevention organizations and First Responders in Ojai as part of Wildfire Awareness Week

AsapScience: Why we’ve evolved to fall for conspiracy theories (VIDEO)

Sir David Attenborough: Climate Change – The Facts (VIDEO)

Cartoons

White nationalism

Trump Kicks McCain Headstone

John McCain

Jacksonville Prayers

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