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Happening Now – November 2019

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Latest Regional

Air quality advisory for Thursday, Nov. 14, through Saturday, Nov. 16 in the greater Tahoe City area

Grant to CHP Supports Driver Safety Class for Seniors

Village at Sugar Bowl certified as a “Firewise Community”

Colla Voce Concerts to Feature Christmas Memories of Audience

Slightly cooler temperatures today, very warm and breezy weekend ahead

Nevada County Book Sale at Rood Center Happening Now until Nov. 27

California

Candace Francis: Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California

Growing need for FAIR Plan leads Insurance Commissioner,to order increased coverage options

50 Organizations Send Letter to Gov. Newsom Calling for PG&E Public Takeover

Another Death in California and Investigation into E-Cigarette and Vaping-Associated Illnesses Continues As Potential Chemical of Concern is Identified

Governor, First Partner & the California Museum announce the California Hall of Fame 13th Class

USA

LIVE: House Impeachment Inquiry Hearing Day 1

The National Security Case for DACA

Federal judge strikes down Trump Administration action allowing release of 3D-printed guns

Immigration Hub FAQ: What is before the Supreme Court in the DACA cases

New Research Estimates Approximately 200 People Survive Gunshot Wounds Every Day in the U.S.

Op-Ed

John Feffer: Did the Fall of the Berlin Wall Produce the Trump Presidency?

Jill Richardson: The EPA’s war on science continues

Negin Owliaei: Time for a billionaire ban

Marco Dorado: I Have DACA. No Matter What the Supreme Court Decides, I’ll Continue to Build American Communities

Robert Reich: Why Billionaires Don’t Really Like Capitalism

World

The Lancet: Climate change already damaging health of world’s children and threatens lifelong impact

Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to ’17 Hiroshimas’

UN calls for urgent action to curb rise in hunger and obesity in Latin America and Caribbean

Financiers and masterminds of al-Assad regime stashing millions of dollars in Moscow property

Time for world leaders to honour 25-year-old promises, renew commitments on women’s rights, say human rights experts

Enviro

Rock-Bottom Federal Grazing Fees Probed

How Giant Kelp May Respond to Climate Change

Ozone hole set to close

Unless warming is slowed, emperor penguins will be marching towards extinction

New Greenpeace report reveals ghost gear contribution to plastic pollution

Sci-Tech

Inoculating against the spread of viral misinformation on Facebook

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries

Last Arctic Ice Refuge Is Disappearing

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Linked to Emergence of Deadly Virus in Marine Mammals

Revealing interior temperature of Antarctic ice sheet

Life

What you don’t know about these cute animals could harm you (VIDEO)

Books: Baby Jails – The Fight to End the Incarceration of Refugee Children in America, by Philip G. Schrag

Vampire folklore has more chemistry than you’d think (VIDEO)

Newport Beach Man Gets Federal Prison Time for Stealing Endangered Ring-Tailed Lemur from Santa Ana Zoo

All for the Benefit of Bats: CDFW Celebrates “Bat Week” in California

Cartoons

White nationalism

Trump Kicks McCain Headstone

John McCain

Jacksonville Prayers

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