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Happening Now – October 2017

YubaNet - October 1, 2017, 12:01:31 AM

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e-Waste fundraiser to benefit Union Hill School Saturday, Oct. 28

Union Hill School - October 23, 2017, 02:01:44 PM

United Way of Nevada County Disaster Relief Funds Help Feed the Hungry

United Way of Nevada County - October 23, 2017, 11:44:56 AM

Disaster Recovery Center Opening in Yuba County

Cal OES - October 23, 2017, 09:42:04 AM

Video: Oregon Peak Lookout Tower

YubaNet - October 23, 2017, 09:24:53 AM

Tahoe National Forest’s Truckee Ranger District Plans Fall Prescribed Fire Operations

Tahoe National Forest - October 23, 2017, 08:54:37 AM

Seven Northern California Counties Affected by Wildfires to receive D-SNAP

U.S. Department of Agriculture - October 23, 2017, 07:52:26 AM

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California

Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers with Outdoor Workers to Protect Them from Heat Illness as Temperatures Rise Across Southern California

Cal/OSHA - October 23, 2017, 09:57:39 AM

Rep. Schiff and Sen. Feinstein Introduce Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

Rep. Adam Schiff - October 20, 2017, 12:21:40 PM

USDA Offers Opportunities to Help California Producers Rebuild and Recover; Assessments Underway

Natural Resources Conservation Service - October 20, 2017, 11:43:33 AM

California Department of Justice Issues Advisory Reminding Gun Retailers That Bump Stocks Are Illegal

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra - October 20, 2017, 06:51:19 AM

State Health Officer Urges Caution During Wildfire Cleanup

California Department of Public Health - October 19, 2017, 03:49:53 PM

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USA

Civil Rights Groups Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families

Public Citizen - October 23, 2017, 01:49:46 PM

Twenty-seven reform organizations and experts urge Senators to support bipartisan Honest Ads Act

Democracy 21 - October 20, 2017, 11:48:32 AM

A.G. Schneiderman: Federal Government’s Blocking of Teen Detainee’s Abortion Is Unconstitutional

NY Attorney General Schneiderman - October 20, 2017, 11:47:51 AM

Return to Freedom Rips Advisory Board for Urging BLM to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses

Return to Freedom - October 20, 2017, 11:45:42 AM

Co-Managing Federal Lands with Tribes no Walk in the Park

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - October 19, 2017, 10:53:40 AM

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Op-Ed

Todd Gitlin: The News Media’s Challenge in Our Constant State of Emergency

Todd Gitlin - October 20, 2017, 09:52:03 AM

ACLU Comment on Bill to Preserve Birth Control in Insurance Coverage

ACLU - October 19, 2017, 01:25:57 PM

Robert Reich: Why We Must All Fight for the Dream Act (video)

Robert Reich - October 19, 2017, 10:43:53 AM

Robert Reich: Memo to Tillerson about the Moron

Robert Reich - October 6, 2017, 11:23:11 AM

Dan Farber: Politicizing Science

Dan Farber, Legal Planet - October 6, 2017, 06:00:20 AM

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World

Donors pledge over $344 million in response to Rohingya Refugee Crisis

UNHCR - October 23, 2017, 01:51:20 PM

Global total of 263 million children not in school must be tackled, UN expert says

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - October 23, 2017, 08:55:26 AM

Iraq: Fighting in Disputed Territories Kills Civilians

Human Rights Watch - October 20, 2017, 09:31:55 AM

No place for enforced disappearances in 2017, UN experts say

UNHCR - October 20, 2017, 08:18:11 AM

#ExposeYourPig: French women name and shame harassers

Zoe Tabary, Thomson Reuters Foundation - October 20, 2017, 07:21:45 AM

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Enviro

Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

World Resources Institute - October 23, 2017, 03:39:25 PM

Shock decline in flying insects

Tim Radford, Climate News Network - October 20, 2017, 12:42:08 PM

U.S. Ocean Observation Critical to Understanding Climate Change, But Lacks Long-Term National Planning

National Academy of Sciences - October 20, 2017, 08:17:10 AM

Court Upholds Critical Protections for Recommended Wilderness in Northwest Montana and Northern Idaho

Earthjustice - October 19, 2017, 01:54:03 PM

Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming earth

Elsevier - October 16, 2017, 11:53:27 AM

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Sci-Tech

UCI neurobiologists aim to identify biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease

UC Irvine - October 23, 2017, 01:54:12 PM

Take a Walk on Mars — in Your Own Living Room

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) - October 19, 2017, 11:18:33 AM

U.S. Winter Outlook: NOAA forecasters predict cooler, wetter North and warmer, drier South

NOAA - October 19, 2017, 10:45:54 AM

Battling Flames Increases Firefighters’ Exposure to Carcinogens

American Chemical Society - October 19, 2017, 10:43:02 AM

Want to control your dreams? Here’s how you can

University of Adelaide - October 19, 2017, 10:42:21 AM

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Life

CHP Helps New Drivers Start Smart

California Highway Patrol (CHP) - October 20, 2017, 11:49:10 AM

Tech Experts Split on Whether People and Technology Can Conquer Misinformation Online

Pew Research Center - October 19, 2017, 12:07:48 PM

Samsung, Huawei and Amazon failing Greenpeace’s ‘green’ electronics guide

Greenpeace - October 19, 2017, 10:55:04 AM

During crisis, exposure to conflicting information is linked to stress, UCI-led study finds

UC Irvine - October 16, 2017, 01:16:56 PM

Planned Parenthood Encourages Parents to Talk with Their Children About Sex, get involved in Sex Education This Month

Planned Parenthood - October 16, 2017, 11:54:53 AM

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Cartoons

Congress Returns After August Recess

R.J. Matson - September 5, 2017, 11:42:04 AM

Climate Can

Steve Sack - September 5, 2017, 11:40:16 AM

DACA Dreamers and Trump

Dave Granlund - September 5, 2017, 11:38:27 AM

Future Site of Trump Presidential Library

R.J. Matson - June 3, 2017, 01:29:52 PM

Earth Tweet

Bill Day - June 3, 2017, 01:28:00 PM

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