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Happening Now – July 2018

YubaNet - July 1, 2018, 07:50:49 AM

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Latest Regional

Culvert Replacement Project to Start on Highway 174 – expect delays

Caltrans - July 21, 2018, 09:33:52 AM

Purdon Road nighttime closure at Shady Creek on July 26

Nevada County Public Works - July 20, 2018, 05:22:18 PM

Learning from ‘Little Monsters’ in Sierra Nevada streams

UC Santa Barbara - July 20, 2018, 02:38:50 PM

Contact Nevada County OES for Neighborhood Fire Inspections

Nevada County Office of Emergency Services - July 20, 2018, 02:08:13 PM

Summit Ridge Road closure slated for Aug. 9

Nevada County Public Works - July 20, 2018, 08:53:40 AM

Community Involvement Day at the Nevada County Fair on July 30

Nevada County Fairgrounds - July 20, 2018, 06:57:22 AM

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California

California’s unemployment rate holds at record low 4.2 percent for third consecutive month in June

California Employment Development Department - July 20, 2018, 09:10:32 AM

Three Companies, Including “Crystal Geyser,” Charged with Illegally Transporting Hazardous Waste Containing Arsenic

U.S. Department of Justice - July 20, 2018, 07:26:02 AM

Nunes declares war on his hometown media

YubaNet - July 20, 2018, 07:23:39 AM

Opponents Praise Supreme Court Decision Removing 3 Californias from November Ballot

OneCalifornia - July 18, 2018, 02:42:10 PM

Warriors for Justice Campaign Launches to Protect Families from Deportation

CHIRLA Action Fund - July 16, 2018, 10:13:11 AM

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USA

New Report: Increase in Voter Purges Threatens Ballot Access in November

Brennan Center for Justice - July 20, 2018, 09:07:51 AM

State-Level Individual Mandates Would Reduce Number of Uninsured by Nearly 4 Million in 2019

Commonwealth Fund - July 20, 2018, 09:02:09 AM

Somali Nationals Face Grim Future Without Redesignation of TPS, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Immigrant Legal Resource Center - July 20, 2018, 07:28:26 AM

HHS removes sex discrimination prohibition language from civil rights office website

Sunlight Foundation - July 20, 2018, 07:21:48 AM

Government Uses Separated Children as Leverage to Coerce Parents Into Signing for Deportation

Immigration Impact - July 20, 2018, 07:13:55 AM

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Op-Ed

Taryn Kiekow Heimer: Poll Finds Overwhelming Local Opposition to the Pebble Mine

NRDC - July 20, 2018, 09:05:29 AM

Josh Hoxie: Our Missing $10 Trillion

Josh Hoxie - July 20, 2018, 07:16:16 AM

Robert Reich: 7 Truths About Immigration (VIDEO)

Robert Reich - July 16, 2018, 08:48:17 AM

Angelica Salas: U.S. Has the Gall to Say Efforts to Reunify Families Are in ‘Good Faith’

CHIRLA Action Fund - July 12, 2018, 01:18:28 PM

John Feffer: The Dictator Dating Game

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus - July 12, 2018, 12:59:35 PM

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World

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency

Human Rights Watch - July 20, 2018, 08:20:53 AM

Italian woman reporter defies mafia death threats

Reporters Without Borders - July 20, 2018, 07:27:22 AM

JVP: Israel’s Jewish “Nation State” Laws Confirms It Is an Apartheid State

Jewish Voice for Peace - July 20, 2018, 07:12:30 AM

Closure of Gaza commercial crossing: UN expert calls on Israel to reverse decision

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - July 13, 2018, 10:28:03 AM

RSF to protest US press freedom violations during Trump’s UK visit

Reporters Without Borders - July 12, 2018, 03:07:29 PM

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Enviro

Arctic permafrost set for faster carbon leak

Tim Radford, Climate News Network - July 20, 2018, 07:13:11 AM

GAO: More Than a Third of Schools Tested Have ‘Elevated Levels’ of Lead in Drinking Water

Environmental Working Group - July 18, 2018, 10:40:08 AM

Clueless Oversight Promotes Damaging Livestock Practices

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - July 12, 2018, 12:44:29 PM

Despite Massive Maintenance Backlog, Yellowstone Closes Hiking Destination to Hike Bandwidth

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - July 12, 2018, 11:00:14 AM

As parting “gift,” Pruitt refuses to follow EPA rules limiting super-polluting trucks on U.S. roads

Consumer Federation of America - July 11, 2018, 09:50:09 AM

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Sci-Tech

Scientists fly above wildfires this summer to clarify chemistry of smoke

National Science Foundation - July 20, 2018, 08:29:00 AM

AI Companies, Scientists and Others Sign Pledge Promising Not to Develop Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Future of Life Institute - July 20, 2018, 07:19:09 AM

A safe and effective way to whiten teeth

American Chemical Society - July 18, 2018, 11:38:47 AM

Securing America’s voting systems against spying and meddling

Jeff Inglis - July 16, 2018, 09:41:53 AM

Particulate matter increases drought vulnerability of trees

University of Bonn - July 16, 2018, 09:21:40 AM

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Life

Why stinky cheeses stink (video)

American Chemical Society - July 13, 2018, 10:44:04 AM

Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians

Pew Research Center - July 13, 2018, 10:40:33 AM

Pew Research: Obama Tops Public’s List of Best President in Their Lifetime, Followed by Clinton, Reagan

Pew Research Center - July 11, 2018, 09:49:09 AM

Environment America and U.S. PIRG praise Starbucks’ decision to ditch plastic straws

Environment America - July 9, 2018, 10:30:00 AM

Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health costs globally

World Health Organization - July 5, 2018, 11:02:08 AM

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Cartoons

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

Evolution of the GOP

R.J. Matson - June 18, 2018, 11:38:28 AM

Comey and Syria

Nate Beeler - April 19, 2018, 08:04:25 PM

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