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Happening Now – February 2020

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Latest Regional

BriarPatch presents WASTED! on Feb. 27

Living With Wildlife

79-year old Nevada City man in custody on domestic violence and torture charges

Breezy today and Tuesday, persistent warming trend all week long

Suffragist Ellen Clark Sargent plaque approved for Calanan Park in Nevada City

Caltrans Sierra Roadwork Schedule Sunday through Saturday, Feb. 23, 2020 – Feb. 29, 2020

California

NRCS Offers California Producers Assistance to Improve Air Quality

FPPC unveils new way for public to view cases and complaints

LAO: The 2020-21 Budget Report: The Governor’s Wildfire-Related Proposals

Gov. Newsom Highlights State-Owned Properties Available for Emergency Homeless Housing

California Bills Would Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foam

USA

Future Climate Change Presents High-to-Catastrophic Security Threat, Warn U.S. National Security, Military, Intelligence Experts

D.A. Vance Announces Trial Conviction of Harvey Weinstein (VIDEO)

Trump White House goes 300+ days without a press briefing – why that’s unprecedented

Federal Lab Biosafety Whistleblower Targeted

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination in the Child Welfare System

Op-Ed

National Security Action: An Open Door for Moscow

Max Richtman: It’s Time for Millionaires to Contribute Their Fair Share to Social Security

Matthew Gardner: White House Advisors’ Push for Corporate ‘Minimum Tax’ Will Not Fix the Tax Law

Steve Hochstadt: Trump the Great and Powerful

Robert Reich: Why Trump Justice is an Oxymoron

World

IPCC opens meeting in Paris to consider 2022 climate change report outline

Doctor, parents face trial in Egypt for girl’s death after genital mutilation

Modi-Trump Meeting Highlights Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Both Government’s Policies

IOM Launches Guidance to Improve Protection and Assistance for Migrants Vulnerable to Violence, Exploitation

Turkey: Prominent Civic Leader Rearrested After Acquittal

Enviro

Trump Administration Announces New Plans to Slash Sage Grouse Protections in Seven Western States

U.S. companies use misleading “recyclable” labels on hundreds of plastic products

EPA Lead Plan Won’t Prevent Future Flints

Runways Underwater: Maps Show Where Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports Around the World

Unist’ot’en Matriarchs Arrested as RCMP Continues,TC Energy’s Illegal Invasion on Wet’suwet’en Land

Sci-Tech

Threatened birds and mammals have irreplaceable roles in the natural world

1 billion-year-old green seaweed fossils identified, relative of modern land plants

Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn

Road salt harmful to native amphibians, new research shows

Scientists predict the Solar System’s asteroid belt will be pulverized by the Sun’s light in 6 billion years

Life

Celebrating the Life and Career of Katherine Johnson

The ‘purrfect’ music for calming cats

On Congress’s orders, USDA begins restoring inspection reports for puppy mills, roadside zoos and other facilities

A decade of Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) recall analysis: Over 100 recalls in 10 years

Consumer Reports: How to Use a Fire Extinguisher (VIDEO)

Cartoons

John Cole – Trump not chastened

Adam Zyglis – Secretary Pompous

John Cole – Trump and water quality regulations

Dave Granlund – Space Force logo design

Dave Whamond – Trump has all the evidence

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