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Happening Now – April 2020

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Latest Regional

Wet and cold weather will be returning to NorCal this weekend

New COVID-19 guidance for Placer County

Video Covid-19 Update from Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital President/CEO Dr. Brian Evans – April 2

Volunteer to Stay Home & Save Lives from COVID-19

Nevada County Public Schools Closure extended through the end of the 2019-20 school year

Virtual town hall on volunteering in Nevada County – live video

California

Federal Government Warns of Potential Fraud Scams Surrounding COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments

Know Your Health Care Rights: 6 Tips for CA Consumers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

California has 9,191 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 203 deaths

California Public Health Officials Release Guidance on Use of Cloth Face Coverings

CDPH: California has 8,155 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 171 deaths

USA

Coronavirus Hit Shows Up Strongly in March Data, Loss of 701,000 Jobs

Price gouging on medical equipment risks lives, 90 mayors call for action

Advocates, Experts Demand Congress Provide More Election Assistance Funding Amidst Pandemic

Murray, DeLauro to DOL: Remove Loopholes for Employers from Paid Leave Guidance

Waters Releases Extended Statement for the Record on the CARES Act

Op-Ed

National Security Action:Trump’s Broken Coronavirus Promises

Heidi Shierholz | A portrait of disaster: Unemployment insurance claims jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in 3 weeks

Aaron Miintzes | EPA: COVID is reason not to protect public health from polluters

Morris Pearl: Senate Coronavirus Bill Prioritizes $500 Billion Mnuchin-Trump Slush Fund Over American Lives

Robert Reich: The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It (VIDEO)

World

UN rights expert urges Governments to save lives by lifting all economic sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic

IOM Raises Concern Over Increasing COVID-19 Cases Recorded in Greece Mainland Refugee and Migrant Camp

Coronavirus measures may have already averted up to 120,000 deaths across Europe

Climate-related disasters increase risks of conflict in vulnerable countries

UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries

Enviro

Chair Grijalva Hails Passage of Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act to Block New Uranium Mining

Berkeley Talks: Naomi Klein on eco-facism and the Green New Deal

Fracking chemical may interfere with male sex hormone receptor

Coronavirus Leaves National Parks in Leaderless Limbo

National monuments help more than hurt local economies in US West

Sci-Tech

Major New Study Charts Course to Net Zero Industrial Emissions

COVID-19 contact tracing apps: 8 privacy questions governments should ask

NASA, University of Nebraska Release New Global Groundwater Maps and U.S. Drought Forecasts

China’s control measures may have prevented 700,000 COVID-19 cases

Belief in the existence of conspiracies goes hand-in-hand with the assumption that political violence is an acceptable option

Life

Coronavirus crisis increases need to help victims of domestic violence and their pets

Golden age of Hollywood was not so golden for women

CDC: Severe Illness Associated with Using Non-Pharmaceutical Chloroquine Phosphate to Prevent and Treat Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Reaching out to isolated older adults is essential during coronavirus – here are 7 specific things you can do, just for starters

As stay-at-home orders increase, so do feelings of loneliness and depression

Cartoons

Patrick Chappatte – It’s not a joke!

John Cole – Trump not chastened

Adam Zyglis – Secretary Pompous

John Cole – Trump and water quality regulations

Dave Granlund – Space Force logo design

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