Happening Now – April 2021 Latest Regional News Construction Resuming on Highway 174 Safety Improvement Project B.1.1.7 Variant of COVID-19 Confirmed in Eastern and Western Nevada County Mountain showers and thunderstorms through today Regional Waste Management Clean-up Day for Nevada City Residents Two Rock Slope Stabilization Projects Starting on Interstate 80 near Floriston Nevada County remains in Red Tier Placer’s COVID-19 infection rate likely triple number of confirmed cases; vaccination offers stronger antibody response than natural infection, study suggests Free Green Waste Disposal and Mulch Opportunities Return to Nevada County in May & June $20 million available for shovel-ready forest and wildfire resilience projects in Sierra Nevada Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. YubaNet is powered by your subscription! One-time $60 $180 $360 Other Donation amount $ Monthly $5 $15 $30 Other Donation amount $ Annually $60 $180 $360 Other Donation amount $ Your contribution is appreciated. Subscribe now! California Excellent Water Skills Help Stop Marine Aquaria Poacher Senate Unveils Budget Proposal to Help California, Working Families ‘Build Back Boldly’ California’s McCloud River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers Landmark $536 million wildfire package accelerating projects to protect high-risk communities signed into law CDPH Issues Statement on Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. USA Former Heads of State and Nobel Laureates Call on President Biden to Waive Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines 66 Global Health and Development Orgs: Biden Must Launch A Global Vaccine Manufacturing Program to End the Pandemic “I’m Just Me!” HRC Releases Powerful New Video Featuring Transgender Field Hockey Player, 14-Year-Old Rebekah Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Latest SCOTUS church ruling signals trouble ahead Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. World Intensifying widespread, systematic slaughter by Myanmar military must be halted – Bachelet Uganda: UN experts extremely concerned at serious rights violations linked to general elections Interim guidance on reducing public health risks associated with the sale of live wild mammals in traditional food markets Iris scanning of refugees is disproportionate and dangerous — What’s happening behind IrisGuard’s closed doors? Myanmar violence ‘must cease immediately’: UN agencies Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Sci-Tech Cascading effects of noise pollution on plants persist over long periods and after noise is removed Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines DDT Exposure in Grandmothers Linked to Obesity, Earlier Periods in Granddaughters NASA Satellites Detect Signs of Volcanic Unrest Years Before Eruptions Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Enviro Ninth Circuit Court Confirms Obama-Era Protections for Arctic, Atlantic Oceans New York State Pension Fund divests from 7 tar sands companies Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore USDA: Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Op-Ed Dean Baker: A Vaccine Summit: Taking the Pandemic Seriously Rebekah Entralgo: Biden’s Job Plan Will Help Seniors Get Care at Home Robert Reich: How Corporations Crush the Working Class (VIDEO) Union of Concerned Scientists: FEMA Releases New Risk Rating 2.0 Information Moving Forward Update of Antiquated Flood Policies Ryan Jayne: Banning transgender athletes is wrong science and bad for women’s sports Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Life How to advance LGBT+ rights? Invest in stocks says tennis legend Martina Navratilova If You Care, Leave Them There: CDFW Urges Public to Leave Deer Fawns Alone U.S. History Scholars Urge School Districts to Teach Reconstruction Era Say Cheese on Mars: Perseverance’s Selfie With Ingenuity CDC Issues Updated Guidance on Travel for Fully Vaccinated People Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Cartoons Dave Whamond – COVID fatigue cure Jeff Koterba – Manchin and the Filibuster Pat Byrnes – Bully & Intimidate John Cole – McConnell and corporations Dave Granlund – Georgia peaches and pits Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Placer’s COVID-19 infection rate likely triple number of confirmed cases; vaccination offers stronger antibody response than natural infection, study suggests
Landmark $536 million wildfire package accelerating projects to protect high-risk communities signed into law
Former Heads of State and Nobel Laureates Call on President Biden to Waive Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines
66 Global Health and Development Orgs: Biden Must Launch A Global Vaccine Manufacturing Program to End the Pandemic
“I’m Just Me!” HRC Releases Powerful New Video Featuring Transgender Field Hockey Player, 14-Year-Old Rebekah
Interim guidance on reducing public health risks associated with the sale of live wild mammals in traditional food markets
Iris scanning of refugees is disproportionate and dangerous — What’s happening behind IrisGuard’s closed doors?
Union of Concerned Scientists: FEMA Releases New Risk Rating 2.0 Information Moving Forward Update of Antiquated Flood Policies