Happening Now – August 2021 Latest Regional News Getting A Leg-Up On Extinction: Why Oakland Zoo Rears Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frogs Mountain thunderstorm chances through Sunday, moderate heat risk today Thursday community updates are back Regional Placer pauses new short-term rental permits in North Lake Tahoe A Long View of Sierra Snow Smoke forecast: Hazy days, clear evenings, smoky nights Nevada County Public Health Recommends Masking Indoors Mountain thunderstorm chances this week, moderate heat risk through Friday Joint air quality advisory extended by Placer County Public Health and Air Pollution Control District 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 10,117 lightning strikes recorded on July 30 State warns organic farmers to stop using W.O.W. Whack Out Weeds! and EcoMight-Pro pesticides Water Supply and Drought Are Now Californians’ Top Environmental Concern Wildfire survivors now covered by new insurance protections In Response to New CDC Guidelines, CDPH Recommends Masking for Public Indoor Settings to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 and the Delta Variant Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. USA House Oversight Committee Obtains Key Evidence of President Trump’s Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH on today’s report on Delta viral loads Why local government matters – especially during a pandemic House-Passed Federal Spending Bill Blocks Expansion of Offshore Drilling Planned Parenthood Action Fund Responds to Republican Elected Officials Asking SCOTUS to Overturn Roe v Wade Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. World Witchcraft killings of people with albinism rose during pandemic – UN expert UNHCR urges states to protect refugees’ rights, not to instrumentalize their plight Water-related hazards dominate disasters in the past 50 years Ahead of Tokyo Olympics, People’s Vaccine Alliance Urges World Leaders to #StopPlayingGames and Vaccinate the World Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Sci-Tech Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’ Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters pseudoscience Improving Air Quality Reduces Dementia Risk, Multiple Studies Suggest Toward one drug to treat all coronaviruses Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Enviro Environmental Impact of Bottled Water Up to 3,500 Times Higher than Tap Water Conservation groups appeal NEPA court ruling; Biden admin defends Trump rule Dams fuel malaria cases in Africa Segmenting the climate change Alarmed: Active, Willing, and Inactive Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Op-Ed Michael Winship: Republicans Believe Lying Will Make It So—And They May Be Right James Zirin: Trump Cheated on His Taxes. What Happens Now? CPJ welcomes jury ruling in US Capital Gazette murders Ethan Magistro: White Evangelicals’ Religion-Based Science Denialism Is Slowing Vaccination Rates Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Life 65+ and Lonely? Don’t Talk to Your Doctor About Another Prescription Nation’s Top 10 Consumer Complaints Your bed isn’t all that dissimilar to a petri dish – a microbiologist explains Consumer Alert: Important Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration EPA Seeks Public Comments on Legal Petition to Cancel Seresto Flea Collars Linked to Deaths of Nearly 1,700 Pets Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Cartoons Fourth of July fireworks Pat Bagley – Filibuster Curious Steve Sack – ANWR Rescue John Darkow – Vaccine incentives Pat Byrnes – Tired of People Load more posts Loading… Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Joint air quality advisory extended by Placer County Public Health and Air Pollution Control District
In Response to New CDC Guidelines, CDPH Recommends Masking for Public Indoor Settings to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 and the Delta Variant
House Oversight Committee Obtains Key Evidence of President Trump’s Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Responds to Republican Elected Officials Asking SCOTUS to Overturn Roe v Wade
Ahead of Tokyo Olympics, People’s Vaccine Alliance Urges World Leaders to #StopPlayingGames and Vaccinate the World
Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University
Consumer Alert: Important Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
EPA Seeks Public Comments on Legal Petition to Cancel Seresto Flea Collars Linked to Deaths of Nearly 1,700 Pets