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Happening Now – January 2019

YubaNet - January 1, 2019, 12:00:16 AM

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February CalFresh Benefits will be Issued Early due to Federal Government Shutdown

Nevada County Health and Human Services Agency - January 21, 2019, 06:48:11 AM

Special Election for District 1 State Senate

Nevada County Executive Office - January 21, 2019, 06:47:29 AM

“Love Walk 2: A Festival” celebrates community on MLK Day

Creating Communities Beyond Bias - January 20, 2019, 10:40:33 AM

Caltrans Sierra Roadwork Schedule Sunday through Saturday, January 20, 2019 – January 26, 2019

Caltrans - January 20, 2019, 10:17:11 AM

Light precipitation today, hazardous mountain travel Sunday

National Weather Service Sacramento CA - January 19, 2019, 10:31:04 AM

How to Watch the Only Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019 this Sunday night, Plus a Supermoon

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) - January 18, 2019, 10:24:48 AM

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California

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Environmental Defense Fund - January 18, 2019, 05:31:19 PM

Quakes a reminder of the reach of partial government shutdown

UC Berkeley - January 18, 2019, 04:57:41 PM

Governor Newsom Announces Office of the First Partner

Office of the Governor - January 18, 2019, 04:10:15 PM

PCFFA Leads Suit Against CA Dept. of Water Resources to Protect Delta Flows

PCFFA - January 17, 2019, 03:45:09 PM

Western Monarch Call to Action, a 5-point rapid-response action plan to rescue the monarch butterfly

Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation - January 17, 2019, 10:31:22 AM

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USA

Pelosi Remarks on Afghanistan Congressional Delegation at Media Availability in U.S. Capitol

Speaker Nancy Pelosi - January 18, 2019, 04:34:46 PM

Smith Decries President Trump’s Attack on Congressional Oversight of Military Issues

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith - January 18, 2019, 04:31:17 PM

Senator Merkley to Open Perjury Investigation into DHS Secretary Nielsen

Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkely - January 18, 2019, 04:21:16 PM

Pentagon Report on Vulnerable Bases Incomplete

Environmental and Energy Study Institute - January 18, 2019, 04:14:08 PM

n Bombshell NBC News Story, Merkley Reveals Secret Trump Administration Plan to Create Border Crisis

Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkely - January 18, 2019, 07:24:15 AM

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Op-Ed

Patrick Toomey: The Justice Department Shouldn’t Be Snooping on Journalists

ACLU - January 18, 2019, 04:37:30 PM

Senator Kamala D. Harris: William Barr is not right person to hold the vital position of U.S. Attorney General at this critical time

Office of Sen. Kamala D. Harris - January 17, 2019, 03:48:44 PM

Rep. Dina Titus: Statement on Trump Profiting from His Presidency

Congresswoman Dina Titus - January 17, 2019, 02:25:33 PM

Chuck Collins: The Government Shutdown Expands the Ranks of ‘Underwater Nation’

Chuck Collins, OtherWords - January 16, 2019, 09:49:25 AM

Robert Reich: The Trump Dictatorship

Robert Reich - January 16, 2019, 09:46:51 AM

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World

World Report 2019: Reversing Autocrats’ Attacks on Rights

Human Rights Watch - January 17, 2019, 03:37:05 PM

Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians in 2018; most were victims of a reckless open-fire policy

B'Tselem - January 17, 2019, 10:13:50 AM

UN Human Rights Office says credible reports suggest at least 890 killed in western DRC violence in mid-December

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - January 16, 2019, 11:24:55 AM

Guatemala: UN anti-corruption body will continue working, as Constitutional Court blocks Government expulsion

UN News - January 11, 2019, 07:42:35 AM

Syria: Deadly School Attack Was Unlawful

Human Rights Watch - January 11, 2019, 07:18:16 AM

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Enviro

New Study: “Administration’s Clean Energy Plan May Lead to More Air Pollution, Carbon Emissions”

Resources for the Future - January 15, 2019, 09:46:12 AM

In Stunning Reversal, EPA Stops Plan to Let Minors Handle Dangerous Pesticides

Environmental Working Group - January 11, 2019, 07:28:18 AM

Trump Aims to Make Former Coal Lobbyist Wheeler Permanent EPA Chief

Center for Biological Diversity - January 9, 2019, 02:45:12 PM

Lawsuit Launched Against EPA for Failing to Protect More Than a Million People in UT and AZ From Particulate Pollution

Center for Biological Diversity - January 3, 2019, 09:28:02 AM

NHTSA Inaction on Motor Vehicle Carbon Monoxide Draws a Lawsuit

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - January 3, 2019, 09:25:20 AM

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Sci-Tech

HPV vaccination rates remain critically low among younger adolescents in the US

Infectious Disease Society of America - January 17, 2019, 03:47:01 PM

Fraction of U.S. outpatient treatment centers offer medication for opioid addiction

Johns Hopkins University - January 15, 2019, 09:44:47 AM

How does the freeze-thaw cycle impact soil?

Soil Science Society of America - January 15, 2019, 09:36:43 AM

Team of telescopes finds X-ray engine inside mysterious supernova

European Space Agency - January 11, 2019, 06:46:53 AM

Oxford: A century and a half of reconstructed ocean warming offers clues for the future

Oxford University - January 8, 2019, 04:42:19 PM

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Life

Ford Expedition’s Outsized Pollution Rivals a Tyrannosaurus Rex

Public Citizen - January 17, 2019, 10:11:47 AM

Home Buyers and Sellers Are Confused and Harmed by Complex, Poorly Enforced State Laws on Real Estate Agent Disclosures

Consumer Federation of America - January 14, 2019, 02:40:47 PM

How compostable plastic works (video)

American Chemical Society - January 11, 2019, 08:18:47 AM

Public Citizen Urges FDA to Ban Common, Deadly Gout Medication

Public Citizen - January 11, 2019, 07:19:30 AM

Feral Cats Relocated from Jones Beach State Park

American Bird Conservancy - January 8, 2019, 10:14:53 AM

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Cartoons

John McCain

Bill Day - August 27, 2018, 12:22:19 PM

Jacksonville Prayers

Bill Day - August 27, 2018, 12:20:54 PM

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

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