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Happening Now – January 2019

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

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A week of dry weather ahead

National Weather Service Sacramento CA - January 21, 2019, 07:31:31 AM

Preparing for Wildfire Season in Nevada County – Week 7: Burn piles

YubaNet - January 21, 2019, 07:00:39 AM

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

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California

Governor Newsom Statement on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Office of the Governor - January 21, 2019, 09:01:18 PM

CDFW Investigating Die-Off of Desert Bighorn Sheep

California Department of Fish and Wildlife - January 21, 2019, 08:19:51 AM

Kamala Harris: I Am Running for President of the United States

Kamala Harris - January 21, 2019, 08:06:10 AM

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

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USA

Pelosi Statement on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Speaker Nancy Pelosi - January 21, 2019, 08:05:04 PM

Trump Using the Lives of Immigrant Youth As Bargaining Chips

United We Dream - January 21, 2019, 04:58:29 PM

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

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Op-Ed

Frank Sharry: Trump tries to trade a million immigrants he took hostage early in his presidency for the release of 800,000 federal workers

Frank Sharry, America's Voice - January 21, 2019, 05:10:51 PM

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

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World

American missionary investigated over ‘entering land of uncontacted tribe’

Survival International - January 21, 2019, 09:00:05 PM

Last year, billionaires saw their wealth grow by $2.5 billion a day while the poorest saw their wealth fall

Oxfam - January 21, 2019, 08:29:16 PM

Investigators’ Study of Canadian/Swedish Mining Project in Ecuador Yields Disturbing Results

MiningWatch Canada - January 21, 2019, 08:03:30 PM

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

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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

Greenland ice melting four times faster than in 2003, study finds

Ohio State University - January 21, 2019, 07:57:32 PM

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

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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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