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Ever Dissect A Frog In Grade School? In California, That May Become A Thing Of The Past

February 27, 2019

A group of lawmakers and organizations have created a bill that would make classroom dissections a thing of the past for California K-12 students.

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News Network: Preparing For 'The Big One'

February 26, 2019 | Cody Drabble

The host and producers of KPCC’s earthquake preparedness podcast, “The Big One,” join Insight to discuss what they’ve learned about the how to survive the eventuality of California’s next big tremblor.

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Rainy Winter Means More Water For Central Valley Cities, Farms

February 21, 2019 | Rich Ibarra

This season’s rain will allow the Central Valley Project to allocate more water to farms, cities and other customers.

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White House Ends California Talks On Mileage Standards

February 21, 2019

(AP) — The Trump administration says it has ended talks with California over mileage standards, moving the two closer to a potential court battle.

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Sacramento Might Feel More Like Bakersfield By 2080

February 20, 2019 | Ezra David Romero

In 60 years, the climate in the United States could shift drastically. Now, there's a web tool to see how climate change might impact your city.

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California Lawmakers Toy With Idea Of Replacing Sales Tax With A Carbon Tax

February 19, 2019 | Ezra David Romero

The idea is to place a tax on every item sold in the state based on how much carbon is emitted when it's made. Sen. Ben Allen introduced a study bill on this requiring the California Air Resources Board to report back to the legislature by 2021.

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Cap-And-Trade Funds Sustainable Development

February 19, 2019 | Bert Johnson

Last year, the California Strategic Growth Council awarded the city of Sacramento funding to build a new light rail stop and redevelop the Twin Rivers housing project as a green community using money from the state’s Cap-and-Trade program.

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Winter Storms Push California Snowpack Well Above Normal, Bring Record Snow To Tahoe Resorts

February 18, 2019 | Randol White

Meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said we're currently sitting at 121 percent of average, with above normal snowpack across the Sierra.

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TRUE: ‘More Than A Million Californians’ Don’t Have Clean Drinking Water … It Could Be Higher

February 14, 2019 | Chris Nichols

During his State of the State Address, Newsom called California’s safe drinking water crisis "a moral disgrace and a medical emergency." Is the problem widespread? PolitiFact California decided to fact-check the claim.

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The World’s Largest Rivers Often Float Above California. They Bring Rain, Flooding, And Blizzards.

February 14, 2019 | Ezra David Romero

The storms are what's known as an atmospheric river, sometimes called a Pineapple Express, and can drop inches of rain at low elevations and feet of snow in the Sierra.

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