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4-H Outreach Summer Programs

August 24, 2018
4-H Outreach Summer Program Summer of 2018 With school out for the summer, many families struggle to find affordable educational youth programs. 4-H aimed to provide families with free and low cost programs over summer.
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Sonoma County 4-H

August 24, 2018
County Portrait: There are over 92,000 youth in Sonoma County, with 37% identifying as Latino, 44% eligible for free and reduced-price meals, and 22% classified as English learners.
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August 2018 News Clips 8/1-8/15

August 16, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC: Tariffs could cost fruit, nut industries over $3 billion (Farm Press) Aug. 15 A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center estimates the higher tariffs could cost major U.S. fruit and nut industries $2.
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CA 4-H Juntos, una jornada intensa a un futuro prometedor

August 10, 2018
By Miguel Sanchez
Cesar Andrs Gonzlez, 15 aos de edad naci en los Estados Unidos, pero conoce ms Michoacn que su pas de nacimiento. El hijo de padres campesinos migrantes, deportados creci cuidado por unos tos en la sierra michoacana, donde sus padres desaparecieron, dejndolo con una huella profunda.
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New faces, new places

August 5, 2018
Reality has set in that I need to spend more days at a desk in front of a screen or on the phone. Ughhh. As a result, I spent the weekend trying to catch up; I've long since decided there's no point in thinking I can get ahead.
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A tattered, torn and tired monarch nectars on a salvia in the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Tattered, Torn and Tired Monarch

August 1, 2018
First monarch butterfly sighting of the year. A tattered and torn monarch--a male (as identified by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis) fluttered into the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone last Sunday and landed on a salvia.
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July 2018 News Clips

August 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse' (TIME) Jennifer Calfas, July 31 Rising temperatures aren't the only reason fires have grown in size and aggression, though scientists are quick not to place blame entirely on climate change.
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