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Winter storm alert

January 3, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
California is expecting another major storm beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 4, through Jan. 5. This storm is expected to bring rain statewide, with the highest rainfall totals and potential local flooding in Northern California.
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A gloved hand holds a male monarch found cold and still in the middle of a residential street in west Vacaville on Jan. 3, 2022. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

First Monarch of the Year and First Summit of the Year

January 3, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So there it was...a monarch lying on its side, one wing down and one wing up, in the middle of a residential neighborhood in west Vacaville, California, on a 42-degree morning on Tuesday, Jan. 3. It looked newly emerged but it wasn't moving. In fact, it looked quite dead.
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What's this Wet Stuff?!

January 3, 2023
By Daniel K Macon
After several multi-year droughts over the last decade, I find myself puzzled by the moisture that's been falling from the sky here in Auburn this winter! I find myself even more puzzled by the saturated state of our foothill soils! Over the last several weeks, as I've driven Highway 49 between Aubu...
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LastPass security breach announced

January 3, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
On Dec. 22, LastPass announced that late in 2022, a hacker was able to obtain customer information (company names, end-user names, billing addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers and IP addresses) and full, encrypted vaults for many or all of its customers.
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Master Gardeners at the Wreath Workshop. photo by Lesli Ebeltoft
Under the Solano Sun: Article

'Tis the Season Miku

January 3, 2023
Wreath Workshop Took Place Many Volunteers and Much Success Enjoyed by All Attendees...
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This is the tick buried in the skin of Winters' resident Joe Nazarius. It's black-legged nymph tick, Ixodes pacificus, as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology. (Photo by Debra LoGuercio DeAngelo)
Bug Squad: Article

It Started Out as a Quiet, End-of-the-Year Hike Near Lake Berryessa...

January 2, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a good day for a hike. So Joe Nazarius of Winters embarked on a Dec. 30th hike in the Knoxville Road area, west of Lake Berryessa, when the unexpected happened. "What is this bug buried in Joe's skin?" That's what his wife, Debra LoGuercio DeAngelo, messaged me. She attached a photo.
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Bee Balm Marian Sampson
Spill the Beans: Article

Building a Pollinator Garden

January 2, 2023
by Susan Duquette The recently installed Pollinator Garden is one of three new areas at the Las Flores Learning Garden, a partnership between UC Master Gardeners of Napa County and the City of Napa.
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