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State law requires restaurants to offer healthy beverages by default with kids' meals to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.
Food Blog: Article

New policies can inspire families to provide healthy beverages to children

August 20, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
At fast food and sit-down restaurants across California, kids' meals come with water or milk automatically. At least, that should be the case since state law requires restaurants to offer the healthy beverages by default to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.
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Photo. Lack of pod fill in blackeye bean tips caused by heat, which affects pollen viability and fertilization; water stress can add to this problem, especially during heatwaves. San Joaquin Valley, 2020.
UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Why aren't my blackeye bean pods filling out at the tips?

August 20, 2020
By Rachael Long
Recently, I received a call about a blackeye bean field in the San Joaquin Valley with a lot of bean pods that did not fill out at the tips (photo). I contacted the UC Riverside blackeye bean breeders Drs.
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Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County: Article

Upcoming UCCE Virtual Field Days

August 20, 2020
UC Cooperative Extension will host two field crops virtual field days in the coming month. Please see below and the attached flyers for more information, and please don't hesitate to contact me with questions.
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Livestock & Range: Article

Emergency Preparedness for Livestock Owners

August 20, 2020
By Devii R Rao
Registration is now open for Part 1 of our upcoming National Preparedness Month webinar series. Part 1 focuses on connecting livestock owners to local and statewide leaders in emergency response. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM.
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Inspecting the underside of a leaf on an African violet plant with purple flowers blooming.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Houseplant Pests

August 20, 2020
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes, Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Like outdoor plants, houseplants can also experience pest problems. Did you know that too much or too little watering is the most common way that houseplants die? They can also suffer from too much or too little light, incorrect fertilization, and a variety of pests and diseases.
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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilo rutulus, lands on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifolia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eye on the Tiger

August 19, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So here, you are, a Western Tiger Swallowtail sipping nectar from a Mexican sunflower. You are a Papilo rutulus. And your menu choice? A delicate orange beauty from the sunflower family: a Tithonia rotundifolia. Ah, the sky is blue, the nectar is excellent, and all is RIGHT with the world.
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Dr. Cameron Barrows
UC Environmental Stewards Blog: Article

UC California Naturalist Program Advisory Committee Update

August 19, 2020
By Gregory C Ira
The California Naturalist Program's Program Advisory Committee (PAC) is a volunteer advisory group to the Director designed to provide feedback to the program, guide priorities, assist in evaluation, strengthen collaborations, and support program development efforts.
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Multi-factor authentication roll-out scheduled to begin August 19

August 19, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an important method for securing access to critical online systems and is recommended for improving information security across the entire University of California. The application selected to fulfill this security function is Duo.
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