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On Tuesday October 1st, 4-H Member Belle, Tuolumne County 4-H Ambassador, and Rosemary Giannini, 4-H Community Education Specialist, made a presentation to the Tuolumne Board of Supervisors requesting October 5-12 be proclaimed 4-H Week in Tuolumne County.

Dear Colleagues, CAL FIRE has announced the 2019 Call for Applications for the Fire Prevention Program. California's 2019-20 budget allocates up to $46.7 million to CAL FIRE's Fire Prevention Program.

CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California collaborated with Children's Storybook Garden & Museum in Kings County to engage twenty-two 4th-grade classes from Hanford Elementary School District in fun, educational, and interactive activities about day-to-day life during the 1800s.

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Ideas for gardening with kids.

2019 Date Palm Field Day November 21, 2019 8:30 - 2:15 PM Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station 86501 72nd Ave, Thermal, CA 92274 Fee: $25, lunch included Agenda 8:00am Registration for CE units, coffee, pastries 8:30am- Welcome- Sonia Rios, UCCE Riverside 8:45am- Tom Perring, UC Riverside...

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Gardener's Request: We just moved into a 30-year-old house in the East Bay hills, and we expect to stay here a long time. We have numerous oaks and Bay trees on the property.

A new species of gigantic tumbleweed once predicted to go extinct is not only here to stay -- it's likely to expand its territory. The species, Salsola ryanii, is significantly larger than either of its parent plants, which can grow up to 6 feet tall.

It's a go. A Davis-based company founded by UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock has received the green light to begin Phase 1 clinical trials to test a non-narcotic drug candidate developed in the Hammock lab to alleviate chronic pain.