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This week, your host, the wonderful Ann Liu will chat with two leaders of education at the Sea and Sage Audubon Society. Trude Hurd is the Project Director of Education and Carolyn Noble is the Education Chair and Board Member.

During periods of "extreme fire conditions," PG&E will shut off electric power lines to prevent wildfires, reported Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee. The reporter spoke to Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UC Cooperative Extension area fire advisor in Northern California, about the utility's proposed actions.

Tree-of heaven is an invasive weed. A tree of heaven it is not! It was initially valued as an urban street tree and was widely planted in the United States particularly around the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. Tree-of heaven can reach heights of 80 feet and grow to 3 feet in diameter.

UCCE joined Woodlake's 3rd MyPlate 3K Color Run to promote healthy eating and physical activity! This event had over 200 participants including parents! UCCE CalFresh educated the participants to rethink their drink and consume more water.

Easter often brings to mind colorful eggs hiding in the landscape for children to find. At UC IPM, we thought you'd want to know about eggs already hiding in your yard: insect and spider eggs! Many insects and spiders have strangely shaped and colorful eggs that you may have never noticed.

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Reposted from the UCANR News Shoes with rubber soles, western cottontail rabbits, birds, avocados, oranges, peaches, candy wrappers and fast-food cartons were among the contents that UC Cooperative Extension human-wildlife interactions advisor Niamh Quinn has found inside the stomachs of urban coyot...

Here's a look at the Hispanic population in the United States. Facts: The Census Bureau describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

Date growers in the California deserts have many insects to worry about such as carob moth, hibiscus mealybug, and giant palm borer. Now the industry is under threat from another potential pest, the highly damaging and invasive South American palm weevil (SAPW) (Rhynchophorus palmarum).

First harvest is always an exciting time when gardening, but this first harvest proved to be extra special for a group of women and their children at Fresno Rescue Mission's Rescue the Children residential treatment program.