Nearly 100 UC Merced faculty, along with others from California universities, have signed an open letter calling on President Donald Trump and his administration to stay committed to reducing greenhouse … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Davis joins effort to save climate change data out of fear Trump could purge info
UC Davis is joining a nationwide movement to backup scientific data about climate change and the environment produced by public funds. The #DataRescueDavis event is part of the nationwide DataRefuge … Click to Continue »
Read More »Protesters rally at Nunes’ Clovis office to criticize his support of Trump refugee orders
U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes’ support of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration sparked a protest Wednesday in front of Nunes’ office in Old Town Clovis. The crowd of about … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos man, daughter may be returning home after judge’s ruling on Trump travel ban
An immigration lawyer said there was good news Wednesday morning for a Yemen-born Los Banos man who effectively has been stuck overseas with his 12-year-old daughter due to the travel … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump ban on immigrants bars people with ties to central San Joaquin Valley
Hifa Habbaba, 67, left Fresno in November to visit her husband in their native Syria. Now Habbaba, a legal United States resident, worries she won’t be allowed back to the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos man stranded in Africa with daughter joins lawsuit against Trump
Ahmed Ali, the Yemen-born Los Banos man stuck in east African with his 12-year-old daughter, joined a class action lawsuit late Friday seeking to overturn the portion of President Donald … Click to Continue »
Read More »Costa vows to fight Trump order trapping Los Banos man, child overseas
U.S. Rep. Jim Costa on Monday pledged to help a Los Banos man and his 12-year-old daughter return home to Merced County “as soon as possible and safely” and also … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘People are afraid’: Merced residents rush to get citizenship ahead of Trump policies
More than a hundred people huddle in the cramped waiting room of Central California Legal Services in Merced hoping on Saturday to get a few steps closer to citizenship, spurred … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County residents ‘optimistic’ about President Trump
Several Merced County residents journeyed to the nation’s capital Friday to see President Donald Trump formally take office, including the Merced County Sheriff’s Posse, headed by Sheriff Vern Warnke. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump administration may ignore climate change, but warming world cannot
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Jan. 19: Unsurprisingly, 2016 was the hottest year on record – the third straight year in which worldwide temperatures … Click to Continue »
Read More »Should tax dollars pay to send Merced County Sheriff’s Posse to Trump parade?
While hundreds of people dined inside the Elks Lodge in Merced to raise money for the Merced County Sheriff’s Posse’s trip to the presidential inauguration later this month, protesters braved … Click to Continue »
Read More »In Trump era, scientist makes speaking out his duty
In the two decades since Ben Santer helped write an international report linking global warming and human activity, he’s been criticized by politicians, accused of falsifying his data and rewarded … Click to Continue »
Read More »Florida scientists call for climate meeting with Trump
Florida scientists who called out Gov. Rick Scott two years ago for doubting climate change now hope to meet with President-elect Donald Trump while he’s in the state celebrating the … Click to Continue »
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