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Launched in 1999 to put the revolutionary power of the Internet into the hands of our foothill and mountain communities, YubaNet.com delivers daily news to the Sierra, from the Sierra. YubaNet.com posts news and information gathered from all over the Range of Light - north and south, east and west - plus California, national and world news. Our newsroom overlooks the Yuba River just outside historic Nevada City, California, hence our name.

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Report: Women Will Be Hit Hardest by Changes to Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment

Jun 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 24, 2011 - Today the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) released a new report that shows how deficit reduction proposals to change the way cost of living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated in federal benefit programs—such as Soc...

Ed Mierzwinski: Changes gut consumer protections, protect Wall Street

Jun 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 – Statement by Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), opposing the Financial Services Appropriations bill approved in House Financial Services Committee today. To...

Tribe, Fishermen, and Conservationists Join Court Battle Over Water Diversions

Jun 24, 2011

OAKLAND, Calif. June 23, 2011 - Today the Karuk Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, and Klamath Riverkeeper filed a motion to intervene in a Siskiyou County court case challenging the authorit...

Jessica Ennis: USGS Releases Scientific Findings on Impacts of Oil Development in America’s Arctic Ocean

Jun 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 23, 2011 - The U.S. Geological Survey released a study evaluating the gaps in science and knowledge about the impacts of offshore oil and gas development in America’s Arctic Ocean. The following statement is from Jessica Ennis, ...

Marilyn Heiman: Pew Applauds First Step in Developing a Science Plan for U.S. Arctic Ocean

Jun 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 23, 2011 - Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Environment Group's U.S. Arctic Program, issued the following statement in response to today's release of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) "science gap and sufficiency" report: ...

Sara Deon: Jack in the Box’s Move to Remove Toys from Kids’ Meal a Victory for Children’s Health

Jun 24, 2011

June 21, 2011 - This week, the Nation's Restaurant News reported that the country's fifth largest hamburger chain Jack in the Box will be discontinuing toy giveaways at its 2,100 stores nationwide. Not only is this move a sign that McDonald's competit...

CAL FIRE Plans 55 Acre Prescribed Burn under Foresthill Bridge

Jun 24, 2011

AUBURN, June 23, 2011 - On Tuesday, June 28th, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit in cooperation with the US Bureau of Reclamation, California State Parks, Placer County, and the CAL FIRE Vegeta...