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An educator demonstrations food portions for preschoolers using MyPlate

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CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE reaches every Head Start student in Calaveras County

March 24, 2025

By Michael Hsu

In addition to delivering nutrition lessons for the 113 preschoolers at eight Head Start sites across Calaveras County, the CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE team incorporates physical education activities, as well as useful newsletters and virtual meetings for family members.

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Kids gather around a table covered in cardboard parts and connectors.

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North Bay Science Discovery Day inspires future innovators

March 12, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice, Ricardo A Vela

Imagine holding science right in your hands – launching rockets toward the sky, building robots, operating on a “patient” or holding a colorful lizard. For thousands of Northern California families, this isn't just imagination, these are just some of the activities they did at the North Bay Science…

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Hand turns on a tap with water splashing out of a glass

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Survey: Water system consolidations improve water quality, infrastructure

February 28, 2025

By Michael Hsu

Kristin Dobbin, a UCCE specialist, is studying the consolidation of water systems, which can entail creating physical connections (such as pipelines) between water systems or administrative mergers that leave the physical infrastructure unchanged. Water system consolidation has become a top solution in…

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A collared coyote overlooks the lights of Los Angeles at night

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What influences movement of coyotes through Los Angeles?

February 25, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice, Mathew Burciaga

To help keep families and neighborhoods safer, Christine Wilkinson, a researcher at UC Santa Cruz and the California Academy of Sciences; Niamh Quinn, UC Cooperative Extension human-wildlife interactions advisor; and other University of California scientists embarked on a study to understand how coyotes move…

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Students from Fullerton Joint Union High School, including Andres Martinez (right), snack on lettuce grown in hydroponics at the South Coast REC. Photo by Saoimanu Sope.

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South Coast REC program educates, trains future ag workforce

November 18, 2024

By Saoimanu Sope

Renowned for pioneering research that leads to exciting new crop varieties like the Luna avocado, the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center (REC) in Irvine is also an important hub for agricultural education.

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