Index of Articles

Agencies and Institutions

• CA High Speed Rail Authority Finds a Route (CA February 2008)
  California Youth Authority Makes Changes (CA April 2004)
  Census Bureau Counts Heads (USA January 2000)
  CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
  The Citadel Accepts Women (USA February 1997)
  College Presidents Look at Alcohol Abuse (USA September 2008)
  Doctors Without Borders (World December 2004)
  The EU Expands Eastward (World May 2004)
  EU Recommends Lower Emissions from Cars (World October 2008)
  FEMA’s Preparations for Hurricane Katrina (USA 2005)
  Getty Museum Looks for Art’s Rightful Owner (CA February 2007)
  Griffith Park Observatory Reopens (CA November 2006)
  Immigration & Naturalization Service Handles Elián Gonzales (USA Feb. 2000)
  Library of Congress Celebrates an Anniversary (USA May 1997)
  Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Celebrates 25 Years (CA October 2009)
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Displays a White Shark (CA October 2004)
  National Parks Increase Fees (USA January 1997)
  National Transportation Safety Board (USA October 2001)
  NCAA Seeks Nickname Changes (USA January 2006)
  Overcrowding in CA’s Prisons (CA March 2007)
  Project Open Hand Feeds the Sick (CA November 2005)
  Red Cross Helps Families of Missing Persons (World November 2008)
  Supreme Court Has Rare Vacancies (USA November 2005)
  University of California System Adds a Campus (CA September 2005)
  U.S. Forest Service Fights Fires in West (USA September 2000)
  U.S. Mint’s Commemorative Quarters (USA February 1999)
  U.S. Postal Service Raises Prices (USA January 1995)
  U.S. Treasury Department Prints a New $100 Bill (USA April 1996)
  World Health Institution (World June 2003)

 

American History

• 50th Anniversary of Hawaii’s Statehood (USA June 2009)
  50th Anniversary of Integration at Little Rock’s Central HS (USA October 2007)
  75th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
  100th Anniversary of Duke Ellington’s Birth (USA March 1999)
  100th Anniversary of Wright Brothers’ Flight (USA December 2003)
  Angel Island Restores Immigration Station (CA March 2009)
  Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March 1997)
  Ben Franklin Turns 300 (USA December 2005)
  Election Guarantees Historic Result (USA October 2008)
  Films Lead to Investigation of Emmett Till’s Death (USA June 2004)
  Inauguration Attracts Record Crowds (USA January 2009)
  Jamestown Gets a Closer Look on 400th Anniversary (USA June 2007)
  Lewis and Clark Anniversary (USA February 2003)
  Library of Congress (USA May 1997)
  Ford Motor Company Turns 100 Years Old (USA June 2003)
  Peace Corps Celebrates 40 Years (USA September 2001)
• Route 66 Reaches the Santa Monica Pier (CA December 2009)
  San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
  Smithsonian Commemorates 50th Anniversary of WWII (USA Feb. 1995)
  U.S. Mint’s Commemorative Quarters (USA February 1999)
  Watsonville Re-enacts Internment of Japanese-Americans (CA April 2002)
  West Point Turns 200 (USA April 2002)

 

Ancient Life

• Archaeologists Find 4,000-year-old Noodles (World November 2005)
  CT Scans of Mummies (CA September 2009)
  Excavations Show Life at Stonehenge (World March 2007)
  

 

Animals

• Bees
  • Honeybee Colonies Collapse (USA April 2007)
• Birds
  • Avian Flu (World April 2005)
  • Bald Eagles Hatch on Catalina Island (CA May 2007)
  • Skyscrapers Turn Off Lights During Migrations (USA March 2006)
• Bison
  • Bison Hunting in Yellowstone (USA January 2005)
• Butterflies
  • Monarch Migrations to Mexico (World December 2005)
• Condor
  • Chick Hatches in Wild (CA May 2002)
• Dinosaur
  • Fossils Reveal a New Dinosaur (USA June 2005)
• Elephant
  • African Countries Allowed to Sell Ivory (World December 2002)
• Elephant Seals
  • It’s Breeding Time at Año Nuevo State Reserve (CA January 2004)
• Fish
  • Lake Davis Fights to Save Trout (CA November 2007)
  • Salmon Fishing Season Remains Closed (CA May 2009)
• Horse
  • Oakland’s PD Decides on Mounted Units (CA February 2005)
• Otter
  • California’s Coast Opens to Otters (CA September 2001)
• Polar Bear
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Assesses Alaska’s Polar Bears (USA January 2007)
• Shark
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Displays a White Shark (CA October 2004)
• Whales
  • Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
  • Outlook Improves for Right Whales (World April 2009)
• Wolf
  • Grey Wolf Returns to CA (CA May 2001)
• Zoo
  • San Francisco Zoo’s ZooFest for Kids (CA June 2003)

 

Art and Architecture

• Ancient Obelisk Returns to Ethiopia (World May 2005)
  Bells Again Line CA’s El Camino Real (CA December 2004)
  Coastguard Gives Away Lighthouses (CA February 2003)
  Getty Museum Looks for Art’s Rightful Owner (CA February 2007)
  Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens (World October 2001)
  Michelangelo’s David Gets Cleaned Up (World September 2004)
  New Alexandria Library Opens (World May 2002)
  Redding Opens the Sundial Bridge (CA September 2004)
  Sacramento’s Tower Bridge Wears New Coat (CA March 2003)
  San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers Reopens (CA September 2003)
  Washington Monument’s Renovation (USA June 2000)
  WWII Memorial Opens in Washington, D.C (USA May 2004)

 

Automobiles

• See Transportation

 

Awards

• Academy Awards (USA March 1998)
• GRAMMY Turns Fifty (USA February 2008)
• LA Times Festival of Books (CA April 2005)
• Millennium Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
• Nobel Prizes
  • 100th Anniversary of Nobel Prize (World December 2001)
  • Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
  • Banker Wins Peace Prize for Micro-credit (World November 2006)
  • President Obama Wins Peace Prize (USA November 2009)
• San Jose State’s Statue of John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)

 

Business and Trade

• Australian Town Bans Bottled Water (World September 2009)
  
• “Bank on California” Offers Bank Accounts to Residents (CA February 2009)
• Banker Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Micro-Credit (World November 2006)
  Barbie Turns 50 (USA March 2009)
  Baseball Player’s Strike (USA October 1994)
  CA’s Minimum Wage Goes Up (CA January 2008)
  Car Buyers Get Legal Protection (CA June 2006)
• “Cash for Clunkers” (USA September 2009)
  Chocolate Industry’s Slave Labor (World May 2006)
  Court Blocks CA Video Game Law (CA January 2006)
  Credit Cards (USA December 1997)
  Debt Relief and the “Make Poverty History” Program (World September 2005)
  Drilling for Oil off California’s Coast (CA September 2008)
  Dry Cleaners Go Green (CA May 2008)
  Farmworkers’ Visa Program (CA March 2008)
  Grain Crisis Hits 37 Countries (World May 2008)
  India Gets an Affordable New Car (World June 2009)
  Los Angeles Fights the Spread of Billboards (CA December 2008)
  Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
  Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
  Naples Sends Its Garbage Northward (World September 2008)
  Napster (USA March 2001)
  Newspapers Face Tough Times (USA April 2009)
  Nike’s Factories (USA June1998)
  Panama Expands Its Canal (World December 2006)
  Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
  Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
  Sao Paolo Bans Public Advertising (World May 2007)

 

Cities

• Alexandria
  • New Library Opens (World May 2002)
• Atlanta
  • Atlanta’s Summer Games (USA June 1996
• Beijing
  • The Olympics Go to China (World June 2008)
  Berkeley
  • City Helps Residents Go Solar (CA October 2008)
  • Berkeley’s New Skatepark (CA October 2000)
• Boston
  • Subway Turns 100 (USA November 1997)
• Chicago
  • Skyscrapers Turn Off Lights During Migrations (USA March 2006)
• Cleveland
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA October 1995)
• Denver
  • Denver’s New Airport (USA March 1995)
• Fresno
  • Superfund Site Becomes New Sports Park (CA June 2002)
• Little Rock
  • 50th Anniversary of Integration at Central HS (USA October 2007)
• Long Beach
  • Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
• Los Angeles
  • Getty Museum Looks for Art’s Rightful Owner (CA February 2007)
    Griffith Park Observatory Reopens (CA November 2006)
    LA Times Festival of Books (CA April 2005)
    Los Angeles Fights the Spread of Billboards (CA December 2008)
    Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
    New Metro Gold Line (CA May 2003)
    Northridge Earthquake (USA January 1994)
    Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
    Schools Eliminate Indian Mascots (USA October 1997)
• Merced
  • University of California System Adds a Campus (CA September 2005)
• Miami
  • High Schools Test for Drugs (January 1998)
• Monterey
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Celebrates 25 Years (CA October 2009)
  • The Jazz Festival Celebrates 50 Years (CA September 2007)
• New Orleans
  • FEMA’s Preparations for Hurricane Katrina (USA 2005)
• New York City
  • Noise Pollution (USA December 2002)
    “Opportunity NYC” Anti-poverty Program (USA September 2007)
    Skyscrapers Turn Off Lights During Migrations (USA March 2006)
• Oakland
  • Oakland’s PD Decides on Mounted Units (CA February 2005)
• Oklahoma City
  • Oklahoma City Bombing (USA May 1995)
• Philadelphia
  • “10,000 Men” Program Fights Murder Rate (USA November 2007)
• Pisa
  • Leaning Tower Reopens (World October 2001)
• Portland
  • Car Sharing (USA April 2000)
• Redding
  • Redding Opens the Sundial Bridge (CA September 2004)
• Sacramento
  • Tower Bridge Wears New Coat (CA March 2003)
• Salt Lake City
  • Olympic Winter Games (USA January 2002)
• San Francisco
  • 100th Anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake (CA April 2006)
    Chinatown Celebrates a Grand Opening (CA December 2001)
    Conservatory of Flowers Reopens (CA September 2003)
    Dept. of Environment Rents Christmas Trees (CA December 2006)
    Giants’ New Stadium (CA April 2000)
    Project Open Hand Feeds the Sick (CA November 2005)
    SFO’s New International Terminal (CA December 2000)
    ZooFest for Kids (CA June 2003)
• San Jose
  • Lick Observatory Gets Planet-Finding Telescope (CA June 2009)
    Mexican Heritage Museum (CA October 1999)
    San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
• Santa Cruz
  • Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
  • The Beach Boardwalk Celebrates 100 Years (CA June 2007)
• Sao Paolo
  • Sao Paolo Bans Public Advertising (World May 2007)
• Springfield
  • Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Opens (USA April 2005)
  Tel Aviv
  • The First Jewish City Turns 100 (World October 2009)
• Tucson
  • Grand Canyon Star Party (USA June 2001)
• Venice
  • Venice Defends Itself from the Sea (World February 2008)
• Washington, D.C.
  • Gun Control Law Goes to the Supreme Court (USA April 2008)
    Library of Congress (USA May 1997)
    National Museum of the American Indian (USA October 1999)
    Newseum Opens (USA May 2008)
    Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial (USA November 2002)
    Washington Monument’s Renovation (USA June 2000)
    WWII Memorial Opens (USA May 2004)

 

Civil Rights

• 50th Anniversary of Integration at Little Rock’s Central HS (USA October 2007)
  Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March1997)
  César Chávez Holiday (CA March 2001)
  Citadel Accepts Women (USA February 1997)
  Courts Protect Americans Against Wiretapping (USA September 2006)
  Equal Rights Amendment (USA November1998)
  Films Lead to Investigation of Emmett Till’s Death (USA June 2004)
  March on Washington (USA September 2003)
  Miami’s High Schools Test for Drugs (USA January 1998)
  Racial Profiling (USA May 2001)
  San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
  Tasers (USA March 2005)

 

Computers

• Court Blocks CA Video Game Law (CA January 2006)
• Mormon Genealogical Records on Internet (USA April 1999)
• MySpace (USA April 2006)
• Napster (USA March 2001)
• Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
• Voting Machines (USA October 2004)
• Y2K (USA September 1999)

 

Constitution

• 75th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
• Amending the Constitution (USA April 2004)
• Equal Protection (USA February 1997)
• First Amendment (USA April 2003)
• Prayer in School (USA May 2000)

 

Countries

• Australia
  • Apology to Aborigines (World March 2008)
  • Celebrates100 Years (World February 2001)
  • Town Bans Bottled Water (World September 2009)
• Bhutan
  • Bhutan Looks at Things Differently (World January 2009)
  Brazil
  • Brazil Takes Guns Out of Circulation (World November 2004)
• Burma
  • Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
• China
  • Archaeologists Find 4,000-year-old Noodles (World November 2005)
    Three Gorges Dam (World March 2003)
    China Acknowledges HIV/AIDS Problem (World October 2002)
    Olympic Games Go to China (World June 2008)
• Cuba
  • Can These Neighbors Be Friends? (USA March 1996)
    Gonzales, Elián (USA February 2000)
    U.S. and Cuba Consider a New Relationship (World May 2009)
    U.S. Embargo (USA October 2006)
• Cyprus
  • The Wall Weakens (World April 2007)
• Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Volcano Adds to Goma’s Problems (World February 2002)
• England
  • Excavations Show Life at Stonehenge (World March 2007)
  • The International Slavery Museum Opens (World September 2007)
• Ethiopia
  • Ancient Obelisk Returns to Ethiopia (World May 2005)
• Germany
  • Germany Hosts the World Cup (World June 2006)
• Greece
  • The Summer Olympics Return Home (World June 2004)
• India
  • Another Cease-fire Calms Kashmir (World December 2003)
    Population Reaches a Billion (World May 2001)
    Tata’s “Nano” Becomes a Car for the Masses (World June 2009)
• Iraq
  • Missing Persons from Iran-Iraq War (World November 2008)
    Water Returns to the Marshes (World November 2003)
• Ireland
  • Ireland Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Pubs (World April 2004)
• Israel
  • Israel Builds a Wall in Jerusalem (World February 2004)
  • Tel Aviv Turns 100 (World October 2009)
• Italy
  • Leaning Tower Of Pisa Reopens (World October 2001)
  • Winter Olympics (World February 2006)
• Japan
  • Monarchy Faces a Succession Crisis (World March 2006)
  • Okinawans Protest American Military Bases (World December 2009)
• Korea
  • New Railways Connect North and South (World September 2003)
• Mexico
  • Consular ID’s for Mexicans in California (CA January 2002)
  • Flooding Ruins Lives in Tabasco (World December 2007)
  • Guest Worker Program in U.S. (USA February 2004)
  • Monarch Butterfly Migrations to Mexico (World December 2005)
• Nepal
  • 50th Anniversary of Mt. Everest Climb (World May 2003)
• Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Census (World April 2006)
• Norway
  • A Seed Bank Opens to the World (World June 2007)
• Pakistan
  • Another Cease-fire Calms Kashmir (World December 2003)
• Panama
  • Panama Expands Its Canal (World December 2006)
• Puerto Rico
  • Vote on Independence (USA April 1998)
• Russia
  • Sunken Submarine Kursk Returns Home (World November 2001)
  • US and Russia Together on Mir (USA April 1995)
• Spain
  • Mass Graves from Civil War (World November 2002)
• Sudan
  • The Crisis in Darfur Worsens (World October 2006)
• Switzerland
  • Geneva Conventions (World February 2003)
  • Swiss Vote to Join UN (World April 2002)
• Tibet
  • Dalai Lama (CA June 2001)
• Turkey
  • A Conference to Discuss Armenian Genocide (World October 2005)
• Ukraine, The
  • Chernobyl’s Last Reactor Stops (World January 2001)
• Yugoslavia
  • Kosovo War Refugees (USA May 1999)
• Zimbabwe
  • Whites Lose Their Farms (World September 2002)

 

Crime

• “10,000 Men” Program Fights Philly’s Murder Rate (USA November 2007)
• Brazil Takes Guns Out of Circulation (World November 2004)
• California Youth Authority Makes Changes (CA April 2004)
• “Ceasefire” Program to Reduce Gang Violence (USA October 2009)
• Death Penalty
  • Illinois Suspends Executions (USA March 2000)
  • New Jersey Abolishes the Death penalty (USA January 2008)
  • O.J. Simpson and the Death Penalty (USA November 1994)
  • Time Is Running out for Tookie Williams (CA December 2005)
• Fire Investigators Look for Clues (CA December 2007)
  International Court Tries Rape as War Crime (World March 2001)
  L.A. County’s “Violence is Preventable” Program (CA April 2001)
  Oklahoma City Bombing (USA May 1995)
  Overcrowding in CA’s Prisons (CA March 2007)
  Questions Linger About Tasers (USA March 2005)
  Somalia’s Pirates Pose Threat to Ships (World March 2009)

 

Disease

• Avian Flu (World April 2005)
  China Acknowledges HIV/AIDS Problem (World October 2002)
  International AIDS Conference (World September 2006)
  Marrow Transplants to Fight HIV (USA January 1996)
  Polio Nears the End (World October 2004)
  SARS (World April 2003)
  Survivors of Disasters Need Clean Water (World February 2005)
  West Nile Virus (USA September 2002)

 

Elections

• California Primary Moves to March (CA March 2000)
  Election Guarantees Historic Result (USA October 2008)
  English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
  Equal Rights Amendment (USA November1998)
  Inauguration Attracts Record Crowds (USA January 2009)
  Presidential Debates (USA October 2000)
  Puerto Rico’s Vote on Independence (USA April 1998)
  Third-Party Presidential Candidates (USA October 1996)
  Voting Machines (USA October 2004)

 

Environment

Animals
• • Alaska’s Polar Bear Population is Shrinking (USA January 2007)
    Bald Eagles Hatch on Catalina Island (CA May 2007)
    Coast Opens to Otters (CA September 2001)
    Monarch Butterfly Migrations to Mexico (World December 2005)
    Outlook Improves for Right Whales (World April 2009)
    Salmon Fishing Season Remains Closed (CA May 2009)
    Skyscrapers Turn Off Lights During Migrations (USA March 2006)
Climate
• Climate Change Conference in Bali (World January 2008)
Energy
• Alaska Pipeline (USA January 2003)
  Alternative Energy (CA January 2001)
  Berkeley Helps Residents Go Solar (CA October 2008)
  China’s Three Gorges Dam (World March 2003)
  Drilling at ANWR (USA May 2006)
  Drilling for Oil off California’s Coast (CA September 2008)
Environmentalism
• California Coastal Trail (CA October 2003)
  Earth Day Turns 25 (USA May 1994)
  Environmental Protection Agency (USA May 2003)
  International Polar Year Begins (World February 2007)
  Kyoto Protocol (World March 2005)
  “Paper or Plastic?” (USA May 2007)
  Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
  Recycling Law’s Goals (CA January 2000)
  S.F. Dept. of Environment Rents Christmas Trees (CA December 2006)
Fire
• Fire Investigators Look for Clues (CA December 2007)
  Fires in the West (USA September 2000)
Ocean
• Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
  California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
  Coastal Cleanup Day (CA September 1999)
  Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
  Marine Protected Areas Added to CA Coast (CA October 2007)
  Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
Pollution
• Chernobyl’s Last Reactor Stops (World January 2001)
  Dry Cleaners Go Green (CA May 2008)
  North Pacific Gyre Collects Ocean’s Plastic (World April 2008)
  Oil Spills Into the Delaware River (USA December 2004)
  Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
• Smog Season Ends (CA November 2009)
  Superfund Site Becomes New Sports Park (CA June 2002)
  Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)
Population
• India’s Population Reaches a Billion (World May 2001)
  Sierra Club’s Stance on Immigration (USA May 1998)
Transportation
• Bike Sharing Programs (World December 2008)
  Car Sharing (USA April 2000)
  Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
  Europe Cuts Emissions from Cars (World October 2008)
  L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
  Toll Road Cannot Go through State Park (CA January 2009)
Trees
• Arbor Day / National Tree (USA April 2001)
  Bark Beetles Damage Forests (CA December 2003)
Volcanoes
• Mount St. Helens Rumbles Again (USA November 2004)
  Volcano Destroys Goma (World February 2002)
Water
• Antarctica’s Ice Sheets (World January 2003)
  Californians Face Water Restrictions (CA April 2009)
  Drought (USA June 2002)
  Drought Damages the Amazon (World January 2006)
  Floods in the Midwest (USA June 1997)
  Great Lakes Compact Saves Region’s Water (USA June 2008)
  Owens River Gets New Life (CA January 2007)
  Restoring Wetlands in San Francisco Bay (CA June 2004)
  Salton Sea Returns to Health (CA September 2006)
  San Joaquin River Gets More Water (CA May 2006)
  Water Returns to Iraq’s Marshes (World November 2003)
  

Film

• Academy Awards / Film History (USA March 1998)
• Films Lead to Investigation of Emmett Till’s Death (USA June 2004)
• Sundance Film Festival (USA February 2001)

 

Food

• Chocolate Industry’s Slave Labor (World May 2006)
  Grain Crisis Hits 37 Countries (World May 2008)
  Honeybee Colonies Collapse (USA April 2007)
• Hunger Hits a Billion People Worldwide (World November 2009)
  Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
  Seed Bank Opens to the World (World June 2007)
  Soft Drinks at Schools (USA June 2006)

 

Health

• American’s with Disabilities Act (USA February 1998)
  Artificial Hearts (USA December 2001)
  Avian Flu (World April 2005)
  Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
  California Builds a Telehealth Network (CA November 2008)
  China Acknowledges HIV/AIDS Problem (World October 2002)
  CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
  Cities Help the Homeless (USA May 2005)
  College Presidents Look at Alcohol Abuse (USA September 2008)
  Concussions from Football Have Long-term Effects (USA February 2009)
  Doctors Without Borders (World December 2004)
  Donating Organs Becomes Easier (USA March 2004)
  Doping Damages Great Athletes (USA December 2007)
  “Healthy Kids” Program (CA February 2001)
• Hunger Hits a Billion People Worldwide (World November 2009)
  International AIDS Conference (World September 2006)
  International Space Station (USA November 2000)
  International Treaty to Control Tobacco (World June 2003)
  Ireland Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Pubs (World April 2004)
  John Glenn Goes Into Space Again (USA October 1998)
  Marrow Transplants to Fight HIV (USA January 1996)
  Miami’s High Schools Test for Drugs (USA January 1998)
  Naples Sends Its Garbage Northward (World September 2008)
  Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law for Children (USA November 2008)
  Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (USA May 2002)
  Physician Assisted Suicide (USA May 1996)
  Polio Nears the End (World October 2004)
  Project Open Hand Feeds the Sick (CA November 2005)
  SARS (World April 2003)
• Smog Season Ends (CA November 2009)
  Soft Drinks at Schools (USA June 2006)
  Special Olympics (USA February 2005)
  Survivors of Disasters Need Clean Water (World February 2005)
• Tobacco
  • Secondhand Smoke (USA February 1994)
  • State Settlements with Tobacco Industry (USA January 1999)
  • WHO’s Historic Tobacco Treaty (World June 2003)
• West Nile Virus (USA September 2002)
• Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)

 

Human Rights

• Aung San Suu Kyi’s House Arrest Ends (World June 2002)
  Australia Apologizes to Aborigines (World March 2008)
  Chocolate Industry’s Slave Labor (World May 2006)
  Conference to Discuss Armenian Genocide (World October 2005)
  Darfur’s Crisis Worsens (World October 2006)
  Death Penalty (see Laws)
  Geneva Conventions (World February 2003)
  Guantanamo’s Prisoners (USA January 2004)
  Guest Worker Program in U.S. (USA February 2004)
  International Court Sees Rape as War Crime (World March 2001)
  The International Slavery Museum Opens (World September 2007)
  Land Mines / Monterey Clears a Village (CA February 2004)
  Land Mines / The Oslo Talks (USA September 1997)
  Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
  Mass Graves from Spain’s Civil War (World November 2002)
  “The Matrícula Consular” ID (CA January 2002)
  Millennium Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
  Minimum Wage Goes Up (USA September 1996)
  Nike’s Factories (USA June1998)
  Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (USA May 2002)
  Physician Assisted Suicide (USA May 1996)
  Schools in Los Angeles Eliminate Indian Mascots (USA October 1997)
  Torture of Prisoners (World November 2007)
  U.S. Gets Refugees from Kosovo (USA May 1999)
  Watsonville Re-enacts Internment of Japanese-Americans (CA April 2002)

 

Immigration

• Angel Island Restores Immigration Station (CA March 2009)
  “Bank on California” Offers Bank Accounts to Residents (CA February 2009)
  California’s Proposition 187 (USA December 1994)
  English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
  Farmworkers’ Visa Program (CA March 2008)
  Gonzales, Elián (USA February 2000)
  Green Cards (USA May 1998)
  Guest Worker Program in U.S. (USA February 2004)
  Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
  “Matrícula Consular” ID (CA January 2002)
  U.S. Gets Refugees from Kosovo (USA May 1999)
  U.S. Searches for Answers (USA February 2006)

 

Law Enforcement

• California Youth Authority Makes Changes (CA April 2004)
• Smog Season Ends (CA November 2009)
  Fire Investigators Look for Clues (CA December 2007)
  Oakland’s PD Decides on Mounted Units (CA February 2005)
  Overcrowding in CA’s Prisons (CA March 2007)
  Questions Linger About Tasers (USA March 2005)
  Racial Profiling (USA May 2001)

 

Laws

• American’s with Disabilities Act (USA February 1998)
• Australian Town Bans Bottled Water (World September 2009)
  Beach Ordinance in Laguna Beach (CA September 2000)
  Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
  Brazil Takes Guns Out of Circulation (World November 2004)
  California’s Proposition 187 (USA December 1994)
  CA Bill to Restrict Young Drivers’ Use of Cell Phones (CA March 2004)
  Car Buyers Get Legal Protection (CA June 2006)
• Citizenship
  • Gonzales, Elián (USA February 2000)
• Climate Change Conference in Bali (World January 2008)
  Copyright / Napster (USA March 2001)
  Court Blocks CA Video Game Law (CA January 2006)
  Curfews (USA June 1995)
  Daylight Saving Time Changes (USA March 2007)
  Death Penalty
  • Illinois Suspends Executions (USA March 2000)
    New Jersey Abolishes the Death penalty (USA January 2008)
    O.J. Simpson and the Death Penalty (USA November 1994)
    Time Is Running out for Tookie Williams (CA December 2005)
• Donating Organs Becomes Easier (USA March 2004)
  Electronic Waste Recycling Act (CA January 2005)
  Embargo Against Cuba (USA October 2006)
  English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
  Equal Rights Amendment (USA November 1998)
  First Amendment
  • Freedom of Religious Speech Gets a Test (USA December 2008)
    Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
    Pledge of Allegiance (USA April 2003)
    Prayer in School (USA May 2000)
• Geneva Conventions (World February 2003)
  Graduated Driver Licensing (USA September 1998)
  Great Lakes Compact Saves Region’s Water (USA June 2008)
  Gun Laws (CA December 1999)
  Hands-free Phones While Driving (CA June 2008)
  International Court Tries Rape as War Crime (World March 2001)
  Ireland Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Pubs (World April 2004)
  Japan’s Monarchy Faces a Succession Crisis (World March 2006)
  Kyoto Protocol (World March 2005)
  Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law for Children (USA November 2008)
  Nineteenth Amendment
  • 75th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
• Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (USA May 2002)
  Saggy Pants Get a Lift in Florida (USA May 2009)
  Second Amendment
  • Brady Bill (USA December 1993)
• Skateboard Helmet Law (CA December 2002)
• Telemarketing (USA October 2003)
• Torture of Prisoners (World November 2007)

 

Media

• Digital Television (USA December 1998)
  Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
  MySpace (USA April 2006)
  Newseum Opens in Washington, D.C. (USA May 2008)
  Newspapers Face Tough Times (USA April 2009)
• (See Film; Computers; Television)

 

Medicine

• See Health

 

Money

• “Bank on California” Offers Bank Accounts to Residents (CA February 2009)
  Banker Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Micro-Credit (World November 2006)
  California’s Commemorative Quarter (CA April 2003)
  California’s Minimum Wage Goes Up (CA January 2008)
  Credit Cards (USA December 1997)
  The Euro (World January 2002)
  Debt Relief and the “Make Poverty History” Program (World September 2005)
  U.S. Minimum Wage Goes Up (USA September 1996)
  U.S. Mint’s Commemorative Quarters (USA February 1999)
  U.S. Treasury Department’s New $100 Bill (USA April 1996)

 

Monuments

• Ancient Obelisk Returns to Ethiopia (World May 2005)
  Excavations Show Life at Stonehenge (World March 2007)
  Mt. Rushmore Gets Its First Cleaning (USA September 2005)
  Muir Woods Turns 100 (CA April 2008)
  Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial (USA November 2002)
  Washington Monument’s Renovation (USA June 2000)
  WWII Memorial Opens in Washington, D.C (USA May 2004)

 

Museums

• Chinatown Celebrates a Grand Opening (CA December 2001)
• CT Scans of Mummy for Fine Arts Museums of SF (CA September 2009)
  Getty Museum Looks for Art’s Rightful Owner (CA February 2007)
  Griffith Park Observatory Reopens (CA November 2006)
  The International Slavery Museum Opens (World September 2007)
  Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Opens (USA April 2005)
  Mexican Heritage Museum in San Jose (CA October 1999)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Celebrates 25 Years (CA October 2009)
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Displays a White Shark (CA October 2004)
  National Museum of the American Indian (USA October 1999)
  Newseum Opens in Washington, D.C. (USA May 2008)
  Steinbeck Center Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Author’s Birth (CA Feb. 2002)

 

Music

• 100th Anniversary of Duke Ellington’s Birth (USA March 1999)
• GRAMMY Turns Fifty (USA February 2008)
• Monterey Jazz Festival Celebrates 50 Years (CA September 2007)
• Napster (USA March 2001)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA October 1995)

 

Nuclear

• Reactors
  • Chernobyl’s Last Reactor Stops (World January 2001)
• Waste
  • San Onofre Sends Reactor for Burial (CA November 2003)
  • Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)
• Weapons
  • Global Zero Launches Its Campaign (World February 2009)
    Smithsonian Commemorates 50th Anniversary of WWII (USA Feb. 1995)
    U.N. Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (World June 2005)

 

Ocean

• Beach Ordinance in Laguna Beach (CA September 2000)
  California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
  California’s Coast Opens to Otters (CA September 2001)
  Coastal Cleanup Day (CA September 1999)
  Coastguard Gives Away Lighthouses (CA February 2003)
  Countries Stake Claims in the Arctic (World October 2007)
  Drilling for Oil off California’s Coast (CA September 2008)
  Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
  Marine Protected Areas Added to CA Coast (CA October 2007)
  North Pacific Gyre Collects Ocean’s Plastic (World April 2008)
  Public Access to Beaches (CA November 2002)
  Venice Defends Itself from the Sea (World February 2008)

Parks

• Angel Island State Park Restores Immigration Station (CA March 2009)
  Elephant Seals Breed Again at Año Nuevo State Reserve (CA January 2004)
  Fight Keeps Toll Road Out of San Onofre (CA January 2009)
  Kartchner Caverns State Park (USA December1999)
  Muri Woods Turns 100 (CA April 2008)
  National Parks Increase Fees (USA January 1997)
  New National Monuments in West (CA February 2000)
  New Bugs Found in Sequoia and Kings Canyon (CA February 2006)
  Protecting Allensworth State Historic Park (CA April 2007)
  Restoring Wetlands at Don Edwards SF Bay Wildlife Refuge (CA June 2004)
  Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Celebrates 100 Years (CA June 2007)
  Superfund Site Becomes New Sports Park (CA June 2002)
  Toll Road Will Not Go Through San Onofre (CA January 2009)
  Yosemite Valley Plan Gives Park a More Natural Look (CA May 2000)
  Yosemite’s Half Dome Trail (CA October 2002)

 

Peace

• Another Cease-fire Calms Kashmir (World December 2003)
  Arab Peace Plan (World March 2002)
  Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
  Banker Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Micro-Credit (World November 2006)
  Global Zero Launches Its Campaign (World February 2009)
  Millennium Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
• President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize (USA November 2009)
  The Wall Dividing Cyprus Weakens (World April 2007)

 

People

• Annan, Kofi (World January 2007)
  Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
  Carlos, John (CA October 2005)
  Chávez, César (CA March 2001)
  Dalai Lama (CA June 2001)
  Earhart, Amelia (USA April 1997)
  Ellington, Duke (USA March 1999)
  Ford, Henry (USA June 2003)
  Franklin, Benjamin (USA December 2005)
  Glenn, John (USA October 1998)
  Gonzales, Elián (USA February 2000)
  King Jr., Martin Luther (USA September 2003)
  Kevorkian, Jack (USA May 1996)
  Lin, Maya (USA February 2003; November 2002)
  Lincoln, Abraham (USA April 2005)
  Nixon, Richard (USA April 1994)
  Robinson, Jackie (USA March 1997)
  Smith, Tommie (CA October 2005)
  Steinbeck, John (CA February 2002)
  Till, Emmett (USA June 2004)
  Williams, Stanley “Tookie” (CA December 2005)
  Wright, Orville and Wilbur (USA December 2003)
  Yunus, Muhammad (World November 2006)

 

Politics

• Amending the Constitution (USA April 2004)
  Can the U.S. and Cuba Be Friends? (USA March 1996)
  Conference in Turkey to Discuss Armenian Genocide (World October 2005)
  Cuba and the U.S. Consider a New Relationship (World May 2009)
  Embargo Against Cuba (USA October 2006)
  Equal Rights Amendment (USA November1998)
  The E.U. Expands Eastward (World May 2004)
  Guantanamo’s Prisoners (USA January 2004)
• Okinawans Protest American Military Bases (World December 2009)
  Pledge of Allegiance (USA April 2003)
  Presidential Debates (USA October 2000)
  Richard Nixon Dies (USA April 1994)
  Sharing the Colorado River (CA January 2003)
  Swiss Vote to Join the U.N. (World April 2002)
  Third-Party Presidential Candidates (USA October 1996)
  U.S. Searches for Answers (USA February 2006)
  The Wall in Cyprus Weakens (World April 2007)
  Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)

 

Pollution

• Air
  • Alternative Energy for CA (CA January 2001)
    Car Sharing (USA April 2000)
    Diesel Engines (USA May 2003)
    Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
    Europe Cuts Emissions from Cars (World October 2008)
    India Gets an Affordable New Car (World June 2009)
    Kyoto Protocol (World March 2005)
    L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
  • Smog Season Ends (CA November 2009)
• General
  • California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
    Dry Cleaners Go Green (CA May 2008)
    Earth Day Turns 25 (USA May 1994)
    Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
    Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
• Landfill
  • Naples Sends Its Garbage Northward (World September 2008)
    “Paper or Plastic?” (USA May 2007)
    Superfund Site Becomes New Sports Park (CA June 2002)
• Litter
  • Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
  • Coastal Cleanup Day (CA September 1999)
• Noise
  • Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
  • New York City’s “Operation Silent Night” (USA December 2002)
• Nuclear
  • Chernobyl’s Last Reactor Stops (World January 2001)
  • Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)
• Visual
  • Los Angeles Fights the Spread of Billboards (CA December 2008)
    Sao Paolo Bans Public Advertising (World May 2007)
• Water
  • Bald Eagles Hatch Again on Catalina Island (CA May 2007)
    North Pacific Gyre Collects Ocean’s Plastic (World April 2008)
    Oil Spills Into the Delaware River (USA December 2004)
    Tahoe’s Water Gets Cleaner (CA October 2001)

 

Pop Culutre

• Academy Awards (USA March 1998)
  Barbie Turns 50 (USA March 2009)
  GRAMMY Turns Fifty (USA February 2008)
  MySpace (USA April 2006)
  Napster (USA March 2001)
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Opens (USA October 1995)
• “The Simpsons” Makes TV History (USA December 2009)

 

Population

• Census Bureau (USA January 2000)
  Green Cards (USA May 1998)
  India’s Population Reaches a Billion (World May 2001)
  Nigeria’s Census (World April 2006)
  U.S. Grows to 300 Million (USA November 2006)

 

Race

• 50th Anniversary of Integration at Little Rock’s Central HS (USA October 2007)
  Australia Apologizes to Aborigines (World March 2008)
  Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March 1997)
  Confederate Flag (USA November 1999)
  Election Guarantees Historic Result (USA October 2008)
  Films Lead to Investigation of Emmett Till’s Death (USA June 2004)
  The International Slavery Museum Opens (World September 2007)
  March on Washington (USA September 2003)
  Million Man March (USA November 1995)
  O.J. Simpson and the Death Penalty (USA November 1994)
  Protecting Allensworth State Historic Park (CA April 2007)
  Racial Profiling (USA May 2001)
  San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
  U.N.’s World Conference Against Racism (World September 2001)
  White’s Lose Their Farms in Zimbabwe (World September 2002)

 

Religion

• Church of Summum Tests Freedom of Religious Speech (USA December 2008)
  Mormon Genealogical Records on Internet (USA April 1999)
  Pledge of Allegiance’s “Under God” (USA April 2003)

 

Schools

• 50th Anniversary of Integration at Little Rock’s Central HS (USA October 2007)
  California State University’s New Campus (CA September 2002)
  CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
  College Presidents Look at Alcohol Abuse (USA September 2008)
  L.A. County’s “Violence is Preventable” Program (CA April 2001)
  Los Angeles Changes From Indian Mascots (USA October 1997)
  Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
  Miami’s High Schools Test for Drugs (USA January 1998)
  MySpace (USA April 2006)
  NCAA Seeks Nickname Changes (USA January 2006)
  Pledge of Allegiance’s “Under God” (USA April 2003)
  Prayer in School (USA May 2000)
  San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
  Soft Drinks Dry Up at Schools (USA June 2006)
  University of California System Adds a Campus (CA September 2005)

 

Science

• Archaeologists Find 4,000-year-old Noodles (World November 2005)
  Artificial Hearts (USA December 2001)
  Calendars (World January 2005)
  Cloning (World March 2004)
  DNA Helps Identify MIA’s (USA December 2000)
  Elephant Seals Breed Again at Año Nuevo State Reserve (CA January 2004)
  Fossils Reveal a New Dinosaur (USA June 2005)
  Galileo Explores Jupiter (USA November 1996)
  Griffith Park Observatory Reopens (CA November 2006)
  Honeybee Colonies Collapse (USA April 2007)
  Hubble Space Telescope (USA February 2002)
  International Polar Year Begins (World February 2007)
  Lick Observatory Gets Planet-Finding Telescope (CA June 2009)
  Mount St. Helens Rumbles Again (USA November 2004)
  New Bugs Found in Sequoia and Kings Canyon (CA February 2006)
  New Seed Bank Opens to the World (World June 2007)

 

Separation of Church and State

• Pledge of Allegiance “Under God” (USA April 2003)
• Prayer in School (USA May 2000)

Space

• Grand Canyon Star Party (USA June 2001)
  Griffith Park Observatory Reopens (CA November 2006)
  Lick Observatory Gets Planet-Finding Telescope (CA June 2009)
  NASA
  • Galileo Explores Jupiter (USA November 1996)
    Hubble Space Telescope (USA February 2002)
    International Space Station (USA November 2000)
    John Glenn Goes Into Space Again (USA October 1998)
    Space Junk (USA March 2008)
    US and Russia Together on Mir (USA April 1995)
• Various Countries Explore Mars (World January 2004)

 

Sports

• Basketball
  • Harlem Globetrotters Celebrate Eighty Years (USA February 2007)
  • New Hall of Fame (USA October 2002)
• Baseball
  • Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March 1997)
  • The Players’ Strike (USA October 1994)
  • San Francisco Giants’ New Stadium (CA April 2000)
• Cycling
  • The New Tour of California (CA March 2006)
• Dog Sledding
  • Iditarod (USA March 1994)
• Doping
  • CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
  • Doping Damages Great Athletes (USA December 2007)
• Equipment
  • Nike’s Factories (USA June 1998)
• Fishing
  • Lake Davis Fights to Save Trout (CA November 2007)
• Golf
  • Casey Martin Sues For Cart (USA February 1998)
  • Masters Golf Tournament (USA March 2003)
• Hiking
  • National Scenic Trails (USA November 2001)
  • Yosemite’s Half Dome Trail (CA October 2002)
• Mountain Climbing
  • 50th Anniversary of climb to top of Mt. Everest (World May 2003)
• Nicknames
  • NCAA Seeks Nickname Changes (USA January 2006)
• Olympics
  • Atlanta Summer Games (USA June 1996)
    Olympic Games Go to China (World June 2008)
    Salt Lake City Winter Games (USA January 2002)
    San Jose State Honors John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)
    The Summer Olympics Return to Greece (World June 2004)
    Winter Olympics Go to Italy (World February 2006)
• Skateboarding
  • Helmet Law (CA December 2002)
  • Berkeley’s New Skatepark (CA October 2000)
• Soccer
  • Germany Hosts the World Cup (World June 2006)
  • Women’s World Cup (USA June 1999)
  • World Cup (USA June 1994)
• Special Olympics
  • Special Olympics Changes Lives (USA February 2005)

 

States

• Alaska
  • Alaska Pipeline (USA January 2003)
  • Drilling at ANWR (USA May 2006)
  • Iditarod (USA March 1994)
  • Polar Bear Population is Shrinking (January 2007)
• Arizona
  • English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
  • Kartchner Caverns State Park (USA December 1999)
• California
  • 100th Anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake (CA April 2006)
    CA High Speed Rail Authority Finds a Route (CA February 2008)
    Gun Laws (CA December 1999)
    Primary Election Moves to March (CA March 2000)
    Proposition 187 (USA December 1994)
    Recycling Law’s Goals (CA January 2000)
    Re-enacting Pioneers’ Entry into Death Valley (CA November 2000)
    Sesquicentennial Celebration (CA June 2000)
    The New Tour of California Race (CA March 2006)
• Florida
  • Court Gives Saggy Pants a Lift (USA May 2009)
    Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
  Florida
  • Court Gives Saggy Pants a Lift (USA May 2009)
    Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
• Hawaii
  • 50th Anniversary of Statehood (USA June 2009)
  Illinois
  • Governor Suspends the Death Penalty (USA March 2000)
• Nebraska
  • Safe Haven Law for Children (USA November 2008)
  Nevada
  • Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)
• New Jersey
  • New Jersey Abolishes the Death Penalty (USA January 2008)
• Oregon
  • Death with Dignity Act (USA May 2002)
  • Mount St. Helens Rumbles Again (USA November 2004)
• South Carolina
  • Confederate Flag (USA November 1999)
• Texas
  • Prayer in School (USA May 2000)
• Utah
  • Fossils Reveal a New Dinosaur (USA June 2005)
  • Sundance Film Festival (USA February 2001)
  • Salt Lake City Winter Games (USA January 2002)
• Virginia
  • Jamestown Gets a Closer Look on 400th Anniversary (USA June 2007)
• Wisconsin
  • Donating Organs Becomes Easier (USA March 2004)

 

Supreme Court

• Church of Summum Tests Freedom of Religious Speech (USA December 2008)
  Pledge of Allegiance (USA April 2003)
  Prayer in School (USA May 2000)
  Public Access to Beaches (CA November 2002)
  Supreme Court Has Rare Vacancies (USA November 2005)
  Washington, D.C.’s Gun Control Law Goes to the Court (USA April 2008)

 

Teen Issues

• CA Bill to Restrict Young Drivers’ Use of Cell Phones (CA March 2004)
  California Youth Authority Makes Changes (CA April 2004)
  CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
  College Presidents Look at Alcohol Abuse (USA September 2008)
  Concussions from Football Have Long-term Effects (USA February 2009)
  Curfews (USA June 1995)
  Graduated Driver Licensing (USA September 1998)
  L.A. County’s “Violence is Preventable” Program (CA April 2001)
  Miami’s High Schools Test for Drugs (USA January 1998)
  MySpace (USA April 2006)
  Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law for Children (USA November 2008)
  Saggy Pants Get a Lift in Florida (USA May 2009)
  Skateboard Helmet Law (CA December 2002)
  Soft Drinks at Schools (USA June 2006)

 

Technology

• Artificial Hearts (USA December 2001)
  California Builds a Telehealth Network (CA November 2008)
  California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
  Court Blocks CA Video Game Law (CA January 2006)
• CT Scans of Mummies (CA September 2009)
  Digital Television (USA December 1998)
  Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
  Mormon Genealogical Records on Internet (USA April 1999)
  MySpace (USA April 2006)
  Napster (USA March 2001)
  Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
  Voting Machines (USA October 2004)
  Y2K (USA September 1999)

 

Television

• Academy Awards (USA March 1998)
• Digital Television (USA December 1998)
• Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
• “The Simpsons” Makes TV History (USA December 2009)

 

Time

• Daylight Saving Time Changes (USA March 2007)
• Proposal for a New Calendar (World January 2005)
• Y2K (USA September 1999)

 

Transportation

• Air
  • 100th Anniversary of Wright Brothers (USA December 2003)
  • Concorde’s Final Flight (World October 2003)
  • Denver’s New Airport (USA March 1995)
  • Earhart, Amelia (USA April 1997)
  • SFO’s New International Terminal (CA December 2000)
• Autos
  • Bells Again Line CA’s El Camino Real (CA December 2004)
    CA Bill to Restrict Young Drivers’ Use of Cell Phones (CA March 2004)
    CA’s New Highway Exit Signs (CA March 2002)
    Car Buyers Get Legal Protection (CA June 2006)
    Car Sharing (USA April 2000)
  • “Cash for Clunkers” (USA September 2009)
    Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
    Europe Cuts Emissions from Cars (World October 2008)
    Fight Keeps Toll Road Out of San Onofre (CA January 2009)
    Ford Motor Company Turns 100 (USA June 2003)
    Graduated Driver Licensing (USA September 1998)
    Hands-free Phones While Driving (CA June 2008)
    India Gets an Affordable New Car (World June 2009)
    L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
  • Route 66 Reaches the Santa Monica Pier (CA December 2009)
    Speed Limits (USA December 1995)
• Bicycles
  • Bike Sharing Programs (World December 2008)
  Buses
  • Greyhound Eliminates Stops (CA May 2005)
• Rail
  • Amtrak’s High-Speed Trains (USA January 2001)
  • Boston’s Subway Turns 100 (USA November 1997)
  • CA High Speed Rail Authority Finds a Route (CA February 2008)
  • Guardian Angels Provide Security (USA September 1994)
  • L.A.’s New Metro Gold Line (CA May 2003)
  • Railways Connect North and South Korea (World September 2003)
• Safety
  • National Transportation Safety Board (USA October 2001)
• Sea
  • Panama Expands Its Canal (World December 2006)
  • Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)

United Nations

• African Countries Allowed to Sell Ivory (World December 2002)
  Climate Change Conference in Bali (World January 2008)
  Kofi Annan’s Time at the U.N. Ends (World January 2007)
  Monterey Chapter of UNA Clears a Village (CA February 2004)
  Swiss Vote to Join the U.N. (World April 2002)
  UNIFEM Sponsors Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
  U.N.’s World Conference Against Racism (World September 2001)
  WHO’s Historic Tobacco Treaty (World June 2003)

War

• Another Cease-fire Calms Kashmir (World December 2003)
  Arab Peace Plan (World March 2002)
  Conference in Turkey to Discuss Armenian Genocide (World October 2005)
  Darfur’s Crisis Worsens (World October 2006)
  Geneva Conventions (World February 2003)
  Guantanamo’s Prisoners (USA January 2004)
  Israel Builds a Wall in Jerusalem (World February 2004)
  Land Mines
  • The Oslo Talks (USA September 1997)
  • Monterey Clears a Village (CA February 2004)
• Mass Graves from Spain’s Civil War (World November 2002)
  Missing Persons from Iran-Iraq War (World November 2008)
• Okinawans Protest American Military Bases (World December 2009)
  Torture of Prisoners (World November 2007)
  U.S. Civil War
  • Confederate Flag (USA November 1999)
• U.N. Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (World June 2005)
• Vietnam
  • MIA’s (USA December 2000)
  • Veterans Memorial (USA November 2002)
• The Wall in Cyprus Weakens (World April 2007)
• World War II
  • Smithsonian Commemorates 50th Anniversary of WWII (USA Feb. 1995)
  • WWII Memorial Opens in Washington, D.C (USA May 2004)
  • Watsonville Re-enacts Internment of Japanese-Americans (CA April 2002)
• Yugoslavia
  • U.S. Gets Refugees from Kosovo (USA May 1999)

Water

• Antarctica’s Ice sheets (World January 2003)
• Australian Town Bans Bottled Water (World September 2009)
  Californians Face Water Restrictions (CA April 2009)
  Coastal Cleanup Day (CA September 1999)
  China’s Three Gorges Dam (World March 2003)
  Countries Stake Claims in the Arctic (World October 2007)
  Drought (USA June 2002)
  Drought Damages the Amazon (World January 2006)
  Flooding Ruins Lives in Tabasco (World December 2007)
  Great Lakes Compact Saves Region’s Water (USA June 2008)
  Iraq’s Marshes (World November 2003)
  Melting in Arctic Threatens Polar Bears (USA January 2007)
  Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
  North Pacific Gyre Collects Ocean’s Plastic (World April 2008)
  Oil Spills Into the Delaware River (USA December 2004)
  Owens River Gets New Life (CA January 2007)
  Panama Expands Its Canal (World December 2006)
  Salton Sea Returns to Health (CA September 2006)
  San Joaquin River Gets More Water (CA May 2006)
  Sharing the Colorado River (CA January 2003)
  Survivors of Disasters Need Clean Water (World February 2005)
  Tahoe’s Water Gets Cleaner (CA October 2001)
  Venice Defends Itself from the Sea (World February 2008)

Women

• 75th Anniversary of Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
  Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
  The Citadel Accepts Women (USA February 1997)
  Earhart, Amelia (USA April 1997)
  Equal Rights Amendment (USA November 1998)
  Election Guarantees Historic Result (USA October 2008)
  International Court Tries Rape as War Crime (World March 2001)
  Japan’s Monarchy Faces a Succession Crisis (World March 2006)
  Millennium Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
  Protests at Master’s Golf Tournament (USA March 2003)
  Women’s World Cup (USA June1999)