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)
• Doctors Without Borders (World December 2004)
• The EU Expands Eastward (World May 2004)
• 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 and 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 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)
• 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 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)
• Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March 1997)
• Ben Franklin Turns 300 (USA December 2005)
• Films Lead to Investigation of Emmett Till’s Death (USA June 2004)
• 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)
• 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)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• San Jose State’s Statue of John Carlos and Tommie Smith (CA October 2005)

Business and Trade

• Banker Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Micro-Credit (World November 2006)
• Baseball Player’s Strike (USA October 1994)
• CA’s Minimum Wage Goes Up (CA January 2008)
• Car Buyers Get Legal Protection (CA June 2006)
• 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)
• Liquor Ads on Television (USA December 1996)
• Los Angeles USD Rejects Sweatshop Products (CA May 2004)
• Napster (USA March 2001)
• 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
• Berkeley:
  • Berkeley’s New Skatepark (CA October 2000)
• Boston:
  • Subway Turns100 (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 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:
  • 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:
  • 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)
• Tucson:
  • Grand Canyon Star Party (USA June 2001)
• Venice:
  • Venice Defends Itself from the Sea (World February 2008)
• Washington, D.C.:
  • Library of Congress (USA May 1997)
  • National Museum of the American Indian (USA October 1999)
  • 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:
  • Celebrates100 Years (World February 2001)
• 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)
• Cuba:
  • Can These Neighbors Be Friends? (USA March 1996)
  • Gonzales, Elián (USA February 2000)
  • 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)
• Iraq:
  • 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)
• Italy:
  • Leaning Tower Of Pisa Reopens (World October 2001)
  • Winter Olympics (World February 2006)
• Japan:
  • Monarchy Faces a Succession Crisis (World March 2006)
• 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)
• 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)

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)
• English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
• Equal Rights Amendment (USA November1998)
• 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

• Alaska Pipeline (USA January 2003)
• Alaska’s Polar Bear Population is Shrinking (USA January 2007)
• Alternative Energy (CA January 2001)
• Antarctica’s Ice Sheets (World January 2003)
• Arbor Day / National Tree (USA April 2001)
• Bald Eagles Hatch on Catalina Island (CA May 2007)
• Bark Beetles Damage Forests (CA December 2003)
• Beaches Ban Smoking (CA June 2005)
• California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
• California Coastal Trail (CA October 2003)
• Coastal Cleanup Day (CA September 1999)
• Coast Opens to Otters (CA September 2001)
• Car Sharing (USA April 2000)
• Chernobyl’s Last Reactor Stops (World January 2001)
• China’s Three Gorges Dam (World March 2003)
• Climate Change Conference in Bali (World January 2008)
• Drilling at ANWR (USA May 2006)
• Drought (USA June 2002)
• Drought Damages the Amazon (World January 2006)
• Earth Day Turns 25 (USA May 1994)
• Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
• Environmental Protection Agency (USA May 2003)
• Fires in the West (USA September 2000)
• Floods in the Midwest (USA June 1997)
• Hector Mine Earthquake (CA November 1999)
• Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
• India’s Population Reaches a Billion (World May 2001)
• International Polar Year Begins (World February 2007)
• Kartchner Caverns State Park in AZ (USA December1999)
• Kyoto Protocol (World March 2005)
• L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
• Marine Protected Areas Added to CA Coast (CA October 2007)
• Monarch Butterfly Migrations to Mexico (World December 2005)
• Mount St. Helens Rumbles Again (USA November 2004)
• National Parks Increase Fees (USA January 1997)
• Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
• Northridge Earthquake (USA January 1994)
• Oil Spills Into the Delaware River (USA December 2004)
• Owens River Gets New Life (CA January 2007)
• “Paper or Plastic?” (USA May 2007)
• Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
• Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
• Recycling Law’s Goals (CA January 2000)
• 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)
• S.F. Dept. of Environment Rents Christmas Trees (CA December 2006)
• Sierra Club’s Stance on Immigration (USA May 1998)
• Skyscrapers Turn Off Lights During Migrations (USA March 2006)
• Superfund Site Becomes New Sports Park (CA June 2002)
• Volcano Destroys Goma (World February 2002)
• Water Returns to Iraq’s Marshes (World November 2003)
• Yucca Mountain Repository (USA March 2002)

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)

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)
• China Acknowledges HIV/AIDS Problem (World October 2002)
• CIF Takes a Stand Against Steroids (CA March 2005)
• Cities Help the Homeless (USA May 2005)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 June 1998)
• 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

• California’s Proposition 187 (USA December 1994)
• English as Official Language (USA December 2006)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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:
  • 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)
• Gun Laws (CA December 1999)
• 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)
• Nineteenth Amendment:
  • 75th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
• Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (USA May 2002)
• Second Amendment:
  • Brady Bill (USA December 1993)
• Skateboard Helmet Law (CA December 2002)
• Telemarketing (USA October 2003)
• Torture of Prisoners (World November 2007)

Medicine

• See Health

Money

• 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)
• 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)
• 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 Displays a White Shark (CA October 2004)
• National Museum of the American Indian (USA October 1999)
• 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:
  • 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)
• Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
• Marine Protected Areas Added to CA Coast (CA October 2007)
• Public Access to Beaches (CA November 2002)
• Venice Defends Itself from the Sea (World February 2008)

Parks

• Elephant Seals Breed Again at Año Nuevo State Reserve (CA January 2004)
• Kartchner Caverns State Park (USA December1999)
• 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)
• 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)
• Millennium Peace Prize for Women (World April 2001)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
  • Kyoto Protocol (World March 2005)
  • L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
• General:
  • California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
  • Earth Day Turns 25 (USA May 1994)
  • Port of Long Beach Goes Green (CA October 2006)
  • Recycling E-waste (CA January 2005)
• Landfill:
  • “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:
  • Sao Paolo Bans Public Advertising (World May 2007)
• Water:
  • Bald Eagles Hatch Again on Catalina Island (CA May 2007)
  • Oil Spills Into the Delaware River (USA December 2004)
  • Tahoe’s Water Gets Cleaner (CA October 2001)

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)
• Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (USA March 1997)
• Confederate Flag (USA November 1999)
• 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

• 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)
• 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:
  • 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)
• 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)
• 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Hector Mine Earthquake (CA November 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:
  • Hurricane Charley Rips Through Florida (USA September 2004)
• Illinois:
  • Governor Suspends the Death Penalty (USA March 2000)
• 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

• 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)

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)
• 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)
• Skateboard Helmet Law (CA December 2002)
• Soft Drinks at Schools (USA June 2006)

Technology

• Artificial Hearts (USA December 2001)
• California Coastal Records Project (CA November 2004)
• Court Blocks CA Video Game Law (CA January 2006)
• 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)

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)
  • Electric Vehicles (USA February 1996)
  • Ford Motor Company Turns 100 (USA June 2003)
  • Graduated Driver Licensing (USA September 1998)
  • L.A.’s Post Office Gets Electric Vehicles (CA November 2001)
  • Speed Limits (USA December 1995)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Iraq’s Marshes (World November 2003)
• Melting in Arctic Threatens Polar Bears (USA January 2007)
• Navy Curtails Use of Sonar (USA November 2003)
• 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

• Aung San Suu Kyi (World June 2002)
• 75th Anniversary of Right to Vote (USA September 1995)
• The Citadel Accepts Women (USA February 1997)
• Earhart, Amelia (USA April 1997)
• Equal Rights Amendment (USA November 1998)
• 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)