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
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
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)