Always Dream Foundation to Celebrate Kristi Yamaguchi’s 50th Birthday
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DANVILLE Kristi Yamauchi’s Always Dream Foundation posted the following message on July 12:
“Today is the day!!! Happy 50th birthday to our founder with a heart of gold, Kristi Yamaguchi! She has devoted half of her life to helping kids get the strongest start. Donate to Kristi’s birthday fundraiser, and you and a friend could win:
“Tickets to our Birthday Bash at @calacademy (California Academy of Arts in San Francisco) on Oct. 16
“Share a birthday toast with and selfies with the birthday girl
“Enjoy amazing food, love entertainment, and a swag bag of goodies
450 butterfly species rapidly declining due to warmer autumns in the western U.S.
A new study using citizen science data revealed a 1.6 percent drop per year since 1972, a worrisome development for the crucial pollinators.
ByLiz Langley
Email
Over the past four decades, more than 450 butterfly species have declined at an average rate of nearly 2 percent a year, according to a study published today in the journal
It’s already known that the western monarch has plummeted in population by 99.9 percent and was recently denied protection by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. But the study revealed lesser-known species, like the Boisduval’s blue and California’s state insect, the California dogface butterfly, are heading toward extinction.