<a href="https://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/index.asp?SEC=168344BF-D432-4104-A49E-CCC4A509780B&amp;DE=7B74BFD6-6A2C-40CB-978A-0E8D6349D629" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Press release from the City of Benicia:</a> September 17, 2020 <a class="link" href="https://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/vertical/sites/%7BF991A639-AAED-4E1A-9735-86EA195E2C8D%7D/uploads/Press_Release_-_Benicia_City_Council_Appoints_Interim_City_Manager.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Press_Release_-_Benicia_City_Council_Appoints_Interim_City_Manager.pdf</a> <hr /> This press release was produced by <a href="https://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/announcements" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the City of Benicia</a>. The views expressed are the author's own.

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Participating in this week's City Nature Challenge, the child recorded 10 research-grade wildlife observations that are now part of global biodiversity databases used by scientists studying ecosystems around the world.
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