Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.

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Governor Jerry Brown signs bill that bans the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats in California - San Jose Mercury NewsSACRAMENTO -- In what animal welfare activists say is the end of an inhumane, unsporting practice and hunters call legislative meddling in natural resource policy, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a law banning the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats. The bill, authored by state Sen.
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