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Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from February 12 to February 18.
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Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society
Host Dave Schlom is joined once again by Joe Gaydos and Bob Friel from the SeaDoc Society based on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest.
Doctor warns of measles risks | A big storm is coming | Investigation into Eaton Fire warning delays
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Cultivating Place: Gardening for Comfort & Tea: Golden Feather Tea, Mike Fritts
We're in conversation with Michael Fritts, founder of Golden Feather Tea in Concow, Calif., exploring some of the history and cultivation, the rituals, and the rewards (which are many) of tea.
North State health officials on measles alert | Downtown Chico Starbucks closing | Newsom signs reproductive health funding bill
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.
Shasta County at center of measles outbreak | Paradise to revisit LaMalfa chambers renaming next month | Newsom signs VA claims bill
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.
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Rebecca Blackwell/AP PhotoFlu cases are surging across the North State, pushing emergency rooms to see more walk-ins and hospitalizations. Butte County’s health officer Dr. Jarett Beaudoin says some young children have been seriously ill, and two flu-related deaths have been reported in the county. -
Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoPresident Donald Trump has endorsed Assemblyman James Gallagher in the race to replace the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa. Here’s what Gallagher and his opponent are saying, and what comes next. -
Marty O'ReillyBlending his sound of folk, soul and raspy blues, Marty O'Reilly plans for a year of touring and a new album after his brief debut on ‘The Voice.’ -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from February 5 to February 11. -
Jaymi Lunda/InstagramThe Chico Theater Company is presenting “Hello, Dolly!” The Broadway musical has been winning audiences since 1964. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRAt the State of the University Address on Tuesday, President Steve Perez said enrollment numbers are up for a third year in a row. He said the budget is looking up, too. That’s as the entire CSU system weathers a fiscal crisis. -
Mary Conlon/AP PhotoPublic Health Officer James Mu said the case is in a minor who recently traveled to Southern California and the Bay Area. -
Ken Devol/NSPRHundreds gathered near the Chico mall as part of a nationwide ‘ICE Out’ protest, following recent fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
NPR News
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Christine E. Wormuth of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the state of a potential nuclear arms race now that the current nuclear-arms-control treaty has expired.
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, sit down with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly at the Munich Security Conference.
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Elephants use their trunks much like a human uses their hands: to pick up food and manipulate objects. A new study finds that tiny, specialized whiskers on elephant trunks help them do it.
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The FBI describes the armed man caught on Nancy Guthrie's camera as 5-foot-9-inches to 5-foot-10 and of average build. The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie has been missing since Feb. 1.
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A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states. -
U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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