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California’s snowpack is at just 18% of average. One of the lowest levels on record. Here’s what that means for water supplies, agriculture and wildfire risk across the state.
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Shows and Podcasts
Cultivating Place: Pansies! It's What's for Spring! with Brenna Estrada
Brenna Estrada is the owner and founder of Three Brothers Blooms, a flower farm located on 2.5 acres of Camano Island in the Pacific Northwest.
Snowpack collapse raises fire concern | SBA loans restricted for non-citizens | Paradise animal shelter reopens
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, April 2, 2026.
Butte County begins wildfire safety project | Redding residents challenge proposed jail site | Iconic Susanville mill destroyed by fire
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
‘No Kings’ in the North State | Book in Common author coming to Laxson | State eyes AI comment ban
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, March 30, 2026.
Best of Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture
Blue Dot goes down on the farm by visiting with folks from California State University, Chico's Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems (CRARS).
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Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from March 26 to April 1. -
Terry Pierson/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty ImagesAs heat becomes a year-round reality, California is often still responding like it’s an emergency. In the field, health providers fundraise for one basic need that grants can’t buy. -
Dai Sugano/Bay Area News GroupHomelessness prevention shows promising results in California, as advocates push to spread it statewide and nationally. -
Alyssa JadeA musical of six choir students whose lives are cut short in a freak accident is debuting at Paradise’s Theatre on the Ridge. -
Erik Adams/NSPRThe state is seeking $38 million in damages for the December 2024 arson fire. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from March 19 to March 23. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from March 12 to March 15. -
Alex Brandon/AP PhotoThe president’s supporters are sticking with him despite his campaign promises to not start new wars.
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There's been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation. -
President Trump has announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. Her departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. -
The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin. -
Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present. -
Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series The Old Man, and he's currently starring in the Broadway production of Giant, about a troubling side of children's author Roald Dahl.
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Some 20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; the UN says its trying to extricate them.
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