We’re in conversation with Michael Kauffman, research plant ecologist, educator, and founder with his botanist wife Allison of the ecologically focused Backcountry Press, and Justin Garwood, Environmental Scientist for the California Dept. of Fish and wildlife with a focus on fisheries.
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Author Sandi Paris navigates her husband's heartbreaking journey through dementia. -
Berry Creek residents living in the burn scar of the 2020 North Complex are repairing damages caused by recent winter storms. Also, applications for scholarships through the North Valley Community Foundation are open, and local and national groups are coming together to address the mental health needs of victims of recent mass shootings.
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NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with North State Shelter Team board member Charles Withuhn about the needs of those staying at the camps.
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The Butte County Department of Public Health reported the first two flu-related deaths of the 2023 flu season Thursday. Also, a Chico nonprofit drops off aid to unhoused residents during winter storms, and the Asian and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus said it will be introducing resolutions to impact gun safety laws in California.
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The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.
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Eleven people are dead and several others injured after a shooting Saturday night in Monterey Park. Calif. Members of the community say they are in shock as they are beginning to mourn.
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Local agencies in Chico don’t track the deaths of unhoused residents, making it difficult to know how deadly this year’s winter storms have been. Also, California will close nearly 100 COVID-19 testing and treatment sites more than a month earlier than expected, and a new bill would give California college athletes more protections.
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A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in the mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday. The incident took place near one of Southern California's largest Chinese New Year street festivals.
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In 1989, CM Ralph created "Caper in the Castro", the first LGBTQ+ video game. Nearly lost when diskettes became obsolete, this piece of gaming and queer history found new life in the Internet Archive.
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The internet is forever ... or is it? The average webpage is deleted or changed in just 100 days. To preserve all human knowledge — digital and analog — Brewster Kahle created the Internet Archive.
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Humans are generating vast amounts of data each day— and we're running out of storage space. Molecular biologist Dina Zielinski discusses a solution that can pack tons of data into a tiny space: DNA.
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LIDAR technology is an innovation in archeology and ecology that has uncovered lost civilizations. But archeologist Chris Fisher realized it could help track and study the effects of climate change.
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Delivery workers left Luke Ansell's new, custom-made couch jammed in his staircase in his two-story home. Thankfully, some pals rushed over to help him move the new piece of furniture upstairs.
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The show debuted in 1989, and there have been 36 seasons and 1,800 episodes. This season, stars such as Billie Eillish and Natasha Lyonne made guest appearances.
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