Short headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.

Short headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.
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This week on Cultivating Place, you are in for a real summer adventure on a global garden armchair tour of sorts with a plantswoman who has studied and gardened at some of the Western world’s best from Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Monk’s House in the UK to Sparoza in Greece.
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The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
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Redding author Kelly Ramsey recounts the two years she spent as a member of a hotshot wildfire-fighting crew.
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The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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A man was shot and killed Monday night at Chico’s alternate homeless campsite on Eaton Road. Police say the homicide appears to be an isolated incident and are asking for the public’s help.
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The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, July 7, 2025.
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Backcountry Press Publisher Michael Kauffmann along with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo botany professor Matt Ritter. Both combined to author the superb new book, California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species.
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CapRadio Board Members approved the end of its operating agreements with NSPR and KHSU. The Sacramento-based station plans to transfer both public radio stations to their license holders by November.
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This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.
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President Trump has been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days. NPR looks at the deteriorating relationship and whether Trump might take steps against Russia in favor of Ukraine.
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NPR asks Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, about President Trump's recent tough talk about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said he's now considering new sanctions.
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NPR speaks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, about Trump's attacks on the Fed chair for not moving to cut interest rates.
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Two managers at a San Diego construction project were trying to boost the morale of workers in the middle of the COVID pandemic. In this StoryCorps, hear how some monarch butterflies helped.
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The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, recently gained high-level access to a database that controls billions of dollars in government payments to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.
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