Legacy Stage
Legacy Stage’s Fringe Festival returns Labor Day weekend with more than 50 performances across Chico, showcasing bold and unconventional artistic voices.
Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: The Roosevelt brothers quest to find the Giant Panda: a conversation with author Nathalia Holt
Host Dave Schlom visits with one of his favorite authors, Nathalia Holt, to talk about her new book The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda.
Workers seek new paths as Glenn hospital closes | Chico activists join anti-Trump protests this weekend | Copper thefts surge in Shasta County
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, August 28, 2025.
Cultivating Place: Seed Your Future, with Jazmin Albarran
This week on Cultivating Place, host Abra Lee dives into the world of pathways to plant professions with Jazmin Albarran, executive Director of Seed Your Future, a non-profit whose vision is a world where Everyone understands the power of plants and is aware of the promising careers in the art, science, technology, and business of horticulture.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Local authors share their tales of Chico and Paradise
Discover the captivating stories of Chico and Paradise as two local authors take you on a journey through their unique perspectives.
150 jobs lost as Glenn County hospital closes | New COVID-19 ‘Stratus’ variant fuels infections | Redding voters face sales tax hike
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
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Angel Huracha/NSPRKelly Houston is bringing his “Tuneslinger: 50th Anniversary Tour de Force” to Chico this weekend, a show years in the making that blends personal reflection with five decades of music. -
IMDbHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from August 21 to August 28. -
Erik Adams/NSPRChico State President Steve Perez says fiscal planning, alumni advocacy and growing student enrollment are helping ease the university’s multimillion-dollar budget deficit. -
Forecasters say the North State is in for a stretch of dangerous heat, with highs up to 106 degrees possible this week. -
Rep. Doug LaMalfa and Rep. Kevin Kiley./XCalifornia Democrats have introduced a redistricting plan that would shift District 1’s boundaries from Santa Rosa to the Nevada border, tilting it toward Democrats and reshaping the North State’s political map. -
Erik Adams/NSPRThe city argues the agreement ties its hands on wildfire safety — but advocates say Chico is wasting time fighting a deal it already lost in court. -
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP PhotoCalifornia redistricting leak reveals political winners and losers — including in the North State. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRChico’s Don Michaellll channels street sounds, internet noise and fearless creativity into his second album, "WTFISTHIS?!".
NPR News
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the former director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, about his resignation after the CDC director's firing.
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The FBI is calling the attack at a Minnesota Catholic church an act of domestic terrorism driven by "hate-filled ideology." Extremism analysts say the picture may be more complex. -
When Al DiStefano accidentally dropped his class ring into the Long Island Sound, he never thought he'd see it again. More than half a century later, the kindness of a stranger brought the ring back to him. -
Producer Lorne Michaels has said he is looking to shake things up ahead of SNL's 51st season, which starts in early October. -
One of the homes at the center of President Trump's allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud is in her home state of Georgia.
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Here's your recap of what happened in the leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.
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