-
Monitor the fires burning in our area. This article will be updated with the latest information on fires burning throughout the North State.
-
A fast-moving wildfire that started in Upper Bidwell Park continues to prompt evacuations in part of Chico, Cohasset, Forest Ranch, and part of Tehama County.
-
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
-
California Governor Gavin Newsom was among those considered as a potential Democratic candidate for president, should Biden drop out. But speculation about a Newsom run halted when he endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday.
-
The Butte County Grand Jury has released its annual report, which includes investigations into Chico's homelessness policies. It found the city responsible for neglect and unsanitary conditions at its sanctioned encampment for unhoused residents. The report also found over the past decade the city has not addressed the homelessness crisis properly and instead took an “adversarial” stance to try and encourage unhoused residents to leave the city. Separately, the jury found inadequate funding has caused morale issues among library staff and patrons.
-
Vice President Kamala Harris appears on a glide path to being nominated for president when delegates meet in Chicago next month, after endorsements from top Democratic lawmakers, organizers and potential rivals.
-
Anderson Union School District Board President Jackie LaBarbera announced that the district would continue its current policy requiring school officials to inform parents when a student requests a change to their records, including requests to change their gender identity or sexual orientation. Also, tribal and conservation groups are advocating for national monument status for the Medicine Lake Highlands in Siskiyou County, and there are now more restrictions on fires in Lassen National Forest.
-
The decision, which followed pressure from his own party after a disastrous debate performance, makes Biden the first president to not seek reelection since Johnson in 1968. Biden wrote on X that he endorsed Kamala Harris to become the nominee.
-
A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize.
-
Host Dave Schlom visits with Dr. Joseph Parker, entomologist and beetle expert and head of the Parker Lab at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
-
We’re continuing to cover the city of Chico’s announcement this week that it hopes to change the terms of Warren v. Chico — a settlement agreement that outlines its homelessness policy for clearing encampments. In a letter responding to the city, the law firm representing the unhoused plaintiffs in the 2021 case pushes back. Also, Councilmember Tom van Overbeek says he supports the city’s move to challenge the settlement and says Councilmember Addison Winslow is incorrect about the details. And members of Tehama County’s largest employee union have declared no confidence in the Chief Administrative Officer and Personnel Director.
-
This week we revisit a favorite conversation from the archive, “The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year," with author and backyard tender and observer, Margaret Renkl.