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California formed the Office of Health Care Affordability in 2022, and on Wednesday, the board voted on a spending target that could begin to rein in costs.
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A community fridge in south Chico faces closure if not adopted by another operator. Also, plans to expand Chico’s passenger train routes to the Bay Area, high speed rail and the San Joaquin Valley are in the final stage, and Redding is among the top 100 best places to live in the U.S. according to livability.com that looked at small and mid-sized communities across the country with scores based on economic variables and factors that influence quality of life, including affordability.
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Cultivating Place: California Native Plant Week: CNPS Rare Plant Program & Inventory with Aaron SimsThe third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in honor and protection of our native plant diversity.
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President Biden has issued a disaster declaration following a request from Gov. Gavin Newsom. It will reimburse 10 California counties, including Butte, Glenn, and Sutter, for disaster response and recovery costs. Also, the Redding Police Department is preparing to release footage after the first officer-involved shooting in Shasta County since its adoption of body cameras last year, and bus commuters in Redding this month can get a free bike ride pass.
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A California Republican’s bill would exempt low and middle income wildfire victims from solar panels requirements on rebuilt homes that didn’t have them when they burned down.
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A bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.
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Dillon Carroll pens Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War), a book that examines the effects of military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional well-being of Civil War soldiers.
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Butte County will hold 11 community meetings to get public input about updating evacuation maps for numerous communities. Also, the Feather River Nature Center in Oroville has been recognized as a ‘monarch waystation’ or a suitable pit stop for the butterfly’s migration, and next week a host of new improvements are slated to get underway for Bruce Road.
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Thirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that California prison and parole officials still are not doing enough to help deaf and blind prisoners.
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Chico State is co-hosting an event with housing experts and local and state politicians to discuss where Chico fits in with statewide housing efforts. Also, the Chico Peace Alliance set up an information table in front of the downtown post office yesterday to ask Chico residents to consider where their tax dollars go, and a California congressman has introduced a bill to prevent PG&E and other major utility companies from raising rates more than once per year.
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California attempts to increase access to state financial aid for students as FAFSA problems persistCalifornia officials are trying to increase access to state financial aid after issues with the federal form’s online portal. Deadlines have been extended for students and additional applications are available for students from mixed-status families.
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Nearly 30 wells in Chico are among hundreds in the state that would exceed new safety regulations for forever chemicals in drinking water. Cal Water says it’s working the university is co-hosting an event with local and state politicians as well as housing experts to discuss where Chico fits into statewide housing efforts to bring these wells into compliance. Also, a bill to incorporate “the science of reading” in California’s public schools died without a hearing in the state legislature, and California lawmakers are eyeing a bill that specifically targets private equity and hedge fund investments.