Alec Stutson
ReporterAlec Stutson grew up in Colorado and graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in Radio Journalism, 20th/21st Century Literature, and a minor in Film Studies. He is a huge podcast junkie, as well as a movie nerd and musician.
In high school, he began making audio documentaries. His passion for radio goes back to elementary school when he fell in love with NPR listening to shows like This American Life in the backseat of his grandparents' car.
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Two people were killed in a small plane crash at the Oroville Airport Thursday. Cal Fire Battalion Chief John Gaddie said the two deceased were the only ones on board and their identities have not been released. -
A trial was set in Butte County to determine whether the suspect in the Oroville bus shooting is competent to stand trial. Also, California's reparations task force has released a report detailing the harm experienced by African Americans, and legislation aims to improve FEMA’s response to wildfires.
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Following the suspension of Rosedale Elementary’s equity leader, the Chico Unified School District says it will meet with a group of parents from the school about concerns. Also, Anthony Rendon will remain speaker of the California Assembly, and California lawmakers have approved a measure intended to go after extra loud vehicles.
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The Estes fire that sparked during critical fire weather conditions Monday is now 80% contained and around 5 acres. Also, Assemblymember Robert Rivas announced that he secured enough votes to become the next speaker of the California Assembly, and a new bill intended to keep pedestrians safe is advancing in the California state Legislature.
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The Butte County Sheriff’s Office is imploring residents to remember their evacuation zones as this summer’s wildfire season approaches. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court proposal passes its first hurdle in the state Legislature, and California's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) has reached a key milestone in its implementation of the new police decertification law.
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The Winnemem Wintu and other California tribes are calling for better environmental management of the Bay-Delta watershed. Also, state lawmakers are vowing to speed up a collection of new gun control bills in the wake of the school shooting in Texas that left 21 dead, and California's water board voted Tuesday to roll out statewide mandatory water restrictions in the face of an ongoing drought.
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The local health emergency for COVID-19 is terminated in Butte County. Also, city officials in Chico say about 90 people are now using the shelter site for the unhoused in south Chico, and California's first suspected case of monkeypox was reported in Sacramento.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom warns there could be mandatory water restrictions if Californians don’t conserve. Also, recreation sites at Lake Basin Recreation Area in Plumas National Forest are opening this holiday weekend, and landowners in the Sacramento Valley are wrestling with what to do amid drastic water cuts.
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A red flag warning has been issued for the Sacramento Valley and portions of the foothills. Also, endangered chinook salmon are moved above the Shasta Dam to cooler water, and six people were injured Friday after a bull escaped from the Redding Rodeo’s bull riding event.
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A Butte College program aims to ease the labor shortage in the region. Also, hundreds of bills in the California Legislature cleared a major hurdle Thursday, and scientists say a $1 million state-funded project to boost the Western monarch butterfly population in California by restoring their habitat appears to be working.
