Jamie Jiang
ReporterJamie is NSPR’s wildfire reporter and Report For America corps member. She covers all things fire, but her main focus is wildfire recovery in the North State. Before NSPR, Jamie was at UCLA, where she dabbled in college radio and briefly worked as podcast editor at the Daily Bruin.
She also worked as a news intern at KCUR — Kansas City’s NPR affiliate station — where she reported on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Jamie uses community engagement journalism to tell the stories of real people actually living with wildfires. She asks listeners to please send pitches, feedback, and suggestions her way.
Email: jamie.jiang@mynspr.org
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PG&E faces 11 felony and misdemeanor charges over its role in the Zogg Fire in 2020. Also, Chico State is holding an open forum today to allow community members to weigh in on the search for a new university president, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a bill that would restrict concealed carry weapons. -
The city of Chico began enforcing its anti-camping ordinance at the homeless camp at Teichert Ponds yesterday. Also, the Shasta County Housing Authority is now accepting applications for the wait list of its housing choice voucher program, and the much-anticipated monthly Sierra Snowpack Survey happens later today.
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Holiday Market in Paradise closes its doors. Also, former Sacramento resident Tyre Nichols was remembered on Monday evening by family and friends, and thieves steal more than $35 million from some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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Disability rights advocates are taking Gov. Gavin Newsom to court over his signature policy to address untreated mental illness and homelessness. Also, more details have been shared on the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, and a steady rise in the percentage of Californians choosing to die at home climbed during the pandemic.
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Volunteers for the “Point-in-Time” count set out in Butte County this week to collect demographic information on people experiencing homelessness. Also, members of one town in Shasta County met this month to discuss wildfire resiliency, and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla has called for more federal action on gun safety.
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Berry Creek residents living in the burn scar of the 2020 North Complex are repairing damages caused by recent winter storms. Also, applications for scholarships through the North Valley Community Foundation are open, and local and national groups are coming together to address the mental health needs of victims of recent mass shootings.
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Ten public entities in the North State announced a settlement agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric for damages incurred in the 2021 Dixie Fire. Also, FEMA has added more counties to its major disaster declaration in the wake of recent winter storms, and experts are skeptical California’s electric grid can handle the planned phaseout of gas cars.
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The Paradise Town Council will send a council member to Washington, D.C., to express support for tax relief on PG&E settlement money. Also, ongoing winter storms have hit agriculture hard in the Sacramento Valley, and President Joe Biden is expected to visit California to assess the damage from the storms.
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Stations affected are Harts Mill Fire Station 62 in Berry Creek, Stirling City Fire Station 13, and Jarbo Gap Fire Station 36.
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The Federal Communications Commission has released a new broadband map that will inform how the government awards billions of dollars in infrastructure improvement funding. Also, winter storm warnings and flood watches have been issued as a new round of storms arrives in California, and much of the state is still in a severe drought despite torrential rainfall.
