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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.

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.

Her memoir, “The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal,” is a meditation on modern family life and a spiritual quest.

This week we focus on the communal power and importance of local garden information – provided in-person, on-air, in writing, or online, to help grow gardeners.

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.

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.

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.

Officials in Butte County have used their new evacuation zone map multiple times this fire season and the county sheriff warns of the potential for devastating wildfires. Also, a journalist investigates the mental health of firefighters in California, and gun owners in the state would be required to carry insurance under a bill introduced in the Legislature.

Host Dave Schlom talks to wildlife veterinarian Joe Gaydos from the Sea Doc Society (a research center on Orcas Island in the Salish Sea off the Washington Coast) and UC Davis along with NOAA marine wildlife biologist Dawn Noren as they examine the lives and deaths of one of the Earth's apex predators: Killer Whales.

Teresa J Speight is a Washington DC-based gardener, garden historian, and podcaster under the name of Cottage in the Court. Teri’s new book out from Bloom! Imprint is BLACK FLORA – a gorgeous look into transformative humans of color and creativity at work with flowers. Enjoy!