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Host Dave Schlom visits with award-winning journalist and author Simon Barnes. For decades Barnes was one of the main sportswriters for the Times of London and also penned a column on wildlife conservation issues.

Health insurance plans through Covered California are slated to increase. Also, some evacuations remain in place for the Apple Fire in Yuba County, and a California lawmaker wants a state of emergency declared for monkeypox.

A Butte County woman was sentenced this week to a year in prison for disaster relief fraud after the Camp Fire. Also, how to protect your dog from the heat this week, and U.S. cities will soon see another round of nearly 800,000 monkeypox vaccine doses.

The city of Chico has named a temporary replacement for the city’s outgoing police chief. Also, small and rural schools in the North State are facing staffing challenges, and California is facing a prolonged late-summer heat wave this week.

Host Dave Schlom checks out the findings from a new NASA instrument flying aboard the International Space Station called ECOSTRESS.

Chico’s cooling center moved this week to accommodate more people. Also, auto club AAA expects an increase in roadside service calls as travelers hit the road for the holiday weekend, and a controversial vaccination-consent bill was pulled before a vote in the California Legislature.

Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley is running to represent California’s newly redrawn 3rd Congressional District. Also, two candidate forums for races in the North State are scheduled for Thursday, and the Paradise Genealogical Society is celebrating its reopening.

Author Phil Elkins shares stories from his time in Vietnam.

This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with a fall/winter planning and planting this time with a focus on design, in conversation with Nick and Allison McCullough – of McCullough landscape & Nursery, a design, build, and maintenance firm based in New Albany, Ohio.

Host Dave Schlom visits with Oxford University climate scientist Tim Woollings about his book, Jet Stream: a Journey through our Changing Climate.