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Chico voters are weighing a proposed sales tax increase. Also, health officials in the North State are encouraging vaccination against flu and COVID-19, and California’s community colleges won’t meet its goals to close the gaps in graduation rates between racial and ethnic groups in the next few years.

A strong earthquake today off the coast of Humboldt County left residents without power and brought reports of widespread damage. Also, California’s state firefighters will have to wait years for the shorter workweeks they’d asked for, and a state bill would decriminalize the possession of psychedelic drugs.

Chef and nutritionist Lacey Helene offers a few delicious recipes we can sip.

This week, a pre-Solstice offering for Cultivating Place listeners! Maria Popova is the creator and writer behind The Marginalian (formerly known as Brain Pickings), which, for the past 16 years, has been a daily exploration of wonder in our world as seen through the lenses of how we as humans express ourselves in our own creativity, our intellectual curiosity, our sadnesses and griefs, and in our greatest loves and joys.

We conclude our Apollo @50 series of looks at the Apollo missions to the Moon with looks back and forward.

Chico State’s Academic Senate is considering a resolution calling for an independent investigation connected to the school’s handling of a professor’s sex case. Also, flu cases are on the rise in the North State, and the California Air Resources Board adopted a plan mapping out the state’s approach to climate action.

Chico State’s Academic Senate calls for an independent investigation connected to the school’s handling of a professor’s sex case. Also, community organizers in Oroville say the city needs more services and housing for unhoused residents, and California's organic dairy farms say they are struggling to stay in business due to the drought.

Butte County is exploring the viability of outdoor warning sirens to notify foothill communities of wildfire danger. Also, survivors of the Mill Fire have reached a settlement agreement with the company that’s been connected to the fire, and Cal Fire is seeking public comment on a new Fire Hazard Severity Zones map.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for Humboldt County following Tuesday’s deadly 6.4-magnitude earthquake. Also, an answer to why the North Coast is so seismically active, and a benefit supported survivors of the Mill Fire in Siskiyou County.

We’re in conversation with Michael Kauffman, research plant ecologist, educator, and founder with his botanist wife Allison of the ecologically focused Backcountry Press, and Justin Garwood, Environmental Scientist for the California Dept. of Fish and wildlife with a focus on fisheries.