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Blue Dot investigates the concept of the Blue Economy, using ocean resources in a more responsible, sustainable way as being practiced in the small coastal town of Fort Bragg, California.

Welcome, 2023! This week Cultivating Place kicks off a multi-part series devoted to the international, national, state, and local conservation efforts collectively known as 30 x 30 – a multi-faceted commitment by governments, agencies, and localities to securely preserve 30% of our world’s biodiversity by 2030.

Host Nancy Wiegman interviews two authors who know their way around North California.

Dairyville, California, resident Pam Warfield shares recipes and tells us why and how to use cast iron cookware. Chico traveler Scott Nitzel writes about a little-known collector’s item little-known outside Alaska.

Officials say Butte County has been relatively lucky during recent winter storms, but a recent local emergency declaration could help the county qualify for federal aid. Also, a new report from the state Legislative Analyst’s Office suggests that California could make its parole hearing process more equitable, and a new law allows Californians to have records of most criminal convictions sealed if certain conditions are met.

Settling into November now, this week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with three members of the horticultural team at Filoli, a historic house and 16 acres of cultivated garden in Woodside, California, where they are striving toward environmental and cultural practices to generously pay their long history of privilege forward. Just in time for the generous season in front of us.

Some North State school districts fared better than others on standardized test scores. Also, public health officials warn of a surge in COVID-19 cases this holiday season, and advocates say the state should do more to protect workers from retaliation.

Events commemorating the 2018 Camp Fire are scheduled this weekend in Paradise. Also, Redding’s Megan Rapinoe will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is withholding $1 billion in funding for homelessness to re-evaluate shelter goals.

In the first story of NSPR’s Sounding the Alarm series, fire survivors who’ve lived through recent deadly and destructive wildfires in Butte County share how emergency communication has fallen short.

Author Sandi Paris on her husband’s early onset dementia.