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This week's guest on Cultivating Place is one such well-known and long-respected plantsperson who has helped to shift our horticultural world for the better these past many decades – Roy Diblik.

Host Dave Schlom visits with UC Davis climate and environmental scientist Hannah Palmer and colleague Veronica Vriesman, a marine scientist and paleontologist at Oberlin College in Ohio.

A new study finds schools with frequently absent students also score worse on standardized tests. Also, officials say California is mostly out of its years-long drought, and new legislation would improve access to preventative HIV medication.

This year’s stormy weather could mean lower yields for California’s almond crop. Also, the rate of homeless students this school year in counties including Butte, Plumas, Tehama and Trinity is higher than the state average, and the Redding City Council Tuesday agreed to purchase 1.3 acres to build a new fire station.

A new rule bans outdated diesel trains. Plus a bill to give California a state bat, and auditors say the state needs to collect more data on LGBTQ healthcare patients.

Chico Unified Schools District’s youth fair showcases the importance of extracurricular activities. Also, research shows the mental health impacts of wildfire smoke, and a legal dispute could limit the use of aerial fire retardants in fighting wildfires.

A spokesperson for the Department of Water Resources explains how it will manage water from Spring snowmelt. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new hotline for reporting hate acts, and California legislators propose offering loans to head off hospital closures.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by special co-host Kendall Hall, an assistant physics professor at CSU Chico, for a very special conversation with one of America's greatest planetary scientists, Heidi Hammel. Also joining us is Stefanie Milam, Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science for the James Webb Space Telescope.

It’s been about a year since the city of Chico’s Pallet shelter for unhoused residents opened, we checked in with one resident. Also, the state of California sued Elk Grove over the city’s denial of an affordable housing project last summer, and a new bill would require tech companies to pay for news content.

CalFire officials say fire seasons are a thing of the past: we now have fire years. Also, extreme weather will get more expensive to recover from as climate change increases, plus a survey shows football is the most popular sport for high school boys in many North State counties.