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Chico sees rise in 'risky heat days.' Also, residents of a Sacramento encampment are struggling with the heat, and a bill that would require anti-overdose medicine in public spaces died in the California Legislature.

Host Dave Schlom investigates two of the components that make up most of the universe -- dark matter and dark energy.

Welcome June! This week, the third and final-for-now conversation in our series on the state of seed for native ecosystem restoration through the lens of California: seed identified, site-sourced, and grown for conservation & biodiversity support.

All criminal charges have been dropped against PG&E for its role in the deadly 2020 Zogg Fire. Also, it’s Pride Month, where to celebrate in Chico, and California’s gas tax will increase on July 1.

CalMatter’s housing reporter Ben Christopher discusses what’s behind State Farm’s decision to halt new home insurance policies in California. Also, Dave Rickert starts as Shasta County’s new CEO and a state bill aims to limit renter security deposits to one month’s rent rather than three.

Host Dave Schlom visits with author Patrick Dean about his new book, Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World. Dean's book reveals that the 18th-century British naturalist, who preceded John James Audubon, recorded his observations in America of the stunning array of flora and fauna he found there.

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A new channel has been dug off the Sacramento River south of Redding to create a year-round spawning habitat for critically endangered chinook salmon. Also, State Farm has announced it will no longer accept new applications for home insurance in California due to wildfires, and Cal Fire will perform prescribed burns in Oroville and Thermalito as early as this week.

A Shasta County Superior Court judge has ruled the county must turn over documents requested by the Redding Record Searchlight in 2021. Also, excess snowpack from the winter might stick around longer than usual and help reduce severe wildfire risks in higher elevations, but not lower ones, and the Susanville Indian Rancheria received funding last week to clean up contaminated land.