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Allstate has announced it will no longer sell new home insurance policies in California following State Farm as the latest company to deem the state “uninsurable.” Also, health officials urge individuals to get the mpox vaccine ahead of Pride festivities, and Chico State renames Sutter Hall after an examination showed the building’s namesake mistreated Indigenous people.

As we close out April, a best-of conversation from Mother’s Day 2022. Can we ever get enough nurturing energy in the world? Enjoy!

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is monitoring the state's nascent wolf population after severe winter weather. Also, a university training program wants to increase diversity among medical students, plus California is the first in the world to begin phasing out diesel trucks.

Former Chico Enterprise-Record columnist Roger Aylworth died April 14, 2023. In this rebroadcast, Aylworth is joined by his wife, Susan Aylworth, also a writer.

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.

Chico State speaker celebrates neurodiversity. Plus a bill allowing state lawmakers to unionize and proposed legislation increasing penalties for human trafficking.

To learn more about these poets, click on their names.

Author Viorica Marian expands on the power of language, and NPR's Steve Drummond looks at how the Truman Committee investigated wartime corruption.

CalFire is reviewing public comments to make changes to its fire hazard severity zones map. Also, California Senator Dianne Feinstein returns to the Senate, and lawmakers are putting pressure on Gov. Newsom to increase childcare funding to the tune of a billion dollars.

Cultivating Place is pleased to once again be in conversation this week with Deb Prinzing, founder of the Slow Flowers movement here in the U.S. and Canada, and of The Slow Flowers Society.