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This week, a Best OF episode revisiting our conversation with Maria Popova, the creator and writer behind The Marginalian (formerly known as Brain Pickings).

Drought-impacted residents of Orland may see relief with a new water project, and Chico’s Catalyst expands its services as Rape Crisis Center closes. Also, the Chico City Council will discuss police and fire department funding at its meeting, and Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed a new senator to serve the remainder of the late Senator Feinstein’s term.

Author Raymond H. McDonald sits with Nancy's Bookshelf to speak about his tribute to his lifelong friend, Merle Haggard.

Several settlements were approved this year in connection with the Zogg Fire, which ignited three years ago today. Also, the threshold of signatures to hold a recall election for Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye has been reached, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Monday to prevent school boards from banning textbooks based solely on a books’ coverage of race, sexual orientation or gender identities.

Host Dave Schlom visits with two-time World Series champion and four-time MLB All-Star Hunter Pence about the nonprofit organization he and his wife Alexis have founded: Healthy Planet Project.

PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs were a much more frequent occurrence when they started about five years ago. This year, the company has only turned off power twice. NSPR looked into why there are fewer outages. Also, cannabis is now the top crop produced in Shasta County, and a new law to protect doctors in California from prosecution for sending abortion pills to patients in other states was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Tropical storms this summer brought flash floods to Siskiyou County, where last year the McKinney Fire killed four people and destroyed more than a hundred homes. Also, today’s storm could mean the end of fire season in northern California, and Glenn County will be testing its emergency alert system on Thursday.

The Torres Community Shelter in Chico will no longer require substance testing for its residents in a push to remove barriers for those needing assistance. Also, the city of Chico is set to begin a “Buy it in Chico” campaign to entice residents to shop locally, and more than 40 states including California are suing social media giant Meta for deceptive practices and addicting underage users.

This year PG&E made a case to utility regulators to raise its rates by 22% over the next four years. The company says the increase is necessary to meet undergrounding goals but fire survivors say they just can’t afford it. Also, a group of nonprofits have formally requested California’s Secretary of State to oversee upcoming elections in Shasta County, and California is preparing for what may be another very wet year.

Host Dave Schlom examines the Europa Clipper mission, set for launch in the fall of 2024, to explore Jupiter's giant icy moon. Europa is an ocean world covered in a sheet of ice.