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A new landmark report on wildfires asks the federal government to recognize tribal sovereignty and support cultural burning by Native Americans. Also, the city of Chico is trying to shut down a physician-led harm reduction program that can include a doctor providing clean needles to a patient, and Stonewall Alliance Center of Chico is welcoming residents to participate in a community ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos.

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There is no better way to close out a spooky season than with a national cemetery expert. Writer and photographer Douglas Keister drops some knowledge this final week of October.

Cat lovers unite! Host Nancy Wiegman welcomes renowned cat behavior scientist Dr. Sarah Brown to help us explore the messages our cats might be sending our way. Also, children's author and NSPR team member Sarah Downs details how we can help rescue cats locally.

This week we’re joined by two native plant enthusiasts and nursery people – Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt of Humble Roots Nursery in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge.

How do you tell if wildfire danger has passed where you live? Wolfy Rougle, founder of the Butte County Prescribed Burn Association, shares the signs she looks for. Also, local and state officials will gather at the California Capitol today to recognize the 5-year anniversary of the Camp Fire, and the California Faculty Association may soon join the numerous labor unions in the state that have declared strikes over pay increases and workplace inequities.

Progress has been made on a bill that would keep disaster survivors from having to pay taxes on corporate settlement money. Also, a group of Chico parents has formed an anti-racism coalition, and it’s been an unprecedentedly wet year which has afforded the state’s water managers the opportunity to replenish drought depleted aquifers.

Host Dave Schlom visits with Fraser Shilling, Director of the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis.

A federal commission on wildfires has made extensive policy recommendations to Congress. Among them: putting good fire back in the natural landscape and developing a strong workforce to do so. Also, Shasta County will no longer be moving toward hand counting ballots in the upcoming election, and after the position of health officer sat vacant for nearly a year and half in Shasta County, the board of supervisors voted last week to appoint local family doctor James Mu to the position who notably opposed state COVID-19 mandates during the pandemic.

If you live in California and you’ve been stressing about getting your taxes in, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Yesterday the IRS gave Californians another month to file taxes. Also, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will meet today to potentially vote on a new county public health officer, and nearly half a million health care workers in California will get a pay boost next year under a new law raising the industry’s minimum wage.