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The privacy of transgender students has become a controversial topic for school boards across the state. Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County has implemented a policy that requires staff to notify parents if a student asks to use a name or gender identity that is different from what’s on their school records. Also, the city of Willows has opted to form its own law enforcement agency after a contract with the county sheriff’s department has ended, and the Klamath National Forest says cooler temperatures and shorter days have led to ideal conditions for prescribed burning.

Last month, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness announced a new round of funding to communities across the state, including Oroville. Also, as of today, the ordinance that allows permits for Bear Fire or North Complex survivors to stay on their land in trailers and RVs is set to end on Dec. 31; this morning the Butte County Board of Supervisors is planning to vote on a possible six-month extension, and it’s been six years since the Cascade, LaPorte and Cherokee fires in Yuba and Butte counties.

Many rural communities in the North State have poor or no internet service. NSPR looks into how the Karuk Tribe in Humboldt County is responding to this crisis. Also, more than a dozen CapRadio board members resigned effective immediately Wednesday night following a devastating audit, and California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 16 new bills into law yesterday, one of which now guarantees a minimum of five days of paid sick leave for employees in the state.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Rosanna Xia, environmental journalist for the Los Angeles Times to discuss her new book, California Against The Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline.

Host Dave Schlom profiles the mission with NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers Paige Arthur and Kaelan Oldani, then discusses the scientific investigations with Arizona State University graduate student and Psyche science team member Sam Courville. In the final segment, senior JPL engineer Abi Biswas joins Dave to talk about the cutting-edge Deep Space Optical Communications system that Psyche will be demonstrating to pave the way for high bandwidth communications on future space missions.

North State residents could be able to see a remarkable partial solar eclipse on Saturday. The eclipse will appear as a “ring of fire,” as the moon’s orbit passes between the earth and the sun, blocking all but a narrow outer ring of the sun’s light. Also, Pacific Gas and Electric now has the go ahead to proceed with clean up of Butte Creek following a canal failure this summer, and the Shasta County Board of Supervisors has doubled down on their opposition to a new law barring hand-counting ballots in elections in counties with more than 1,000 registered voters.

Berry Creek residents are celebrating the recent Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimous decision to give Bear Fire survivors an additional 18 months to live in RVs and trailers on their properties, but some in the burn scar still have concerns about the price of permits and the rebuilding process. Also, the Nor Cal Roller Girls are gearing up for their first home game since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the California Department of Water Resources is hosting a series of rafting trips on the Feather River through mid-November.

This week on Cultivating Place, we return to the artistry and also the activism of our plant-loving and garden-growing lives in conversation with Olly Costello.

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Explore some fun facts about California with two local authors.