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Take a deep dive into the heart of the lessons of all of our gardens through the lens of Maria Rodale's garden journey, documented in her newest book, Love Nature Magic: Shamanic Journeys Into the Heart of My Garden, out now from Chelsea Green Books.

An ongoing study is giving unhoused people $750 a month with no strings attached. A professor who helped create the trial told NSPR that so far the payments have helped many participants in Los Angeles meet their basic needs. Also, according to the CDC Wastewater Data Tracker cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Butte County, and the city of Chico is removing 28 trees to make way for construction on the Esplanade.

This year, at least 500 more acres in Butte County were burned with prescribed fire than last year. Also, burn scar residents could see a payment plan option implemented by Butte County early this year that would make it easier to pay for some rebuilding expenses, and yesterday marked the beginning of 2024, which for many residents in Chico, means a frosty dip in Sycamore Pool.

Esme Cabrera is an artist, a naturalist, and a born educator. Under the Instagram name “la-mamigami", Esme experiments, shares, and nurtures a plant-based art practice honoring the "miracles-of-being" that are the native plants around her.

Paradise’s urgency ordinance allowing fire survivors to legally live in RVs was set to expire in April. Now, survivors have until April 2025. Also, One person is dead after an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe Resort yesterday, and more anti-camping enforcements are set to begin for some unsheltered residents of Chico next week.

This week on Cultivating Place, we hear the magical story of how two gardeners, separated by time, came together to grow all of our imaginations.

Safe Space Winter Shelter says its intake center will be in the parking lot of Trinity United Methodist Church for the rest of the season following more than a week of negotiations with the city of Chico over a zoning issue at the nonprofit’s prior location. Also, a controversial settlement agreement between the California Public Utilities Commission and PG&E over the energy company’s role in the deadly 2021 Dixie Fire was delayed for a second time this week, and the Shasta County Election Commission has asked that the county’s supervisors to hire legal counsel to find out if they have authority to review election materials.

Host Dave Schlom and Michael examine the incredible forests of the Klamaths with two Cal Poly Humboldt professors who are deeply involved in studying them, Lucy Kerhoulas and Rosemary Sherriff.

Amidst allegations that a member of the Chico City Council violated the Brown Act, an ACLU attorney explains the law and the rights it affords to the public. Also, snow and gusty winds have prompted a winter weather advisory for many mountainous areas of the North State through this afternoon, and Yuba City is looking for a local artist to create a ‘Welcome’ sign for the city that will be placed at key entry points and replace older signs.

Host Dave Schlom delves into the topic of California's amazingly diverse climate and weather with the authors of the new book, Fire and Rain: California's Changing Weather and Climate, Stephen LaDochy (Cal State LA) and meteorologist Michael Witiw.