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A meeting yesterday between Safe Space Winter Shelter and the city of Chico has smoothed tensions between the groups after the nonprofit moved its intake center to an outdoor church parking lot following fines and threats of legal action from the city. Also, Chico State has named Leslie Cornick as its new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and a storm that moved into the North State last night is bringing valley rain and heavy mountain snow to the region.

Two North State authors put forth their historian hats with their latest work.

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

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

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

Award-winning author Steven T. Callan celebrates the release of his first novel, "The Case Of The Missing Game Warden."

Butte County and Chico don’t track unhoused deaths. A UC Berkeley professor says for places that do, the data can guide policy and give a clear picture of the unhoused community. Also, Chico started delivering 7-day enforcement notices to unsheltered residents yesterday in advance of clearing homeless encampments at three locations in the city, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to dip into the state’s rainy day fund to help fill a budget deficit this year but he also wants to be able to put more into the state’s savings account during good times.

In the late 80’s, Konkow Maidu had just five native speakers in the Oroville area — now, there are none. Also, Butte County’s behavioral health director spoke with NSPR about the possible complications of a proposition residents will vote on this March, and this week free or low cost cervical cancer screenings are taking place at Ampla Health in Chico. According to Butte County’s public health department, county residents are dying of cervical cancer at one of the highest rates in the state.

Ecologist and educator Dr. Justin Luong of Cal Poly Humboldt joins Cultivating Place this week to share more about his journey in science, practice, and education focused on biodiversity and climate resiliency, most recently through grassland restoration ecology. Listen in!

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