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An exhibit at UC Davis argues the future isn’t pre-determined when it comes to wildfires. Also, a new study by Harvard University shows the Chico area has the second highest share of rent-burned residents in the state, and the California Public Utilities Commission has fined PG&E $45 million for its involvement in the 2021 Dixie Fire as part of a settlement between the company and utility regulator.

Affordable housing in Chico is being produced at the highest rate in the city’s history. This news comes amid a new Harvard University study finding Chico has the second highest number of cost-burdened households in California. Also, Chico State plans to host a forum on the hotly debated Valley’s Edge Specific Plan that’s set to go before Butte County voters in March, and Butte County is holding a series of workshops about Proposition 1, that if passed, will refocus billions of dollars of funds to serve those with the severest mental health needs.

As of last week, local homeless aid nonprofit Safe Space Winter Shelter no longer has an office building. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution allowing fire survivors to make monthly payments for building permits, and cases of a highly contagious bacterial infection are rising in Shasta County.

The combining of sculpture and gardens dates back centuries if not millennia, and there are few public gardens I know of that do not incorporate sculpture into their aesthetics and identity at some point. This week we are in conversation with an exemplary public garden, whose identity grows out of this pairing: the art of horticulture and the art of sculpture.

Artists and musicians join volunteers at a pile burn in Berry Creek hosted by the Butte Prescribed Burn Association. Also, fire survivors have been paid 60% of the total amount owed in compensation for wildfires started by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. In April that number will go up to 66%. And workers from PG&E will begin laying underground cables in Oroville next week.

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Award-winning actor and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote helps readers discover the Buddha's fundamental teachings and shows how they can be applied to contemporary daily life.

Shasta County voters had many races and measures to weigh on Super Tuesday. Which issues mattered most them? Also, many Butte County voters said they headed to the polls to vote on the future president and Prop. 1, and the Chico City Council this week took the final step needed to annex a 20-acre parcel in north Chico to allow development there.

Chico State’s student government has passed a resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza. The resolution also asks Chico State leadership and the city of Chico to join the call for a ceasefire. Also, PG&E is warning customers of an increasingly common phone scam, and several streets in downtown Chico will be closed to the public Sunday due to the upcoming bicycle race.

Host Dave Schlom visits with guests from River Partners, a conservation organization born of a vision of farmers with conservation interests who sought more of a cooperative rather than confrontational approach to watershed restoration projects.