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The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, August 7, 2025.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

This week, Cultivating Place’s guest host, Ben Futa, is in conversation with Katie Elzer-Peters, owner and founder of The Garden of Words, a digital marketing agency for the green industry. Katie is a lifelong plant lover, storyteller, communicator, and artist.

Two children were injured and one man is dead after a shooting at a private K-8 school in Butte County. Also, three new Chico city council members will be sworn in at City Hall, and California prisons will no longer be able to withhold mandated money from people when they are released.

Several organizers are working to raise money and collect items for the victims of the Feather River Adventist School shooting, and church leaders announced that North State Seventh-day Adventist schools would be closed for the day. Also, the Butte Film Festival returns to the North State this weekend and will take place at the historic State Theatre in downtown Oroville.

Yuba City is home to thousands of uncontrolled feral chickens, but experts say they could spread infectious diseases to nearby residents. Also, three new councilors will be sworn into the Chico City Council tomorrow, and Chico's outgoing mayor announces run for State Assembly

Almost a month after the general election, Butte County’s election results are now official. Also, Redding’s more than 200 mile trail system provides a great opportunity for winter recreation, and the band Scowl will perform in Chico ahead of their North American tour.

Nancy talks with Chico State University English professor Rob Davidson about his new fiction collection.

This week when many in the US have time off with family and friends, we note our gratitude for Public Gardens and green spaces around our country and in our lives. Guest-Host Abra Lee is in conversation with one of North America’s public garden leaders, Paul Redman.

The Yurok Tribe has hit a new milestone this week in their goal of restoring 2,200 acres of riparian habitat along the Klamath River. Also, several illegal marijuana grow operations were raided in Butte County, and the Butte County Search and Rescue Team is fundraising to build a new headquarters.