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NSPR spoke with candidates running for the Chico Unified School District school board this fall. They spoke about the topics most important to them and how they would represent families and educators. Today we hear from Michele Cooper who is running for Trustee Area 3. Also, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats in California has been detected in several North State counties, and Sherri Papini — the Redding area woman convicted of faking her own kidnapping — is being sued by her mother-in-law for $50,000.

NSPR spoke with candidates running for the Chico Unified School District school board this fall. They spoke about the topics most important to them and how they would represent families and educators. Today we hear from Teisha Hase who is running for Trustee Area 3. Also, a student filmmaker from Chico details his opportunity to attend one of the biggest film festivals in the world, and Shasta County election officials say they discovered an error in the printing of some ballots.

Host Jennifer Jewell had the great joy of visiting Wild Dreams Farm & Seed this past summer and is so pleased to welcome Jen Williams to Cultivating Place this week on the seasonal harvest-to-winter transition, life-and-death-and-life-again-cycle celebration day of All Hallows Eve/Samhain.

NSPR spoke with candidates running for the Chico Unified School District school board this fall. They spoke about the topics most important to them and how they would represent families and educators. Today we hear from Gayle Olsen who is running for Trustee Area 2. Also, parking will be free in downtown Chico for the holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and Shasta-Trinity National Forest is hosting a paid training specifically for women interested in wildland firefighting.

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Floods are expected to hit Butte County over the winter. Here’s how residents can create a plan. Also, an Avalanche Watch has been issued for the region around Mount Shasta and parts of Siskiyou County as the North State is buffeted by heavy rain and snow this week, and Chico Chai shares its love of tea with Chico by opening a new Chai House on Park Avenue.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Dr. Bethany Ehlmann, Director of Caltech's Keck Institute for Space Studies and Principal Investigator for the upcoming Lunar Trailblazer mission.

A city-funded emergency homeless shelter in Chico is weighing its options after being told by the City of Chico that it would cost thousands of dollars to apply for a land-use permit. Also, NSPR has been speaking with those aiding in Camp Fire recovery. In today’s interview, Paradise Stronger Executive Director Aaron Singer talks about the importance of community and movement in recovery, and the Town of Paradise will move forward with fire hazard management requirements for property owners.

The Chico City Council will bring back discussion about creating an ordinance for massage establishments in the city. The council chose to send the issue to internal affairs in September. Also, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors are being accused of violating the Brown Act and First Amendment rights of attendees and members of the press during a meeting last week, and Corning is scheduled to have a series of holiday events for December.

Host Dave Schlom visits with nature and wildlife writer Sy Montgomery, whose Soul of An Octopus was a National Book Award finalist, about her latest work, What The Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird.