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Recent storms have hampered an already slow rebuilding process in the town of Greenville. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday said $600 United Way checks are on their way to flood-affected farmworkers regardless of their immigration status, and the eleventh atmospheric river to hit California this winter left the Golden State reeling.

A day or two of dry weather is expected before another storm is forecast to hit the North State. Also, Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson declared a local state of emergency in the county due to flooding, and heavy snow has also exacerbated mental health challenges in the Dixie Fire burn scar.

Redding author Marilyn Woolley shares stories of first responders' journey with their psychological injuries.

This week we revisit a best-of Cultivating Place conversation focusing on seeding our imaginations—metaphorically and literally, with Diane Wilson writer, gardener, emeritus executive director of Dream of Wild Health and, more recently, emeritus executive director of The Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors yesterday voted 3-2 to hand-count ballots to tally election results. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors heard a request yesterday from the Honey Run Covered Bridge Association for a loan to rebuild the iconic bridge, and community organizers are pushing for change six years after Desmond Phillips' death.

After a remarkably wet winter, California officials have announced a rollback of some state drought restrictions. Also, efforts to slow the Valley’s Edge development project in Chico are making headway, and an alignment of five planets will be visible in the North State skies this week.

The second annual Paradise Grazing Festival returned over the weekend. Also, California lawmakers approved a bill to require new pricing transparency from oil companies, and a study by the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California found that more than 70% of California prison inmates are serving added years behind bars for sentence enhancements.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) proposed a transfer of water rights for the Miocene Canal to Butte County. Also, California Gov. Gavin Newsom added four counties, including Shasta, to a previous storm state of emergency declaration, and the nearest international airport for most North State residents will be getting some improvements.

The final episode in this year's five-part series of Cultivating Place in honor of Women’s History Month. Host Jennifer Jewell chats with Alice Vincent in-depth about her newest work: Why Women Grow, Stories of Soil, Sisterhood, and Survival.