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A report by the state auditor finds that utilities are not being held accountable for wildfires sparked by their equipment. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is shipping more than 14 million COVID tests for counties to distribute to schools, and state lawmakers have introduced a bill to extend protections for tenants waiting on rent relief from the state.

Chico State admissions office details what dropping SAT and ACT testing requirements will mean for incoming students. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking state water regulators this spring to ban non-residential users from watering their grass, and a report shows homeownership became even more unreachable for most Californians last year.

A state proposal would pay farmers not to plant crops. Also, California’s task force on reparations determines who would be eligible, and an investigative journalist covering climate change education will speak at Chico State tonight.

Novelist Emily Gallo writes the story of a young girl mysteriously found by the side of the road. Also, Poet Meghan Irene shares what good actually came from the 2018 Camp Fire

Host Dave Schlom visits with Brendan Byrne, space reporter for NPR affiliate WMFE in Orlando, Florida about a very busy 2021 in the space business with commercial flights by Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX.

Mark Cushing on his latest book Pet Nation and the evolution of America's relationships with pets. He describes the current situation of pet ownership in America.

With a whole new winter of pandemic complications and complexities in front of us, and in introducing urban-dwelling humans to their trees, and these trees to their people, the "three tree geeks of San Francisco” - and all our other knowledgeable tree folk doing likeminded work in the world – provide us a journey lesson on looking, listening and living. Listen in!

Connie Zweig joins us today to chat about her latest book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul. Also, Kurt Koontz guides readers through his three journeys to India in vivid, poignant detail.

Gary Paul Nabhan is a gardener, an agricultural ecologist, an ethnobotanist, and an ecumenical Franciscan Brother based in Patagonia, Arizona.

Host Nancy Wiegman delivers a retrospective on the locally written work of 2021.