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These recipes from our resident chef Kathy Gunst take advantage of the bounty of spring, but aren't overly sweet.

Ted Allen is best known for his role as the food-and-wine specialist on the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. But he is also a journalist and author. The Food You Want to Eat is Allen's current cookbook.

Many Girl Scout councils are raising the price of their popular cookies from $5 to $6 a box. The increase offers Girl Scouts and their customers a bittersweet lesson in inflation.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with the International Rescue Committee's country director of Afghanistan, Sherine Ibrahim, about the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern mountainous region.

A gunman killed four people, including his three children, at an Arden-area Sacramento church last night. Also, demonstrators gathered downtown at the Chico City Plaza over the weekend to protest its several extended closures they say displace homeless citizens and PG&E has a new program to make it safer and to generate electricity during power shutoffs.

After protesters were arrested Tuesday following a days-long protest at Cal Poly Humboldt against the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, one professor is concerned about law enforcement involvement. Also, voters in Chester will soon decide whether or not to fund fire and ambulance services, and California is now recovering from an unprecedented three-year population decline.

The Supreme Court heard arguments about a major homelessness case last week. Here's what to expect going forward and how it could affect unhoused residents in Chico. Also, Lassen, Modoc and Plumas County residents will need to carry permits before doing any residential burning starting tomorrow, and Caltrans officials say they’re making progress toward reopening Highway 70 through the Feather River Canyon.

Measure H would implement a one-cent sales tax for Butte County residents that could lead to millions of dollars in the county’s coffers. Also, Plumas County is trying to attract people to live and visit the area by being featured in the PBS show “Viewpoint,” and Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday released an optimistic progress report on efforts to reach an ambitious goal to conserve 30% of California’s land by 2030.

Award-winning science journalist Alison Richards is deputy supervising senior editor for NPR's science desk.

Ramtin Arablouei is co-host and co-producer of NPR's podcast Throughline, a show that explores history through creative, immersive storytelling designed to reintroduce history to new audiences.