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Butte County has agreed to pay the family of a man who died while held at the county jail. Also, tribal leaders are calling on the California Legislature to act on the crisis of missing Indigenous people, and the Thursday Night Market in Chico opens today.

A Chico State employee is accused of calling for mass shootings against white and Black people. Also, Lassen Volcanic National Park welcomes visitors after last year’s Dixie Fire, and a criminal justice reform bill targeting faulty expert testimony is advancing in the state Legislature.

Firefighters say forward progress has been stopped on the Rancho Fire in Tehama County. Also, a bill introduced in Washington D.C. is aimed at speeding up reimbursements to local fire departments, and California lawmakers want to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit groups accused of treason.

Officials estimate that fuel reduction treatments should take place on more than 18,000 acres each year in Butte County. Also, specialized state COVID-19 testing sites that offer treatment are seeing fewer patients than anticipated, Republican lawmakers call for action on gas prices, and Sacramento is trying to curb harassment outside reproductive health care facilities.

A newly released plan aims to keep property owners in wildfire-prone areas insured by reducing their risk. Also, state officials will unveil a change in approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, residents in Redding’s Garden Tract neighborhood oppose planned development changes, and California lawmakers are targeting retail packaging waste.

Criminal proceedings were suspended Wednesday in the case of a Sacramento man accused of carrying out a deadly bus shooting last month in Oroville. Also, public health officials in Butte County are paring down their emergency response system for COVID-19 as cases continue to decline, and a sleep specialist says changing the clocks forward for daylight saving time creates problems for people.

The city of Chico says its Pallet shelter site for the homeless will open today. Also, a California bill would require schools to send firearm safety information to parents, and a poll finds a large majority of the state’s young adults are concerned about climate change.

For weeks, the song I Can't Wait by Hillary Duff has been in the top three on Radio Disney stations across the country, but elsewhere the song hasn't even made it to the top 50. How can this be? Some critics say that's what happens when a company controls the recording artist, the record label and the radio network. Others say it's just good marketing. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki and Jim Gilmore didn't make the prime-time debate. Instead, they took shots at the people they wanted to debate.

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Now, Japan, the U.S. and other nations grapple with calls for global disarmament amid the threat posed by North Korea.