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An investigation by The California Newsroom finds Cal Fire has fumbled responsibilities of managing forests and preventing catastrophic fires. Also, officials give an update on Dixie Fire debris removal, and California state lawmakers are seeking a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion.

NSPR speaks with a CalMatters reporter about Cal Fire’s struggle to retain firefighters as it confronts an ongoing threat of megafires. Also, high temperatures are bringing concerns for heat-related illness in the North State, and California lawmakers are investigating the state’s high gasoline prices.

The city of Chico has a new city manager. Also, some North State counties are falling behind the state for high school students meeting college-qualifying A to G requirements, and Yuba County officials urge residents to plan for wildfire sooner than later.

The city of Chico says those camping at Comanche Creek Greenway will need to go to a designated legal shelter option. Also, Butte County’s district attorney discusses the court hearing surrounding a teenager charged with killing an unhoused person at Teichert Ponds last September, and smoke from wildfires is one reason Lake Tahoe is getting murkier.

San Francisco Bay Area’s Greenhouse Project is a cultural and economic restoration garden project making use of what we have and growing on it. This week Cultivating Place is joined by Caitlyn Galloway who shares more about the firm belief of this project that Urban Agriculture is essential to building a sustainable future wherever you might live.

Author Dave Nordel shares life lessons learned on a dairy farm and in the military.

A fire in Yuba County destroyed several homes in Olivehurst over the weekend while containment increased on other fires in the region. Also, one person is dead and four wounded after a mass shooting in Sacramento, and a bill signed by the Governor focuses on reducing plastic pollution.

Hundreds of structures remain threatened by the Rices Fire that’s now 12% contained. Also, Max Steiner — Democratic candidate for California’s 1st Congressional District — criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade, and California lawmakers approve a record $300 billion state budget.

The Rices Fire burning in Nevada County is 22% contained. Separately, forward progress has been stopped on the Sandra and Nelson fires in Butte County. Also, seven North State counties have no abortion clinics, Chico gets a new city manager and Chico’s police chief announces his retirement.

Blue Dot takes a trip to the Red Dot as Dave talks to British geologist/geophysicist and science fiction writer Simon Morden.