Glenn County is rolling out a new evacuation zone system for emergencies. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a $4.7 billion effort to address children’s mental health, and state lawmakers advance a COVID-19 bill for school testing plans.

People ages 65 and older are the fastest growing homeless population in the United States — a Chico nonprofit is trying to help. Also, monkeypox cases have tripled in California over the past month and communities without vaccines feel forgotten, and a state program gives college savings accounts to California kids.

Officials in Tehama County say they don’t have the resources to notify every resident in the event of an emergency such as a wildfire. Also, an investigation found a stalled U.S. Forest Service project could have protected Grizzly Flats from the destructive Caldor Fire, and research suggests climate change is increasing the likelihood of megafloods in California.

Tehama County’s director of environmental health says many residents don’t have the option of drilling new wells or deepening existing ones. Also, widespread haze and smoke is drifting into Chico from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex, and Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to up the ante on fighting climate change.

Recovery is happening slower than expected for many residents in the Dixie Fire burn scar. Also, isolated mountain thunderstorms could return to the North State this week, and California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye reflects on her time leading the state’s highest court.

State officials are undertaking bold moves to try to save threatened winter-run Chinook salmon. Also, it’s important to know the difference between fire-weather terms like “fire weather watch” and “red flag warning,” and activists rally at the California Capitol for access to clean water.

The man accused in the deadly February Oroville bus shooting was found competent to stand trial. Also, Chico’s 6th Street Center for Youth says it will soon have another housing location for homeless teens and young adults, and the Inflation Reduction Act could bring billions of dollars in drought relief to the state.

A year after the Dixie Fire, survivors are working to aid victims of another devastating blaze. Also, the city of Chico’s Pallet shelter site has served about 175 people since its opening, and the McKinney Fire has burned more than 60,000 acres and was 60% contained.

Siskiyou County’s sheriff is investigating the media’s conduct in the McKinney Fire zone. Also, a new state Senate committee on the monkeypox virus will hold its first meeting today, and a report from the Legislative Analyst's Office says the California Employment Development Department is too focused on fraud.

Officials say about a quarter of the buildings destroyed in the Carr Fire that were located in unincorporated areas of Shasta County have been rebuilt. Also, an exhibit of the Dixie Fire Stories Project is featured in Quincy, and federal health officials are considering breaking single doses of the monkeypox vaccine into smaller doses to stretch the current supply.