The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, July 18.
Construction begins on tiny home site for Chico’s unhoused dealing with substance abuse, mental illness
The Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT) broke ground on Everhart Village for unhoused residents last week. The village is specifically for unhoused residents struggling with substance abuse or mental illness and will contain 20 tiny homes on Mangrove Avenue and Cohasset Road.
— Alec Stutson, NSPR
Tips on protecting a home from wildfire embers
Managing vegetation around a home is important to protect it from wildfire, but that alone likely won’t provide enough protection because the real threat comes from the air, not flames. Tom Esgate, managing director of the Lassen Fire Safe Council, told NSPR that embers — or pieces of burning debris that can fly miles in front of a wildfire — are what will most likely set a home ablaze. He offers some simple tips to homeowners.
— Sarah Bohannon & Ken Devol, NSPR State attorney general has plan for nearly 1.5 million California tenants at risk of eviction
One in seven California tenants are behind on their rent. That’s prompting the Attorney General’s Office to issue new guidance aimed at keeping renters from being evicted.
— Erin Baldassari (KQED), The California Report
Income inequality in California at all-time high
Income inequality continues to grow in California. A new study from the Public Policy Institute of California finds the top 10% of earners make eleven times what the bottom 10% do.
— CapRadio Staff
Stories from NPR partner stations are edited by NSPR Staff for digital presentation and credited as requested.In case you missed it
- The Dixie Fire started a year ago: A look at the investigation into the drone that got in the way of the initial firefight — NSPR
- ‘I can’t water without PG&E’: Anderson resident describes experience evacuating Peter Fire — NSPR
- Interview: Emergency shelter Safe Space to open a summer cooling center in Chico — NSPR
- Triple-digit temperatures in Chico, but no city cooling center — NSPR
- New attorney appointed for suspect in Oroville bus shooting — NSPR
- Dial 988: State’s new mental health crisis hotline debuts — CalMatters
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