The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, August 9.
In today’s episode:
- Red Bluff could have new shelter for unhoused individuals by the end of the year — Ava Norgrove, NSPR
- Opioid overdoses, deaths on the rise in the U.S. — Ken Devol, NSPR
- Body of missing Hamilton City man found at Black Butte Lake — Ava Norgrove, NSPR
- Nearly 1 in 3 Californians say they wouldn’t get another COVID vaccine — Saul Gonzalez (KQED), The California Report
In case you missed it:
- Torres Shelter says it’s working to make services more accessible — NSPR
- Shasta County to pay $1.5M to family of man who was struck by sheriff’s deputy patrol vehicle — NSPR
- New study finds fire-prone overhead power lines disproportionately in low-income California communities — The California Report
- Interview: ‘It has been a treacherous year, but we are here’: McKinney Fire survivor on recovery in Klamath River — NSPR
- Doctors are sounding the alarm about a rise in nicotine poisoning in children — KFF Health News
- North State DAs alarmed at PG&E ending hazard tree program — NSPR
- Dixie and Lightning fires receive 8 percent of requested federal funding — NSPR
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