Butte County’s RV laws are difficult for wildfire survivors | Tuscan Water District wins approval | Butte Sheriff’s Office offering up to $30,000 in hiring bonuses

By Erik Adams,

Sarah Bohannon, Ken Devol, Jamie Jiang, Angel Huracha, Ava Norgrove

Published December 14, 2023 at 8:49 AM PST

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, December, 14.

In today’s episode:

“Nowhere to go”: Butte County’s RV laws put wildfire survivors in difficult positions — Jamie Jiang, NSPR
Tuscan Water District passes — Ken Devol, NSPR
Butte County Sheriff’s Office offering up to $30,000 in bonuses to new hires — Erik Adams, NSPR
Town of Paradise gets new mayor — Jamie Jiang, NSPR

In case you missed it:

First ever cultural burn on a CSU campus alights at Chico State — NSPR
Butte County residents show low support for library tax — NSPR
Pacific Bell brings new lawsuit against timber company for its role in 2022 Mill Fire — NSPR
Shasta County residents file lawsuit over controversial gun range — NSPR
Chester to lose emergency services — NSPR
New CUSD campus rules limits after-school access — NSPR
Library, fire station funding back on Butte supervisors agenda — NSPR

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Erik Adams

Erik began his role as NSPR's Butte County government reporter in September of 2023 as part of UC Berkeley's California Local News Fellowship. He received his bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal State LA earlier that year.

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Sarah Bohannon

Sarah has worked at North State Public Radio since 2015 and is currently the station’s Director of Operations. She’s responsible for the sound of the station and works to create the richest public radio experience possible for NSPR listeners.

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Ken Devol

Ken came to NSPR through the back door as a volunteer, doing all the things that volunteers do. Almost nothing – nothing -- in his previous work experience suggests that he would ever be on public radio.

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Jamie Jiang

Jamie was NSPR’s wildfire reporter and Report For America corps member. She covered all things fire, but her main focus was wildfire recovery in the North State. Before NSPR, Jamie was at UCLA, where she dabbled in college radio and briefly worked as a podcast editor at the Daily Bruin.

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Angel Huracha

Angel Huracha has been a part of the journalism field since 2006 and has covered a range of topics. He is a graduate of Chico State with a Bachelor's degree in news-editorial and public relations with a minor in English.

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Ava Norgrove

Ava is NSPR’s Morning Edition anchor and reporter. They previously worked on NPR’s Weekend Edition and NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered broadcasts and produced weekly national news stories focused on contextualizing national issues for individual communities. They love NorCal and spending time outdoors.

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