Prop. 1 could put Butte County mental health services at risk | CSU student assistants unionize | California wildfire bill pushes for faster, more cost-effective improvements

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, February 26. 

• Butte County’s mental health services may face cutbacks if Prop. 1 passes — Erik Adams, NSPR
• California State University student assistants are unionizing — CapRadio Staff
• California lawmakers push utilities toward faster, more cost-effective wildfire safety improvements — Danielle Venton (KQED), The California Report
• California legislators propose closing more state prisons — CapRadio Staff
  

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Butte County food pantries struggle to meet demand

Alec Stutson

Increased cost of living has forced more people to turn to food pantries to make ends meet. In Butte County, some programs are struggling to feed their communities.

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• Chico applies again for state homeless funding. What happened last time? — NSPR
• Shasta County Sheriff's Office has recovered the bodies of two juveniles who fell into river — CapRadio
• Oroville seeking public input on proposal to build pedestrian, bike corridor — NSPR
• Negotiations are underway for a proposed sobering center in Butte County — NSPR
• How words shape our perception of homelessness — NSPR
• Yuba County now following statewide guidelines for evacuation messages — NSPR
• Oroville is launching a series of classes to educate residents about local government — NSPR
• Chico State professors publish Camp Fire water pollution study 5 years in the making — NSPR
• Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation is the latest tribe in California to get land back — NSPR

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