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How unopposed elections work | Butte supervisors race: District 4 challenger Joanna Warrens | Shasta County could explore hand counting ballots again

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, February 27. 

In today’s episode:

  • Unopposed races on Butte County’s primary ballot — Jamie Jiang, NSPR
  • Butte supervisors race: District 4 challenger Joanna Warrens — Ava Norgrove, NSPR
  • Shasta County could once again explore hand counting ballots — Roman Battaglia (JPR), The California Report
  • Butte supervisors one step closer to bringing broadband to rural areas — Ken Devol , NSPR

Featured:

A screenshot of Yuba County's evacuation zone web map through the third-party platform Genasys Protect. None of the zones are under evacuation warning or order.
Angel Huracha
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NSPR
Experts say it’s critical that local governments use the same, standardized messaging during disasters. Yuba County officials recently changed evacuation messaging saying previous messaging was confusing.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.