The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, May 3.
In today’s episode:
- Shasta County's Registrar of Voters is retiring, it's unclear how the vacancy will be filled — Alec Stutson, NSPR
- New Native youth center to open Greenville — Ken Devol, NSPR
- Year-round homeless shelter opens in Red Bluff — Adia White, NSPR
- The City of Chico offers refunds for taxes on utilities paid by low-income residents — Ken Devol, NSPR
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As California faces a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall this year, one program facing the chopping block is Market Match, a food stamps partner program that provides extra money to use on produce at farmers markets. Organizers of Market Match in the North State are raising the alarm that losing the program would have massive consequences for communities across the state.
In case you missed it:
- Following arrests at Cal Poly Humboldt, professor speaks out on university response — NSPR
- Voters in Chester to decide on future of fire and ambulance services — NSPR
- For the first time in three years, California gained more residents than it lost — NSPR
- Two climbers narrowly survive avalanche on Mount Shasta — NSPR
- What's next for Grants Pass v. Johnson — NSPR
- Burn permits now needed for residential burning in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas counties — NSPR
- Former Chico Mayor Randall Stone flown to UC Davis after being hit by a car — NSPR
- Hwy 70 in the Feather River Canyon remains closed with no estimate of when it will reopen — NSPR
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