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Meet Monica McDaniel for District 3 Chico councilor | Rare comet visible in the North State | Controlled burn in Magalia today

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, October 15.

In today’s episode:

  • Meet Monica McDaniel for District 3 Chico councilor — Ken Devol, NSPR
  • Chance to see rare comet in the North State tonight, this week — Dave Schlom, NSPR
  • Controlled burn in Magalia today — Anthony Vasek, NSPR
  • Oroville City Council continues discussion on ‘safe and sane’ fireworks — Anthony Vasek, NSPR

Featured: 

Tsuchinshan-Atlast pictured about 99.4 million miles from Earth.
Matthew Dominick
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NASA
An ancient comet is adorning the night skies this month. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait another 80,000 years for it.

In case you missed it:

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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.
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.
Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.
Anthony started his student internship with NSPR in October 2024. He is a freshman at Chico State University pursuing a Bachelor's degree in journalism.