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Safe Space opens over the weekend | Search continues for missing teens in Oroville | Federal disaster funding sometimes goes unspent

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, Dec. 17.

In today’s episode: 

  • Safe Space opens overnight winter shelter earlier than expected — Alec Stutson, NSPR
  • Search continues for two teenage boys who went missing while duck hunting in Oroville — Adia White, NSPR
  • Federal funding for disaster recovery sometimes goes unspent, even when it’s needed — Ken Devol, NSPR
  • Sutter County to potentially halt industrial hemp farming — Ava Norgrove, NSPR

Featured: 

Ava Norgrove
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NSPR
The long-awaited Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act has been passed by Congress and has been signed into law by President Joe Biden. It’ll mean millions of dollars returned to communities devastated by wildfire.

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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.
Ava was an 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.
Adia White is a broadcast journalist and producer with nearly 10 years of experience. Her work has appeared on WNYC, This American Life, Capital Public Radio and other local and national programs. She started at North State Public Radio as a freelance reporter in 2017 before leaving for a stint at Northern California Public Media in Santa Rosa.
Alec Stutson grew up in Colorado and graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in Radio Journalism, 20th/21st Century Literature, and a minor in Film Studies. He is a huge podcast junkie, as well as a movie nerd and musician.