Chico State works on wildfire recovery model | Shasta High chosen for NASA project | Bills to protect schools from ICE

By Ava Norgrove,

Ken Devol, Sarina Grossi

Published February 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM PST

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, Feb. 18.

In today’s episode:

It's been more than six months since the Park Fire swept through Butte and Tehama counties. Now, Chico State is using a nearly 8,000-acre property in the burn scar to create a prototype for sustainable wildfire recovery in California.

Also, a team of Shasta High School students will see their work fly to the edge of space.

Plus, California lawmakers are working to combat federal deportation efforts. What does that mean for schools in the state?

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Ava Norgrove

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.

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Ken Devol

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.

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Sarina Grossi

Sarina recently graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in media arts, society and technology. She started writing for her school newspaper during her senior year of high school and has since dedicated her life to news.

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