Chico nonprofit brings awareness to brain injuries | Symposium at Chico State to focus on wildfire | Red Bluff council votes to close homeless camp

By Ken Devol,

Sarina Grossi, Alec Stutson

Published March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM PDT

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, March 20, 2025.

In today’s episode:

It’s National Brain Injury Awareness Month. A group in Chico says brain injuries impact more people than you might think.

Also, Chico State will host a two-day symposium dedicated to making communities more resilient and adaptive to wildfires.

Plus, the Red Bluff campsite for the unhoused at Dog Island Park will close soon.

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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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Alec Stutson

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.

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