Another domestic violence case escalates in Butte County | Lightning risk grows for the Green Fire | 41 years later, suspect arrested in Shasta killing

By Erik Adams,

Published July 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM PDT

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

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Erik Adams

Erik began his role as NSPR's Butte County government reporter in September of 2023 as part of UC Berkeley's California Local News Fellowship. He received his bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal State LA earlier that year.

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