California

More than 1,200 wells have run dry this year in California. Also, another lawsuit has been filed against the wood products company under investigation for the Mill Fire, and restoration efforts after the 2021 Dixie Fire are still underway at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

The Yurok Tribe hosted the first ever state summit tackling unsolved cases of missing or murdered Indigenous people Tuesday in Arcata. Also, a recently formed burlesque and drag group in Chico aims to enliven downtown while providing an inclusive space, and experts say flu season could be severe.

Most of the state’s taxpayers will receive a tax rebate between $200 and $1,050 in the coming weeks meant to address inflation and rising gas prices. The $9.5 billion package was approved by Governor Gavin Newsom in June as part of the state budget.

Under the eaves of a storied community masjid, or mosque, residents in Yuba City are collecting relief aid for flood victims in Pakistan, after disastrous flooding has killed nearly 1,700 and displaced nearly 8 million.

The Paradise Recreation and Park District is working to help students cope with trauma. Also, California is preparing for a possible fourth year of drought, and a proposition on the November ballot asks voters whether the right to an abortion should be enshrined in the state constitution.

Religious opponents of abortion, led by the Catholic Church, are mobilizing against Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot. But the numbers in fundraising and in the polls are against them.

North State organizations are teaching children about wildfire safety. Also, millions of the state’s poorest residents may be forced to switch health insurers, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will boost paid family leave benefits for workers in the coming years.

SB 951 increases leave payments to 90% of paychecks for lower-income workers in 2025, so more of them can afford time off for maternity leave or to care for ill family members.

Host Dave Schlom visits with folks from the newly renamed Cal Poly Humboldt about their marine biology programs.

A trial has been scheduled for the man charged in a deadly Oroville bus shooting. Also, former PG&E executives have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit filed over 2017 and 2018 wildfires, and tenants of a Chico apartment complex fear they will become homeless after being given eviction notices.