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The California State University and California Faculty Association reached a tentative deal last night after professors, lecturers and other staff walked out on the first day of classes on all 23 CSU campuses yesterday.

On the first day of the semester, professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches at the California State University will begin a weeklong strike this morning, including at Chico State. The California Faculty Association has been negotiating for a 12% general pay increase. Also, rates of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, that are monitored in Butte County’s wastewater are on the decline following state and national trends, and after several items were pulled from the agenda at the last Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting, they’re now coming back for discussion.

The Mechoopda Indian Tribe and the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve set an intentional ‘cultural burn’ at Chico State, returning fire to land from which the Mechoopda were removed 140 years ago.

The Mechoopda Tribe and the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve set an intentional “cultural burn” at Chico State returning fire to land from which the Mechoopda were removed 140 years ago. Also, after months of research and polling, the Butte County Board of Supervisors discussed the data surrounding the opinions of registered voters about a library tax ballot measure, and Pacific Bell Telephone Company is suing Roseburg Forest Products Company for alleged negligence in the 2022 Mill Fire.

A faculty union member ripped the report as "absolutely demoralizing"

Chico State skilled trades workers went on strike today, joining more than 1,000 fellow union members across California calling for better working conditions.

How do you tell if wildfire danger has passed where you live? Wolfy Rougle, founder of the Butte County Prescribed Burn Association, shares the signs she looks for. Also, local and state officials will gather at the California Capitol today to recognize the 5-year anniversary of the Camp Fire, and the California Faculty Association may soon join the numerous labor unions in the state that have declared strikes over pay increases and workplace inequities.

The California State University Board of Trustees voted this week (Sept. 13) to raise tuition rates over the next five school years. NSPR's Alec Stutson has more on the reactions from Chico State students.

Many Chico State students say they oppose the decision by the California State University Board of Trustees to raise tuition rates over the next five years. Also, a PG&E price hike as high as 26% has been proposed to the California Public Utilities Commission, and if you live in Glenn County and get a call from ‘Sergeant Harris’ asking you to send money to them, you’re being scammed.

The town of Paradise is getting new road signs that tell people which evacuation zones they’re driving through. Also, California State University trustees voted yesterday to approve a proposal to increase tuition by 6% annually over the next five years, and Shasta County supervisors will discuss suing California if Newsom signs a measure passed by the legislature last week that would ban hand-counting ballots in most elections.