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A new channel has been dug off the Sacramento River south of Redding to create a year-round spawning habitat for critically endangered chinook salmon. Also, State Farm has announced it will no longer accept new applications for home insurance in California due to wildfires, and Cal Fire will perform prescribed burns in Oroville and Thermalito as early as this week.

A new report shows more frequent fire weather days in the North State. Also, Chico State will soon have a new president, and Oroville may soon be designated a 'rural city.'

Frankie Medrano, Native American retention specialist at Butte College and a member of the Maidu tribe, spoke with NSPR about the festivities and the significance.

The California Department of Water Resources will increase releases from the main spillway at the Oroville Dam today. Also, Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Blunt shares the details of her latest book about utility infrastructure in the North State, and California is purchasing and delivering 1,200 tiny homes.

Chico State’s Academic Senate calls for an independent investigation connected to the school’s handling of a professor’s sex case. Also, community organizers in Oroville say the city needs more services and housing for unhoused residents, and California's organic dairy farms say they are struggling to stay in business due to the drought.

Doug LaMalfa and Mike Thompson addressed the House Wednesday urging their colleagues to pass a bill relieving Fire Victim Trust payees of federal taxes. Also, new Redding City councilmembers Tenessa Audette and Jack Munns were sworn into office Tuesday, and Butte County Public Health in partnership with the Feather River Recreation and Park District has installed a new Fit-Trail at Riverbend Park in Oroville.

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.

Sheriff’s officials say a search is underway for a man who escaped Wednesday from the Butte County Jail. Also, the suspect in a deadly February bus shooting in Oroville has been held to answer charges, and a prolonged heat wave over the holiday weekend has prompted energy concerns.

The city of Chico’s cooling center was not opened despite recent triple-digit temperatures. Also, a new attorney has been appointed for the man accused of shooting multiple people on a Greyhound bus in Oroville earlier this year, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signs gun legislation that will allow civil lawsuits against gun makers and sellers.

A small plane crashed Thursday at the Oroville Municipal Airport, leaving two people dead. Also, a political strategist says the percentage of mailed ballots returned in California’s Tuesday primary is lagging previous elections, and the state attorney general is sounding the alarm on so-called crisis pregnancy centers.