PG&E

PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs were a much more frequent occurrence when they started about five years ago. This year, the company has only turned off power twice.

PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoffs were a much more frequent occurrence when they started about five years ago. This year, the company has only turned off power twice. NSPR looked into why there are fewer outages. Also, cannabis is now the top crop produced in Shasta County, and a new law to protect doctors in California from prosecution for sending abortion pills to patients in other states was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Three years ago today (Sept. 27), the Zogg Fire was ignited, burning down more than 200 homes and killing four people in rural Shasta County.

Several settlements were approved this year in connection with the Zogg Fire, which ignited three years ago today. Also, the threshold of signatures to hold a recall election for Shasta County District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye has been reached, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Monday to prevent school boards from banning textbooks based solely on a books’ coverage of race, sexual orientation or gender identities.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors is facing a potential lawsuit for illegally imposing fines on public record access. This is from the First Amendment Coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union, alongside local news outlets Redding Record Searchlight and Shasta Scout. Also, more than 1,000 Tehama County residents are without power this morning after PG&E shut offs due to critical fire weather conditions, and the Chico Police Department is warning residents about a new phone scam.

Thousands of PG&E customers, many in the northern Sacramento Valley and surrounding foothills, could have their power shut off this evening due to critical fire weather conditions.

The Plumas County Board of Supervisors will vote tomorrow on a measure that would make building homes for fire survivors easier and cheaper. Also, a mosquito-borne disease called St. Louis encephalitis virus has been detected in Shasta County for the first time in 50 years, and more than 1,600 residents of Greenville and Crescent Mills will be without power today and tomorrow.

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.

Three years after the Bear Fire, Feather Falls is scheduled to hold its first commemoration this evening at the Goldflake Saloon and Cafe. Also, California State University students may see a tuition hike next year, and PG&E has started undergrounding power lines on part of Highway 70 in Plumas County.

PG&E customers in parts of the Sacramento Valley had their power shut off last night due to high fire danger. Also, the number of mosquitoes has exploded this year following record precipitation and officials are reporting that’s led to an unprecedented level of West Nile virus activity, and animal advocates are urging California to pay for spay and neuter programs to help with the state’s pet overpopulation crisis.