Plumas County

NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Taletha Washburn, executive director of Plumas Charter School, about their efforts to recover and rebuild over the last year.

Plumas Charter School is on the road to recovery after the Dixie Fire destroyed its school in Greenville last August. Also, a recent report indicates smoke from prescribed burns likely doesn’t pose as many health risks as smoke from wildfires, and California lawmakers are using their last week in session to address the state’s housing crisis.

An investigative journalist in Chico has won access to hundreds of records in Chico police shootings. Also, officials say cost is a barrier to recovery for survivors in the North Complex burn scar, and a PG&E power outage is planned for today in parts of Yuba, Butte and Plumas counties.

A year after the Dixie Fire, survivors are working to aid victims of another devastating blaze. Also, the city of Chico’s Pallet shelter site has served about 175 people since its opening, and the McKinney Fire has burned more than 60,000 acres and was 60% contained.

Officials say about a quarter of the buildings destroyed in the Carr Fire that were located in unincorporated areas of Shasta County have been rebuilt. Also, an exhibit of the Dixie Fire Stories Project is featured in Quincy, and federal health officials are considering breaking single doses of the monkeypox vaccine into smaller doses to stretch the current supply.

A Plumas County author shares her experience writing a poetry collection about the Dixie Fire. Also, Butte County’s air quality has improved over time despite recent wildfires, and the California Department of Education plans to recruit 10,000 new mental health clinicians to public schools.

Today is Election Day in California’s primary election. Voters in a new congressional district that includes Plumas County will decide who will face off in the general election. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom is on the ballot, facing opponents including state Sen. Brian Dahle, and triple-digit temperatures are expected in the Sacramento Valley this week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom warns there could be mandatory water restrictions if Californians don’t conserve. Also, recreation sites at Lake Basin Recreation Area in Plumas National Forest are opening this holiday weekend, and landowners in the Sacramento Valley are wrestling with what to do amid drastic water cuts.

PG&E reaches settlement agreements with a group of district attorneys, avoiding criminal prosecution in last year’s Dixie Fire. Also, a CapRadio investigation finds a California wildfire prevention program hasn’t completed a single project, and more rain and snow is forecast in the North State.

Cal Fire has begun hiring back some of its seasonal firefighting force as wildfire risk continues to increase. Also, a North State library tries to make the experience of being incarcerated less harmful for families by having inmates read books over video to their kids, and SAT and ACT standardized tests are officially being dropped from California State University admissions.