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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.
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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.
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New law will impose an additional 11% in addition to federal tax. It's one of nearly two dozen gun laws signed into law on Tuesday. but Newsom acknowledges some might not survive legal challenges.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom called the new measure "long overdue," saying that the banning binge of diversity materials has to come to an end.
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From housing affordability to fentanyl to mental health and more, California lawmakers debated hundreds of bills this Legislative session. Here’s a breakdown of what made it to the Governor’s desk — and what didn’t.
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Newsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs.
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Gov. Newsom deployed California Urban Search & Rescue Task Forces to aid in the recovery of a deadly wildfire in Maui which has killed more than 90 people.
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A new political group of concerned residents called Groundwater for Butte is protesting the Tuscan Water District which would encompass about 100,000 acres between Chico and Durham. Also, new data shows that 225,000 Californians assessed in June were dropped from MediCal, and temperatures will soar to 110 in Chico today and 113 in Redding.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to rethink how California spends its millionaire’s tax by directing more money toward housing. Some county-run mental health programs could lose out.
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Where do all the leaves and grass clippings in your green bin go once it’s hauled off by garbage trucks? Also, we look into a federal judge’s reasoning for dismissing a lawsuit against Chico Unified School District that contended school staff failed to notify a parent about a student wanting to change their gender pronouns, and a new report says a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom could yank more than $700 million from county mental health services.