We’re back home at Chico State. Reestablish your membership to support NSPR.
Join us! Become a sustaining member for as low as only $5 a month.
Make a difference today with a single gift to your public radio station.
Gian Ehrenzeller
/
AP Photo
The Perseid meteor shower is peaking over the North State. Here’s when to look up and what you could see.
Claudia Brancart
/
NSPR
Shows and Podcasts
Butte County weighs options to reduce Palermo flooding | Filing deadline extended for Butte County offices | Oroville police investigate fatal shooting at Bedrock Park
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026.
Sycamore Pool tests don’t detect dangerous E. coli | Cal Fire says out-of-state aid won’t affect response | Measure B blocked for November election
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.
Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Geoff Williams, author of the new book, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern America.
New charges filed in Chico library shooting | Chico police data sharing raises legal questions | Heat advisory covers North State
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.
Cultivating Place: We're all history in the making, life lessons from garden history
All history reminds us that we are all history in the making! Garden history reminds us that we as gardeners, our gardens, our gardening, and how our culture tends to and stewards land are all that, too. Hosts Ben Futa and Abra Lee consider these questions through the lens of garden history and their own garden lives: from plants to quilts, from potbelly stoves to richly rewarding stories from the past. Listen in!
-
Angel Huracha/NSPRAfter losing one of its biggest sources of funding, Stonewall Alliance Chico is launching a new campaign to keep serving the North State's LGBTQ+ community. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from August 6 to August 9. -
Butte County Sheriff's OfficeProsecutors have filed new attempted-murder charges against the suspect in Chico's deadly library shooting. Two of the alleged victims are young children. -
Erik Adams/NSPRA new temporary library is welcoming Chico readers back more than a month after a shooting that killed two people. Here's what you need to know. -
City of Chico/FacebookThe city hopes the emergency declaration will give it more leeway to enforce homeless encampments in Lindo Channel, where officials say dangerous outdoor fires are being set. Homelessness advocates say the move won’t fix the problem. -
Leahana MishelofCalled "a love letter to teachers" by its director, Theatre on the Ridge's “Play It Straight” explores the difficult choices educators face when school policy conflicts with personal conscience. -
PJ GuintoDistance inspired Pollett's latest album, “If I Let It Quiet.” After earning recognition from NPR Music, the Salt Lake City singer-songwriter stops in Chico on Monday as part of a tour supporting the new release. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRA lawsuit claims the City of Chico failed to properly monitor water quality and maintain Sycamore Pool before an E. coli outbreak hospitalized four children.
NPR News
-
Sen. Darline Graham, who is serving out the remainder of her brother's term, faces a crowded field of candidates to replace him on the ballot as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in November. -
For the first time, researchers have used artificial intelligence to generate novel viruses in a laboratory setting, according to a paper in the journal Science.
-
As the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., hits the one year mark, experts worry about the potential for President Trump to deploy the military during the upcoming election.
-
Austin is lauded for its live music scene, but many musicians struggle to get by. A nonprofit helps thousands of them pay their monthly insurance premiums. And the model is being tried elsewhere.
-
Light in the Attic is reissuing Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat by Charanjit Singh, a foundational album for the genre of acid house.
-
Shortly after the COVID-19 lockdown began, Ashleigh Bell Pedersen was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She came to desperately miss physical touch during treatment.
More News
