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Shows and Podcasts
Cultivating Place: The Collective: Seed Saver's Exchange, with Mike Bollinger
This week on Cultivating Place, we are in conversation with Mike Bollinger, Executive Director of Seed Savers Exchange, to celebrate the history and agency of seed savers.
Nancy's Bookshelf: A final goodbye
Host Nancy Wiegman closes the chapter on Nancy's Bookshelf. Through her Uncle Bob’s stories, Teri Drobnick also finds a way to reconnect with her father, who has dementia.
Blue Dot: Inside one of California's crown jewels: the Monterey Bay Aquarium
In this very blue episode of Blue Dot, we feature one of the world's most innovative and visited public aquariums, the Monterey Bay Aquarium on world famous Cannery Row.
Newsom urged to commute California death sentences | PG&E warns of possible North State power shutoffs | Redding prepares for potential winter flooding
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday Oct. 23, 2026.
Cultivating Place: Do Unto Those Downstream- Regenerative Thinking, with Mark Lewis, Trailhead Capital
As a co-founder and managing partner at Trailhead Capital, Mark Lewis believes there are many pathways to regeneration, and we need them all. Lewis joins Cultivating Place this week to share more about his journey and his regenerative thinking. Listen in!
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Screenshot by Claudia Brancart/NSPRButte County supervisors heard from the developer of a proposed solar farm near Chico on Tuesday. Residents raised environmental concerns, while supervisors questioned whether it's too early to consider the project's proposed benefits package. -
Chico Police Department/FacebookOfficers are expected to be deployed in 2027. Their return was heavily debated by parents, teachers and administrators. -
Sace the El Rey/FacebookSave the El Rey nonprofit secures funds to purchase the downtown Chico theater. They plan to preserve the building and host film screenings, plays and other events in the future. -
PG&EShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from October 22 to October 25. -
Chico High School FacebookThe Chico Unified school board approved bringing officers back to high schools and some middle schools on Wednesday. It’s part of a grant-funded effort led by Chico Police to crack down on marijuana use on campuses. -
California's redrawn 1st Congressional District favors Democrats, putting Republican James Gallagher's seat at risk just months after he won it. The outcome could also help determine which party controls the House. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRThe two Republicans agree on many of the North State's biggest challenges. But they have different ideas about how to address them.
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Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the latest federal data. -
Candidates make their final push to voters, Alaska roiled by allegations that Democrats tried to prop up a spoiler candidate, U.S. could resume conflict in Iran after monthslong pause.
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With Halloween around the corner, let's talk about some horror classics that have been adapted for TV this season.
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Sir Patrick Stewart died Wednesday at 86. The actor was best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits in franchises like "Star Trek" and "X-Men."
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Much of the intelligence behind the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign flows through two federal buildings in a quiet suburb in Vermont.
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Florida is seeing a record number of dengue fever cases this year as the tropical disease thrives in warming climates.
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