The California Public Utilities Commission approved a controversial proposal Thursday that will change how residents are billed for electricity. Some residents may see their bills decrease under the new rate structure, and others may see theirs go up.
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Host Dave Schlom finds a kindred spirit with Christopher Cokinos, author of the new book, Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow.
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Shasta County's long-serving registrar of voters is retiring tomorrow. Nobody in the county is quite sure how the vacant seat will be filled. Also, an education center for Native American youth is opening in Greenville soon, and residents in Red Bluff struggling with homelessness now have somewhere to go for support.
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As California faces a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall this year, one program facing the chopping block is Market Match, a food stamps partner program that provides extra money to use on produce at farmers markets. Organizers of Market Match in the North State are raising the alarm that losing the program would have massive consequences for communities across the state.
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To kick off May, looking forward to Mother’s Day, Graduations, and the promise of Summer Gardening in general here in the US, this week we go all in for flowers in pots! with one of the world’s bright gardens and floral stars: Sarah Raven. Her newest book: A Year Full of Pots Container Flowers for All Seasons, notes that pots in the garden are like "bubbles in a glass of champagne.
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Shasta Regional Medical Center was fined $155,000 for violations in 2023. Also, a new all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant is now in the old IHOP building, and students in Butte County can get the Tdap (or DTaP) and HPV vaccines free of cost at several upcoming clinics.
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A community fridge in south Chico faces closure if not adopted by another operator.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Vicky Farewell about her new album "Give A Damn" and turning bedroom, bubble-gum pop into brutally honest reflections on relationships.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with David Thomas, president of Morehouse College, about preparations — and controversy — ahead of President Joe Biden's commencement address there next weekend.
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We look at President Biden's response to Israel's escalated military operation in the town of Rafah, in southern Gaza, where over a million Palestinians are sheltering.
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Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Mother Play is about her own mother.
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Over some five decades, Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies. Many of Hollywood's most respected directors have at least one Corman picture buried in their resumes.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Erich Schwartzel, who covers the film industry for The Wall Street Journal, about the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.
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