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Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from January 29 to February 5.
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Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: Good Fire as a tool for landscape and human healing
Host Dave Schlom is joined by two program managers from California State University's Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve to discuss the concept of "good fire."
Trump vs. California schools | ICE protests follow Minneapolis unrest | Chico police board to get new members
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, January 30, 2026.
Cultivating Place: After the Fires: Cultivating Place in LA with Studio Petrichor
Cultivating Place checks in with two humans who are cultivating their place with care in the wake of this catastrophe. Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti are Studio Petrichor, based in Los Angeles.
LaMalfa election costs | Ex-Tehama supervisor eyes new office | ‘Super flu’ strain linked to rising cases
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, January 29, 2026.
Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: Four seasons in Antarctica
Chico-based author and artist Michelle Ott shares insights from her four seasons in Antarctica through her captivating words and illustrations.
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Erik Adams / NSPRU.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and widow Jill LaMalfa led a program that remembered the late congressman as a deeply religious man who connected with his North State constituents. -
Courtesy of Doug LaMalfa's campaign committee/FacebookFollow along as the NSPR news team covers the speakers and delivers on-the-ground reporting from the service. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRA bipartisan effort led by Sen. Adam Schiff and the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa aims to reopen Glenn Medical Center. Here’s where the legislation stands. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRChico residents gathered for a second “ICE Out For Good” protest as nationwide demonstrations calling for accountability continued. -
Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP PhotoThe late congressman will be remembered at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. An overflow crowd is expected. -
MK2 Films, Snowgoose Festival, Bloodsugar & KitKat RecordsHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from January 22 to January 28. -
Chico City CouncilPublic works employees in Chico will soon have access to early cancer detection blood tests, following a city council vote that expanded a program previously limited to police and firefighters. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRCounty officials say a new $44 million jail in Oroville will help address capacity issues that intensified after a California law shifted many people in prison to county jails, while improving medical and mental health care.
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Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it. -
Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations. -
A federal judge dropped two of the charges against Luigi Mangione — the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — making his case no longer eligible for the death penalty. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Paul Schnell, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, over his agency's dispute of Homeland Security claims around arrest numbers.
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Borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed since October, disrupting trade around the region. It's part of a broader dispute over how to handle increasingly active militant groups.
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Scientists have discovered what they say is the earliest known rock art, in a cave in Indonesia. They say the image dates to more than 67,000 years ago.
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