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A judge declined to invalidate Mayor Kasey Reynolds' vote on Chico's Downtown Revitalization Project. Here's what the ruling means, how a key funding deadline factored into the case and what happens next.
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Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold
Host Dave Schlom is joined by British humorist and financial writer Dominic Frisby.
Judge lets Chico mayor’s downtown vote stand | New poll shows tight governor’s race | Stony Creek schools cut to four days
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, May 29, 2026.
Cultivating Place: Sustainability and Stewardship – A Conversation with Brent “Fig” Figlestahler
Exploring public gardens as living classrooms, the quiet power of trees in city life, and how tending landscapes can cultivate resilience, curiosity, and belonging.
Shasta DA staffing crisis nationwide issue | In court: Chico downtown project lawsuit heard | Isolated storms possible Thursday
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, May 28, 2026.
May 27: Leah Kammerer, Paul Belz, Drew Tkac & Emma Miller
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
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Angel Huracha/NSPRThe Chico Unified School Board reassured the community that facial recognition technology would not be used. Some parents are still concerned about their students’ privacy. -
DNAChico comedian and longtime emcee DNA is premiering his first feature film next month and hopes the Chico-shot project encourages more filmmakers to create movies in the city. -
coolidgeforassembly.comAndrew Coolidge was a former mayor of Chico and is one of three North State Republicans vying for the open 3rd Assembly District seat, which has been held by Republican James Gallagher for over the last decade. -
FacebookDom Belza was a former Marysville city council member and is one of three North State Republicans vying for the open 3rd Assembly District seat, which has been held by Republican James Gallagher for over the last decade. -
Jamie Johansson is a former president of the California Farm Bureau and is one of three North State Republicans vying for the open 3rd Assembly District seat, which has been held by Republican James Gallagher for over the last decade. -
Nationla Weather ServiceValley temperatures will approach 100 degrees through Friday before cooling closer to normal over the holiday weekend. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from May 21 to May 24. -
Pallet Shelter/FacebookChico’s homelessness response will look different after the Warren v. Chico settlement ends, with new rules at the Genesis Pallet shelter site and plans to close the alternative camping site.
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Congress returns to town with the same problems they left before Memorial Day: immigration funding, opposition to a new Justice Department fund, and questions about Iran war oversight.
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As aid groups warn that the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is worsening, Nicholas Enrich, the former acting assistant administrator for global health at US AID, warns the US work to stop this outbreak is less robust than it was.
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At an Asian defense summit, the U.S. called on other countries to increase military spending. China didn't even send its defense minister.
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On this week's Cineplexity, we explore what movies about immigrants teach us about life in America. What movies get the story right? What ones get them wrong? And what stories are still left untold?
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A deadly strike during the first days of the Iran war hit far away in the Indian Ocean, jolting a quiet seaside town and showing how far the conflict's reach now extends.
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NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with the Canadian-Iranian singer, Navan, about the fusion of French, Persian and English on his new album, Kisses on the Moon.
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