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Chico’s investigation into police sharing license plate reader data with federal and out-of-state agencies is expected to wrap up in early September. The findings could help determine the future of the city’s 27 cameras.
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Shows and Podcasts
August 12: V.P. Bowdrix, David Philhour & Amy Gaffney
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Poetry in Core Samples
Retired Butte College instructor Phillip Hemenway has published a collection of his poems, Core Samples
Appeals court rejects Valley’s Edge challenge | Bill could help Camp Fire survivors recover unpaid losses | Perseid meteor shower peaks this week
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
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.
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Don Thompson/AP PhotoNSPR asked California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office whether Chico police could face scrutiny for sharing license plate data outside the state. Here’s what we learned. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRThere’s no data center proposal in Butte County. That hasn’t stopped hundreds of residents from weighing in on what one could mean for the region. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRElevated E. coli levels are prompting new warnings at Sycamore Pool, but current testing can’t show whether the dangerous strain linked to last summer’s outbreak is present. -
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.
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It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most. -
Primary results this month in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin paint a muddled picture of just how far to the left Democratic voters want their candidates to be come this fall's midterm elections.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic political advisor, Faiz Shakir, about the party's political platform after the wins of this week's primaries.
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The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. -
Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind. -
Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of fame, a complicated love life and the sudden death of her father.
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