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From left to right: Chico Theater Company, Butte College, Lunar Market & Red Dirt Ruckus
Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from December 11 to December 17.
Shows and Podcasts
Oroville Hospital files for bankruptcy | Home insurance premiums up across North State | Paradise Town Council chooses new mayor
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Cultivating Place: Bird Haven Farm, with Janet Mave
This week on Cultivating Place we celebrate one woman’s long-standing and loving cultivation of place in rural New Jersey. Janet Mavec is the steward and student of Bird Haven Farm, which after many years of learning from and loving, she now celebrates in word and image in her new place-based memoir.
December 10: Marc Mallinger & David M. Gregory
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Rebel in Paradise
Jamie Johnston's early life included growing up a rebel in a contract with the Beatles' record producer alongside her songwriting partner. She eventually relocated to Paradise.
Best of Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
Artist and writer Obi Kaufmann joins host Dave Schlom to discuss his documentation of California's wild and scenic places.
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Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from December 4 to December 10. -
Joe Raedle/Getty Images North AmericaShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
From L-R: Not Your Babe, Chico Theater Company, iStock, & Celly's CreationsHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 27 to December 4. -
The Redding band Not Your Babe is releasing a debut album rooted in DIY grit, emotional honesty and a sound built to make you dance and scream. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRAfter a CodeRED outage, Butte County is switching to a new alert system called RAVE, and wants residents to sign up now. -
From left to right: Mubi, Max Miardi, Rainbow City Park & UniversalHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 20 to November 27. -
Lauren Sommer/NPRInsurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in. -
Credit (left to right): Father Funk, Neon Studio, Angel Huracha and John Craigie.Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 14 to November 19.
NPR News
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Is it a red flag if a couple has separate beds? What about separate bank accounts? Therapist Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile says ignoring relationship norms can actually make a partnership stronger. -
Ukraine's president says he will look into changing the constitution to hold wartime elections or a referendum on ceding territory to Russia amid ongoing peace talks to end the war.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about the current state of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Competing health care plans failed to meet the 60-vote threshold in the Senate Thursday. With federal ACA subsidies set to expire, health insurance costs are expected to surge in the new year.
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New research suggests that for some children exposure to extreme heat could lead to setbacks on key developmental milestones.
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Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows.
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