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Shows and Podcasts
October 7: Leah Kammerer & Meghan Irene
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Two guests have each written several books about their passion
Following your passion is the theme. Two authors pursue what they love.
Deadly bus crash ruled homicide | Camp Fire settlement payouts | Fire danger amid October heat
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday Oct. 7, 2026.
Shasta County ballots shredded | California vote-by-mail protections | Butte County ballots arriving by Oct. 14
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.
Shasta County election concerns | Butte County DA questions courthouse arrest law | North State heat advisory continues
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, Oct. 5, 2026.
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California Highway Patrol/NTSB)Investigation files from the National Transportation Safety Board show the pickup driver had a history of drug use. -
Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoShasta County accuses elections chief Clint Curtis of failing to destroy ballots from the 2024 election as required by state law. Curtis disputes the county’s account. -
Erik Adams/NSPRShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
National Weather ServiceHot weather is expected to linger into early next week, with forecasters warning it could dry out the region and set the stage for increased fire risk. -
Urban Design Associates/Barber Yard Specific PlanA major housing development planned in Chico is raising questions about where the city ends and farmland begins. -
Noah Berger/AP PhotoGov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2700 on Wednesday, which requires state regulators to explore ways utilities can make up compensation shortfalls tied to fires they caused before July 12, 2019. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from October 1to October 4. -
Anthony Vasek/NSPRShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.
NPR News
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The author Tomi Adeyemi has written fantasy all her life. Now, she has a new book out titled The Siren, which takes place in the real world.
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Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are regulating now them.
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The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Natalize Baszile about her new novel Friends and Family. Can an interracial friendship stand up to the pressure of U.S. life in 2026?
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The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker. -
Lawyers for Christa Pike, the woman who survived an execution in Tennessee, were in court Wednesday as she regained consciousness.
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