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Elevated 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.
Butte County Sheriff's Office
Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Geoff Williams, author of the new book, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern America.
New charges filed in Chico library shooting | Chico police data sharing raises legal questions | Heat advisory covers North State
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.
Cultivating Place: We're all history in the making, life lessons from garden history
All history reminds us that we are all history in the making! Garden history reminds us that we as gardeners, our gardens, our gardening, and how our culture tends to and stewards land are all that, too. Hosts Ben Futa and Abra Lee consider these questions through the lens of garden history and their own garden lives: from plants to quilts, from potbelly stoves to richly rewarding stories from the past. Listen in!
New charges sought in Chico library shooting | Butte County residents say ‘no’ to AI data centers | Chico police update on license plate readers
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Four decades in broadcast + a trip to Italy
In a rebroadcast interview from thirteen years ago, Nancy’s Bookshelf honors NPR correspondent Don Gonyea’s forty-year career following his recent retirement.
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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. -
Leahana MishelofCalled "a love letter to teachers" by its director, Theatre on the Ridge's “Play It Straight” explores the difficult choices educators face when school policy conflicts with personal conscience. -
PJ GuintoDistance inspired Pollett's latest album, “If I Let It Quiet.” After earning recognition from NPR Music, the Salt Lake City singer-songwriter stops in Chico on Monday as part of a tour supporting the new release. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRA lawsuit claims the City of Chico failed to properly monitor water quality and maintain Sycamore Pool before an E. coli outbreak hospitalized four children. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from July 30 to August 3. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRIn-person library services are returning to Chico at a temporary satellite branch as county officials move forward with a multimillion-dollar renovation of the main library. -
Sarina Grossi/NSPRShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.
NPR News
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President Trump signed two executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and "birth tourism." The latter is an issue that Trump has raised for years.
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It's been a year since a gunman opened fire on the CDC and killed a security guard. RFK Jr. visited the CDC today to remember the victim.
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second largest ever, and shows no sign of slowing down. To help, researchers are trying to expand experimental vaccines and treatments
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President Trump is looking for a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz and is feeling the pressure of the ongoing war.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Phillips Payson O'Brien from the University of St. Andrews about the implications of reports that the U.S. is running low on weapons.
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The race between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson is one of the nation's most high-profile Senate contests this year -- and may ultimately be decided by an especially powerful voting bloc: Maine women.
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