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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
Best of Blue Dot: On the frontiers of philosophy and physics: a conversation with Caltech's Chip Sebens
Host Dave Schlom is joined by California Institute of Technology Philosophy Professor Chip Sebens for an engaging look at how philosophical thought and methodology can help unravel the mysteries of modern Physics.
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.
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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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Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence, Rhode Island says two people are dead and multiple people hurt after a shooting at Brown University.
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Fred Upton, a former Republican congressman from Michigan, discusses the Senate's failed health care votes and the political fallout of rising insurance premiums.
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Joanna Robinson, a cultural critic at The Ringer, examines what made this year's most talked about flops so bad.
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There are more federal tax cuts in the works for people who adopt children. Birth mothers say they also want financial support so they don't have to place their infants up for adoption.
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NPR's Chris Arnold and Leah Rosenbaum of The War Horse discuss an NPR investigation into companies charging disabled veterans thousands of dollars for help the Department of Veterans Affairs says should be free and what the response from Congress has been.
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John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.
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