Cultivating Place returns to our intermittent series on seeds in conversation with Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detective, Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables.
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To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
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A feature film about the 2018 Camp Fire is in production in New Mexico. It stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrara and relates the story of a school bus driver’s desperate struggle to navigate the fire. Also, a historic fire tower in Plumas County has been the site of an annual artists residency program for nearly eight years. Plumas Arts and the Plumas National Forest are now looking for a 2024 resident, and Highway 70 has finally reopened to one-way traffic controls after months of ongoing rockslides and weather damage left it closed.
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Faced with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in additional cuts to housing and homelessness programs.
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The Shasta County Grand Jury investigated a board of supervisors member following allegations of a conflict of interest. Its findings say there was no misconduct. Also, Paradise councilors will vote tomorrow to potentially halt permitting new residential buildings downtown, and a popular road for bicycling in southeast Chico that was previously filled with potholes and cracks has reopened to the public.
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To balance the budget, Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing eliminating an annual $300 million payment to public health, instituted after COVID. Advocates warn it could leave us more susceptible to another disease threat.
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Gavin Newsom proposes a mix of spending cuts and using reserves to balance the state budget. He says that core services will be largely untouched, but some existing programs would be affected.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the U.N.'s lead agency for aid to Palestinians, about the international response to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with a Chinese observer of the U.S. and an American observer of China about the countries' competing interests.
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President Biden is giving a commencement address at Morehouse College this weekend, but that speech has created some controversy. Morehouse is in the swing state of Georgia.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 came out more than 10 years ago, and developer Rockstar Games has finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 — Fall 2025. Some fans feel it isn't soon enough.
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The name is a nod to the hometown B-52s, whose debut single shares the same name. The moniker will be accompanied by a logo of a lobster holding a hockey stick doubling as an electric guitar.
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Just after midnight on May 17, 2004, same-sex couples began filling out marriage license applications at Cambridge City Hall. One married couple looks back on their wedding and how it's gone since.
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