A fatal shooting at Chico’s alternative homeless site has renewed scrutiny of the city’s management — just as a key committee meeting was abruptly canceled.

This week on Cultivating Place, you are in for a real summer adventure on a global garden armchair tour of sorts with a plantswoman who has studied and gardened at some of the Western world’s best from Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Monk’s House in the UK to Sparoza in Greece.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, July 10, 2025.

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Redding author Kelly Ramsey recounts the two years she spent as a member of a hotshot wildfire-fighting crew.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

A man was shot and killed Monday night at Chico’s alternate homeless campsite on Eaton Road. Police say the homicide appears to be an isolated incident and are asking for the public’s help.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, July 7, 2025.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Backcountry Press Publisher Michael Kauffmann along with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo botany professor Matt Ritter. Both combined to author the superb new book, California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species.