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Artist and Chico State lecturer Brian McNamara presents "Local Citrus," an exhibit that showcases luchador art and transports you to the artist's upbringing. Also, Chico City Council will discuss the proposed 2024-25 budget ahead of its regular meeting today, and now is the time to prepare for a possible evacuation when faced with a fast-moving wildlfire.

Gov. Gavin Newsom made funds from Proposition 1 available last week. Now, counties are preparing to apply for competitive grants for mental health facilities. Also, Butte County’s next community meeting about updating its emergency evacuation maps will be held in Concow tomorrow evening, and California’s long debated and controversial plan to move water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the south has a new $20 billion price tag.

With a “cessation of conflict” resolution passed by Chico State’s Academic Senate, supporters explain what it means for wider protest efforts. Also, the Redding Police Department has released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting that took place in early April, and Diontanae Jerome Tillman was sentenced this week for the 2021 murder of local DJ Kevin Murillo during an armed robbery in Chico.

Shasta County Supervisors voted to increase their compensation by around $30,000 this week. Also, counties, cities, tribes and private developers will soon have funds to build more behavioral health treatment centers in California, and the 50th anniversary of Red Bluff’s car show will take place over the weekend.

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.

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.