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A red flag warning has been issued for the Sacramento Valley and portions of the foothills. Also, endangered chinook salmon are moved above the Shasta Dam to cooler water, and six people were injured Friday after a bull escaped from the Redding Rodeo’s bull riding event.

A Butte College program aims to ease the labor shortage in the region. Also, hundreds of bills in the California Legislature cleared a major hurdle Thursday, and scientists say a $1 million state-funded project to boost the Western monarch butterfly population in California by restoring their habitat appears to be working.

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for Thursday and Friday in the North State. Also, the Redding city council moves forward with a plan to build a new housing site for unhoused residents, and gas prices reach new record high in California, surpassing the six dollar mark.

Journalist Jyoti Thottam on his mother's journey as a nurse in India. Also, author Brian T. Marshall delivers magic in his latest.

The California primary election is three weeks away and thousands of voters may be in new political districts. Also, two residents from the North State were appointed to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, and the FBI has opened a federal hate crime investigation into the shooting at an Orange County Church on Sunday.

A wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city on behalf of a man fatally shot by Chico police and a security guard can proceed toward trial. Also, community members will soon have a chance to give input on how the state plans to use grant funding to aid recovery efforts from 2020 wildfires, and a law requiring corporations to include a certain number of women on their boards has been ruled unconstitutional by a California judge.