Host Dave Schlom is joined by guests from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of San Diego to profile the ocean science being done at one of the world's most important and historic places to study our blue planet.

The Chico Police Department will hold a public meeting next week about the use of surplus military equipment. Also, a new alert system is a sophisticated hi-tech tool giving disaster managers the information they need when bad things happen, and Butte County Humane Society is at capacity and asking residents to foster a dog.

Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area March 27 to April 2.

The organization is at max capacity and has been pushing to inform the public that fostering one of their pups for a brief time is also an option.

This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with a horticultural leader with big IDEAs. Mae Lin Plummer is the Director of the IDEA Center for Public Gardens in Denver Colorado.

Chico State will host a two-day symposium dedicated to making communities more resilient and better adapted to wildfires.

Gridley High School is now dealing with the emotional aftermath of a student stabbing on campus Wednesday morning. Also, a panel of subject experts presented details about water management in Butte County at a panel discussion in Chico, and Chico State could face a budget deficit of over $30 million this year.

There have been 15 confirmed or probable wolf attacks on livestock so far this year. Increasing wolf populations are celebrated by advocates, but can cause problems for farmers.

This year, Chico State could face a budget deficit of over $30 million. To cut costs, university officials are slowing hiring, reducing travel, and trying to encourage more students to enroll.

Butte County leaders were presented with a post-election analysis surrounding the results of the one-cent sales tax increase measure in November. Also, Congressman Doug LaMalfa is again seeking to end federal funding for transgender health care across the country, and the Registrar of Voters for Shasta County has announced his choice to step down from the position early due to health concerns.