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Senators question Shasta County’s Tina Peters hiring plan

Aug 20, 2026 · 6 min · 8 segments

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026.

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Speakers: Claudia BrancartHostEric AdamsHostAnthony Vasek

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasCenterAudience≈3k followers

Top entities: California×13 Tina Peters×12 Shasta County×4 Doug LaMalfa×5 Chico×7

Thursday Headlines0:00 – 0:46

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From North State Public Radio, I'm Eric Adams.

Claudia BrancartHost

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And I'm Claudia Brancart with your headlines for Thursday, August 20th.

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Coming up, California's U.S. senators are raising alarms over a Shasta County plan to hire convicted former elections clerk Tina Peters.

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What they want the state to do.

Claudia BrancartHost

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And state leaders are considering limits on what utilities pay when their equipment causes catastrophic wildfires.

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Plus, Chico police officers are getting raises after a divided council approved a new union contract.

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Why the deal passed this time? Those stories are coming up.

Claudia BrancartHost

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But first, we're going to stay in Chico, where the future of the city's license plate reader cameras is in question.

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98%13 mentions
Tina PetersPerson
93%12 mentions
Shasta CountyPlaceCounty in California
88%4 mentions
Doug LaMalfaPersonFormer United States Representative
83%5 mentions
ChicoCityCity in California
79%7 mentions
Alex PadillaPersonUnited States Senator
74%5 mentions
Shirley WeberPersonSecretary of State of California
69%5 mentions
Gavin NewsomPersonGovernor of California
64%4 mentions
Robert RivasPersonSpeaker of the California State Assembly
60%4 mentions
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Adam SchiffPersonLawyer and former United States Representative
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