Month: November 2018

Photo by Ken Smith Butte County Sheriff-Coroner Kory Honea has the unenviable task of relating the number of deaths due to the Camp Fire each night. Each night at 6 p.m., as Cal Fire, law […]

While I was still sleeping last Thursday, up in the middle of the Feather River Canyon, something went very wrong and a small fire ignited. With winds of more than 50 miles per hour, that […]

This past week has been nothing short of a nightmare for many in our community. I lived in Paradise for a time and enjoyed its mountain charm. Seeing it now is both shocking and heartbreaking. […]

I’m familiar with the thousand-yard stare. As a journalist, I’ve seen it many times over the years. Back in the day, as a daily newspaper reporter, I encountered it while interviewing people at the scene […]

The Earth Is Not a Cold, Dead Place Explosions in the Sky’s 2003 album The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place is one of my favorites, and the instrumental masterpiece is my go-to soundtrack […]

Photo Courtesy of NVCF Alexa Benson-Valavanis knows first-hand the fear that everyone went through when evacuating the Camp Fire. While her home is not on the Ridge, it is in Durham. She and her family […]

The thing about tragedies is that they tend to bring out either the best or the worst in people. Over the past week, we’ve seen reports of looting and scamming. It’s almost unfathomable, but opportunists […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper The Wright family—Rachiel, Brandon and 3-year-old Sam—say the search for a rental in Chico has been difficult. They’re on four wait lists and were approached by a scammer. For now, […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Adventist Health Feather River suffered significant damage to lower portions of the hospital, including radiological services, but the main building remains standing. As the Camp Fire scorched its way across […]