Year: 2018

There have been many devastating multiplier effects of the Camp Fire in the month since it forced the mass exodus of Paradise and portions of the surrounding foothills. One of them has been the crunch […]

Jody Jones will continue serving as the mayor of Paradise for another year. Tuesday (Dec. 11), the Town Council reappointed Jones (pictured) and Vice Mayor Greg Bolin for additional one-year terms at its regularly scheduled […]

On Tuesday (Dec. 11), the Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted several emergency ordinances related to Camp Fire recovery efforts. The first relaxes zoning regulations through Dec. 31, 2020, to allow those displaced by […]

Photo by Rachel Bush Art Strong Butte County instigator and Inspire teacher Jarrah Myles. Last Friday (Dec. 7), dance teacher Jarrah Myles and her students from Inspire School of Arts & Sciences piled onto buses […]

In 2008, Paradise was spared. That June, a fire broke out in one of the canyons southwest of town and quickly roared east, up and over the ridge. Thousands scrambled to evacuate, clogging the roads […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Sierra Nevada employee Jeff Poliquin—a Paradise native whose parents and grandmother lost their homes in the Camp Fire—with a can of Resilience IPA fresh off the line. As the full cans […]

Photo by Evan Tuchinsky Don Hankins, at the Butte Creek Ecological Reserve in the first rains after the Camp Fire, shows where prescribed burning affected wildfire’s spread. Don Hankins had Nov. 8 marked on his […]

Photo by Charles Finlay Heavy rains last Thursday (Nov. 29) dumped 1.31 inches on leaf-clogged Chico, causing flooding in many areas, including the neighborhood around Butte Creek Country Club (pictured), parts of Highway 99, as […]

Tuesday night’s meeting of the Chico City Council was in stark contrast to those of the past few years, at least after then-Mayor Sean Morgan passed the gavel to Randall Stone and bid farewell to […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Erin Brockovich has joined a legal team, which includes Paradise attorney Joe Earley, that is organizing a mass civil lawsuit against the utility company. Attorney Joe Earley and his wife, Ashley, […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Roger and Spencer Cates and their dog, Kona, on their Yankee Hill ranch. Spencer Cates steered the four-wheeler through a herd of cattle. Many of the animals—34 in total—trotted alongside […]

While trying to wrap our minds around the horrific loss of life and 14,000 homes, we might also take note of the fact that thousands of Camp Fire victims are in the ranks of the […]

Many, many businesses perished in the Camp Fire—some of them large, corporate enterprises; others, mom-and-pop shops. I hate to say that one suffered more than the other, because any loss—of jobs, inventory, etc.—is painful. But […]

The CN&R is committed to chronicling the Camp Fire and its ensuing crises for the foreseeable future. That is our pledge to readers moving forward into the long and complex recovery process. I mention this […]

Photo courtesy of Jim Wood Assemblyman Jim Wood, left, surveys Camp Fire damage in Paradise with Loren Lighthall, principal of Paradise High School. The sun was beginning to set as Jim Wood stepped out of […]