Year: 2018

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Butte County Sheriff’s investigator Mic Kelley, at a site in Magalia where workers are searching for human remains, recounts a story of finding an elderly woman alive days after the […]

Photo by Evan Tuchinsky Persistent poor air from the Camp Fire impacts Saturday farmers’ market patrons last weekend (Nov. 17). Dr. Matthew Fine recalls the mid-June days of 2008 when the Humboldt Fire spewed smoke […]

When I moved to Chico in 2006, it was an open secret that the Chico News & Review’s editor lived in Paradise. The first month stemmed from necessity, my in-laws opening their home to a […]

Sexy Panda is not a happy panda. The bao truck out of Sacramento has been stationed in the Walmart parking lot since the beginning of the Camp Fire displacements. I talked with owner Frank Hilscher […]

Prior to the Camp Fire, the biggest natural disaster in my orbit was the Loma Prieta earthquake back in 1989. Though most of my family is here around Chico, I was born and raised in […]

A poem for Paradise Krystalynn Martin and her husband, Steven, moved to Auburn, Wash., with their two young children three months ago. Before that, they lived in Santa Rosa, where the school she worked at […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Monica Nolan is intimately involved in the Ridge community. A resident for 17 years—she lives in Magalia—she worked for some time at the Paradise Unified School District before taking over […]

The North Valley Community Foundation organized a Camp Fire Evacuation Relief Fund almost immediately following the start of the disastrous firestorm. Two days later, a map indicating the origin of the donations showed a wealth […]

In response to reports of predatory cost hikes since the Camp Fire broke out Nov. 8, the Chico City Council has prohibited price gouging for six months, until May 16. The ordinance extends a state […]

In the aftermath of the Camp Fire, we’re all suffering from the loss of Paradise and neighboring communities—some of us much more than others. While some families may be able to return to their normal […]

It may be hard to focus on being thankful when so much has been lost during the Camp Fire, but a respectful dose of gratitude for those who have survived and those helping in the […]

Photo by Merdith J. Cooper Guido Barbero (masked), along with friends Truck-a-roni, wanted to help evacuees, so he set up operations in the Chico Walmart parking lot, with no expectation the donation center would become […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Head chef Elsa Corrigan (left) and team leader Jason Collis in Chico with World Central Kitchen. The scene is akin to that outside of a stadium before a major sporting event. […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Mare Reasons fled from the Camp Fire with her dog, Gridley, and is hoping to be reunited with B.C., aka Big Cat, soon. Her cat Jojo is staying at an emergency […]

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 […]