Month: January 2019

Photo by Charles finlay Residents will no longer be able to live on properties with burned structures until they are cleared. All the folks who’ve moved into trailers on their burned-out properties since the Camp […]

Photo by Robert Speer Potential workers learn the ropes for jobs in Camp Fire-scarred Butte County. For the approximately 50 men and women gathered in a large Butte College classroom on Monday (Jan. 28), the […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Activists gather across the street from the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds to protest what they see as the unjust eviction of homeless people from the Red Cross shelter. When Matt Collins left […]

It seems just about everything these days revolves around the Camp Fire and recovery efforts. It is exciting to see progress being made, however slowly. This past week, I had a chance to talk with […]

A few weeks after the Camp Fire erupted, I began making predictions about the future. One was that it wouldn’t be long before the throng of reporters from large, out-of-town media outlets would begin an […]

It’s been nearly three months since the Camp Fire torched a significant portion of Butte County, destroying thousands of homes and displacing tens of thousands of residents, and yet the most significant commitment in terms […]

The former Koppers wood-treatment plant in Oroville is officially out of consideration as a Camp Fire debris site, after state and federal officials determined processing capacity sufficient to preclude the need for a temporary sorting […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Lok Keobouasom had this large water tank installed in order to have running water to wash dishes in his restaurant, Sophia’s Authentic Thai Cuisine. There are few things in life […]

Photo by Melissa Daugherty Chico Animal Shelter’s Tracy Mohr pets a tortoise shell cat that likely will be put up for adoption soon. Tamara Yates and her husband, Chris, were beaming on Tuesday morning (Jan. […]

Cue the damage control. After our story last week about the Red Cross’ pending closure of the emergency shelter at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds and my not-so-subtle criticism of that plan (see “#RedCrossFailure,” Jan. 17), […]

With PG&E already facing so many claims it’s filing for bankruptcy, Butte County sued the utility for damages from the Camp Fire. The county’s suit, filed Jan. 15 in Butte County Superior Court, asserts that […]

Photo by Evan Tuchinsky Joaquin and Nandi Crosby-Jordan don’t distinguish between people who became homeless before or after the Camp Fire. The first day Chico State classes resumed following the campus’ Camp Fire hiatus, a […]

John Millergeorge is living at the Red Cross shelter at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds so he can be close to home to take care of business that comes up. His house, in a mobile home […]

Photo by David Ross Naomi Yarom, IsraAID psychosocial support therapist, teaches staff members at Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley how to use therapeutic art card storytelling. Dr. Scott Nichols is caring for […]

Last week, after talking about it for, I don’t know, six months at least, my boyfriend, Chuck, and I finally found ourselves at the counter ordering lunch at The Foodie Cafe. With its location all […]