Red Cross officials have told this newspaper’s reporters multiple times that the organization’s efforts to operate shelter services for Camp Fire evacuees would continue until there is no longer a need. Well, apologies for the […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga After the Camp Fire ignited, Chicostart knew it had to open its doors as soon as possible, says Director Wendy Porter. Whether it was to offer a space in which to […]
Facing at least $7 billion in Camp Fire claims, PG&E announced Monday (Jan. 14) its intention to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under state law, it can petition the court after a 15-day notice […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga North Valley Community Foundation’s Alexa Benson-Valavanis (right) and Jovanni Tricerri have a major role to play in the Camp Fire recovery: managing $25 million in donations. In the days following the […]
Photo courtesy of Judy Martin Carr Fire survivor Judy Martin submitted photos along with a letter of complaint after the state-run debris removal left her property with a huge hole where her modular home once […]
The city of Chico recently rejected a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to sort millions of tons of metal debris from the Camp Fire at a site in Chico. The feds are now […]
I was talking the other day to a friend of mine who works at a local bank. We were catching up after not having seen each other in a while and, naturally, the Camp Fire […]
I’ve never been one to read the last page of a novel first, and I really hate spoilers, but I’m going to tell you how this week’s cover story predicting a devastating Ridge fire ends: […]
Butte County schools soon will receive nearly $1 million for counseling services, school supplies and materials, excursions and extracurricular activities thanks to a donation from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. founder Ken Grossman (pictured) and his […]
The Paradise Irrigation District has detected unhealthy levels of benzene in water around the Ridge, the utility announced Tuesday (Jan. 8). PID and the State Water Resources Control Board recently tested drinking water for 30 […]
South Butte County will house around 1,200 evacuees still displaced by the Camp Fire after the Gridley City Council unanimously approved a short-term lease with the federal government for 350 modular homes in the city […]
Photo by Charles Finlay As the Camp Fire ravaged the Ridge communities on Nov. 8, 2018, the view from Chico was of a “horrible orange” eastern sky. Editor’s note: This eerily prophetic story appeared in […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Chris and Kelsey Kerston have joined the Camp Fire Long-Term Recovery Group along with dozens of others to help the Ridge rebuild. Since the Camp Fire, Chris and Kelsey Kerston have […]
Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Stewart Nugent fought the flames from his house, to the left, but the Camp Fire claimed most of the rest of his neighborhood in central Paradise. On Tuesday (Dec. 31), […]
Photo by Evan Tuchinsky Dr. Jamaal El-Khal sees patients in Ampla Health’s mobile unit at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds—shifts he’s taken on top of practicing primary care in Chico and Orland clinics. Dr. Jamaal El-Khal […]
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