Month: January 2019

I moved from Chico to Ashland, Ore., six months ago. Considering others’ misfortune, it appears that I left at the right time. The middle week of December was my first return since the Camp Fire, […]

This coming year has to be better than the last one, right? I have to think so. As Paradise begins to rebuild, one of the biggest questions is going to be whether the town will […]

For Butte County, 2018 will forever be remembered as a year marked by disaster. Specifically, the Camp Fire and its aftermath. The 86 people who perished. The nearly 14,000 homes reduced to ashes. The annihilation […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Cinderella (Camryn Titus) and Prince Charming (Jake Bevens) at a dress rehearsal at Chico Commnity Ballet studio. To the rest of the clumsy masses, ballet dancers are capable of magic. With […]