Month: May 2019

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Marcia Pokraka beams after dropping a tennis ball into a basket at the Peg Taylor Center. She suffered a stroke six years ago, and the glove she is wearing helps people […]

Last week, PG&E announced it would rebuild all electric distribution lines underground in Paradise and parts of Magalia and the surrounding areas that are rebuilding after the Camp Fire. The build-out will occur over five […]

Photo by shane grammer “Holding on to Hope” mural. It wasn’t art classes that made Shane Grammer want to be an artist—it was a computer class at Butte College in the early 1990s. The classic […]

Last Thursday (May 16), the California Office of Emergency Services released the latest data related to the Camp Fire recovery efforts. Here are some of the estimates of the work done to date. 850,000 tons […]

If anything good emerges from the ashes of the Camp Fire, I believe it will be a better-planned community. I’ve written in the past about Paradise’s need for a sewer system to support businesses and, […]

Sounds like Chico out there This Memorial Day weekend, Arts DEVO celebrates the brave local musicians who sacrificed so many tight grooves and fiery licks so that the college students might freely shake the junk […]

Following Cal Fire’s announcement last Wednesday (May 15) that PG&E’s equipment caused the Camp Fire, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey told the CN&R his criminal investigation into the utility remained ongoing. “It was fairly […]

Two of the region’s main health care providers have partnered to focus on a post-Camp Fire health care plan. Adventist Health and Enloe Medical Center have entered a one-year agreement and will focus on access […]

Photo courtesy of Jess Mercer Jess Mercer with one of her artist clients at Gold Nugget Days. On a recent afternoon at the Phoenix Club—a new addition to the Chico location of the Boys & […]

Photo by Jason Cassidy Officials urge people to limit swimming in creeks within and downstream from the Camp Fire burn zone, as the water is not safe for drinking. When it rains, it pours. And […]

For months, the CN&R has been writing about water issues in the Camp Fire burn zone. We’re back at it this week, because we believe the contamination in the water conveyance systems is among the […]

After months of debate, the Chico City Council voted to reject Chico’s inclusion in Assembly Bill 430 (the Camp Fire Housing Assistance Act). Assemblyman James Gallagher (pictured), a Republican from Yuba City, drafted the bill […]

In the artist statement for her current one-woman show at 1078 Gallery, Mariam Pakbaz says, “Even though the Camp Fire smoke blew away physically, it’s still in my mind.” Although not all of the 20 […]

Benzene is a colorless liquid most often found in gasoline, cigarettes and, in the case of the Camp Fire, plastic pipes and water meters. It’s typically breathed in through the air, but when there’s contamination […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Sherri and Thomas Gardner are eager to rebuild after their home on Ponderosa Way in Magalia burned in the Camp Fire. Sherri and Thomas Gardner are not concerned that the […]