Year: 2019

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Staff writer Andre Byik has hopped from disaster to disaster, wondering what comes next. I woke up on Nov. 8, 2018, knowing I had a big story to cover. Steven Crittenden, […]

Photo by Ken Smith CN&R Editor Melissa Daugherty and one of the cats she befriended in Magalia while the Ridge was closed to the public. Everyone on the Ridge had a job to do in […]

Photo by tina flynn Chico News & Review editors and writers on the Camp Fire beat (from left): Meredith Coooper, Ken Smith, Jason Cassidy, Ashiah Scharaga, Andre Byik and Melissa Daugherty.

Photo by welcomia/iStock Folks in Paradise must apply for a temporary use permit to continue camping without hookups on their properties. The application will be available on makeitparadise.com by week’s end. Cinda Larimer has been […]

If you’re not outraged by PG&E’s bad behavior, you’re not paying attention. The company knew the dangers of its aging, ill-maintained equipment during critical fire conditions, especially as its equipment caused 17 wildfires in 2017. […]

Photo by Andre Byik Robert Catalano, president of the Honey Run Covered Bridge Association, says foundation work on the bridge rebuild could begin next spring. As is tradition during Thanksgiving week each year, the Chico […]

Californians have all but adapted to a new normal. In the last four years, the state has experienced 10 of the most destructive wildfires in its history. The Camp Fire destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Kevin Phillips, general manager of Paradise Irrigation District, updated residents on the status of the water in town—half of the lines serving standing homes have been tested; the rest is estimated […]

Photo Andre Byik The Paradise Town Council broke ground last Friday (Nov. 8) on Hope Plaza, a permanent Camp Fire memorial located on town-owned property at Skyway and Foster Road. Backers of the memorial—designs of […]

Without power, David Dewey has trouble sleeping. The 66-year-old uses a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to help him breathe through the night. The machine plugs into a wall, but during PG&E’s last intentional […]

Last week, print and TV reporters from around the nation parachuted into Butte County for the one-year anniversary of the Camp Fire. It was a bit of media circus. Readers can catch a glimpse of […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Butte Valley neighbors (left to right) Danny Cuneo, Ryann Newman and Gail Tozier are property owners dependent on the Miocene Canal. Gail Tozier has been living without a steady source of […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Paul Gosselin, director of the Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation, will instruct work to stop on a pipeline from Paradise to Chico. Chairman Steve Lambert interrupted his colleagues […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Jenna Murray (left) and Kyla Awalt launched the Camp Fire Zone Project in March to help the Ridge rebuild and stay connected. For Kyla Awalt, Paradise has felt like a “small, […]

Photo by Andre Byik PG&E was the target of a group of environmental activists that honored victims of the Camp Fire last Friday (Nov. 1) at Children’s Playground in Chico. More than a dozen environmental […]