Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Michelle Evans, Enloe’s director of case management (left), and Transitional Skilled Unit Nurse Manager Debbie Strukan stand in a room at the Enloe Rehabilitation Center reserved for patients needing skilled-nursing care. […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Merle Loomis finds some necessities at the Magalia Community Church distribution center. Merle Loomis gently placed her hand over her heart as tears welled in her eyes. After the Camp Fire […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Debra Lucero asks county staff for information about a proposed pipeline from Paradise to Chico. Supervisor Debra Lucero was on the receiving end of public outcry near the end of a […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Bert Jenkins and Jennifer Powell are among the first residents to move into the Gridley Camp Fire Community. Jennifer Powell sought refuge in the church parking lot across from her mobile […]
Photo by KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock Homelessness in Butte County increased by at least 16 percent since 2017, and service providers are finding it incredibly challenging to secure housing for the people they serve post-Camp Fire. Nicole LiBaire […]
Photo courtesy of Megan Brown Megan Brown had to put down her boar Itty Bitty (pictured at center) after a bear attacked and critically injured him this past December. Lyndi Wade woke with a start […]
Chico State student James Troupe has been couchsurfing. He says he knows he can stay with his parents—they’ve invited him to come home. But right now, home is an RV parked at their property in […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Butte Valley neighbors (left to right) Danny Cuneo, Ryann Newman and Gail Tozier attend the latest meeting between local agencies and Miocene Canal water users. Newman says she’s incredibly frustrated by […]
Photo courtesy of Scott Amick Scott Amick, an Odyssey Youth program leader and motivational speaker, addresses 300 high-schoolers post-Camp Fire about resilience during a conference at Richardson Springs. In the months following the Camp Fire, […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Chris Singleton has to be out of his current rental by July 31. Like many other renters, he is struggling to find another place to live in Chico. After the Camp […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Cindi Williams (center) and her son, Brandon, and neighbor Laura-Lyn Burch stand before a 1,600-gallon tank the Williamses installed after the Camp Fire to provide water to their home. They anticipate […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Cindi Williams stands before the dry pasture bordering her home on Pentz Road, near Highway 70. Typically, it’d be green and trim from browsing goats. In a typical year, the Williams […]
Photo by Alessandro Catenazzi via flickr A foothill yellow-legged frog. For decades, Jim and Laura-Lyn Burch have enjoyed watching hundreds of ducks, geese and red-winged blackbirds visit the pond on their property off Pentz Road […]
As Kurt Albrecht walked among the rows of his family’s apricot trees on a recent blustery morning, parched, yellow grass crunched beneath his boots. There’s no longer any irrigation nourishing this orchard, but the small […]
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 […]
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