A year after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history, Butte County is still in crisis. Things certainly have changed over the past 12 months, and there are many signs of progress. The […]
Triage mode. That’s how Pastor Kevin Lindstrom describes the ongoing relief efforts taking place at Magalia Community Church. Each month, the tiny chapel draws thousands of people whose lives were upended one year ago this […]
On Tuesday (Oct. 22), the Butte County Board of Supervisors affirmed that rebuilding the Honey Run Covered Bridge, which was destroyed in the Camp Fire, is not in the county’s best interest. The decision sets […]
The Paradise Town Council and Butte County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Oct. 22) each adopted urgency ordinances establishing guidelines for removing hazardous trees on private property that threaten to fall on public rights-of-way. The […]
Wildfire victims who believe they have a claim against PG&E for property damage, personal injury, wrongful death or other losses stemming from Northern California fires—including the Camp Fire—that happened before the company’s Jan. 29 bankruptcy […]
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office revised the number of people killed in the Camp Fire from 86 to 85 after concluding that a previously unidentified bone fragment belonged to an already identified victim. The fragment […]
On Tuesday (Sept. 24), the Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a letter of support for a bill that would establish a grant program to strengthen or construct evacuation routes. The federal bill, H.R. […]
Photo by Melissa Daugherty One snapshot of Paradise on Nov. 9, the day after the Camp Fire ravaged the town. Climate change is here. On average, temperatures are already 1 degree Celsius warmer than pre-industrial […]
Approximately $5 million in disaster relief is on its way to two Butte County cities, according to a press release from Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City). Chico is slated to receive $3 million, Oroville $2 […]
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office used circumstantial evidence to identify the remains of Camp Fire victim Judith Sipher, 68, of Paradise, her brother, Wally Sipher, told the CN&R. BCSO released Judith’s name last Friday (Aug. […]
Map courtesy of California Public Utilities Map shows counties most vunerable to wildfires in Northern California. The city of Winters is a cluster of old Italianate façades and worn Western storefronts tucked between Putah Creek […]
For folks who live in Butte Creek Canyon—particularly those on the middle stretch of Centerville Road—an improved escape route is in the works. It just might take a year to get it completed. That’s because […]
The Camp Fire claimed its 86th victim on Aug. 5, according to a Butte County Sheriff’s Office press release. Paul Ernest, a 72-year-old Paradise man, spent the last nine months of his life at hospitals […]
Aug. 26 is the start of Butte College and Chico State’s first academic year after the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire. In this week’s special Back to School issue, we take a look at […]
A woman who had been reported missing in the Camp Fire has been found alive, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. A sheriff’s detective driving on Lincoln Boulevard in Oroville on Thursday (Aug. 1) […]
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