Camp Fire

This is not going to be a normal year-in-review essay. Whatever thoughts on the local art scene of the past year that had been running through my head are lost in the smoke that began […]

Photo by Evan Tuchinsky Persistent smoke from the Camp Fire led to a rush on fine-particle masks in Chico. Access. In 2018, that proved the overarching theme for health care in the North State, the […]

Photo by Melissa Daugherty The charred husks of cars along the Skyway in Paradise. Apocalypse in our midst The biggest story of 2018 came toward the end of the year and should be no surprise […]

Since Nov. 8, the CN&R has been consumed with coverage of the Camp Fire. As you’ll see in our annual year-in-review package, the firestorm bleeds into several categories of the biggest local stories, including homelessness […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Mayor Randall Stone presides over his second regular council meeting. When Richard Muenzer approached the City Council dais on Tuesday (Dec. 19), he addressed its members with his characteristic brusque intensity. […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper Irish Greenwade has been sleeping in her car in the Lowe’s parking lot, where dozens of RVs and tent campers have found refuge. Irish Greenwade had moved to Paradise a […]

This will be a holiday season unlike any other ever experienced here in Butte County. The Camp Fire and its aftermath have redefined our lives. Together, we have experienced an unimaginable hardship and a terrible […]

Federal and state officials coordinating Camp Fire recovery efforts must find new locations for debris processing and transitional housing after two Chico sites fell through this week. Monday (Dec. 18), FEMA and Cal OES, the […]

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper On Dec. 3, homeless advocates and local law enforcement were at the triangular patch of grass just south of Humboldt Avenue encouraging folks camping there, like Mama Rose Adams, to […]

It’s a devastating kind of déjà vu. In October 2017, a fire swept through Sonoma County, forcing thousands to evacuate. Then a line of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers began rolling in. As Cal Fire […]

Photo by Ken Smith Esmeralda and Michael Johnson stand outside the home they’ve rented for the last five years, and may soon be forced to vacate. Michael and Esmeralda Johnson considered themselves fortunate to have […]

Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Isabella Mitchell reunited with her biology teacher, Ambrosia Krinsky, at the Paradise High School Resource Center at the Chico Mall. Isabella Mitchell was on the phone with her father, who was […]

When I was in elementary school, my mom worked at a veterans’ hospital, doing clerical work. My brother and I spent a fair amount of time there—exploring the outdoors in the foothills of Livermore and […]

Art is key Art can be part of the healing process in many ways after a trauma like the Camp Fire. For local artist and Paradise resident Jessie Mercer, her “Key Project Tribute” provides an […]

There have been many devastating multiplier effects of the Camp Fire in the month since it forced the mass exodus of Paradise and portions of the surrounding foothills. One of them has been the crunch […]