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One year later

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 […]

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Memorial moves

Photo by Meredith J. Cooper The Camp Fire memorial crosses, erected last December, were taken down last week. At sunset last Tuesday (Oct. 15), volunteers began removing and preserving the Camp Fire memorial crosses along […]

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Arts Devo

Image from frontline courtesy of REUTERS/Stephen Lam Burning sign outside Paradise Skilled Nursing during 2018 Camp Fire. Films of the fire For many Butte County residents, the coming weeks leading up to the one-year anniversary […]

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Tree removals move forward

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 […]

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Winding down

Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters A worker douses potentially contaminated soil in Paradise, 11 months after the Camp Fire. As California braces for peak fire season, the most extensive post-fire cleanup it has ever taken on […]

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PG&E claim deadline nears

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 […]

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Camp Fire death toll change

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 […]

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Supes back evacuation bill

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. […]

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Prepping for disaster

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 […]

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Uprooting concerns

PHOTO BY ANDRE BYIK Ron Smith, left, and Robin McCollum, both former certified arborists, stand near an oracle oak they say has been improperly marked for removal by Butte County. Ron Smith began noticing the […]

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Seeking offers

PHOTO COURTESY OROVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT The Oroville City Council on Tuesday (Sept. 3) voted to seek proposals from outside agencies to provide fire services for the city. City Administrator Bill LaGrone is confronting Oroville’s post-Camp […]