By Jackie Botts for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California will soon be sending out $600 one-time stimulus payments to millions of low-income California […]
A half-dozen artists and activists gathered at The Triangle Saturday (Feb. 20) morning to install a temporary tribute to members of the homeless community who’ve died in recent years. The signs were up by 9 […]
As both a hospital administrator and family medicine physician in Chico, Dr. Marcia Nelson has had a bird’s-eye view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enloe Medical Center, where she’s vice president for medical affairs, has treated […]
Almost exactly one year ago, Butte County Public Health began addressing COVID-19 as the pandemic it became. The department opened its operations center, as for disasters such as the Camp Fire, and continues to run […]
In recent weeks, a wedge-shaped traffic median between Pine and Cypress Streets—known as The Triangle—became the latest battleground in the community-dividing conflict over how Chico should address homelessness issues. On Feb. 4, city workers and […]
As public health officials work to contain the coronavirus pandemic, they often feel like they’re waging two fights. The most direct is against the disease itself, which has sickened around 3.3 million Californians and killed […]
In mid-December, Rebecca Lacque turned to Enloe Medical Center seeking a COVID-19 test. Her husband had just been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and she and her daughter had been experiencing symptoms, such as sore throat, […]
During its Feb. 2 meeting, the Chico City Council boosted the continued efforts of the Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT) to provide shelter for unhoused individuals. The council approved $282,933 of Community Development Block Grant […]
Aaron Rodgers, one-time Pleasant Valley High School and Butte College football star and current NFL quarterback (and just-announced league MVP) for the Green Bay Packers has donated $500,000 to the newly formed Aaron Rodgers Small-Business […]
Butte County Public Health is recruiting volunteers to help vaccinate the community against COVID-19. Licensed health-care professionals and people without medical training can register through the Disaster Healthcare Volunteer program at healthcarevolunteers.ca.gov (select Butte County). […]
Despite the fact that no new local shelter options have manifested, Chico Police and city staff mobilized en masse yesterday (Feb. 4) to once again break up one of the city’s homeless encampments, this time […]
Nearly three months to the day after Stephen Vest was shot dead outside of the Chico Petco store, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced his decision that two Chico Police Department (CPD) officers were […]
Thursday and Friday mornings, like clockwork, Randy Cook heads to Five Mile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park to connect with fellow veterans. Cook served in the U.S. Marine Corps Special Forces during the Vietnam War, […]
Chico Police officers were justified in the Oct. 14 shooting of Steven Vest in the parking lot of Chico’s Petco store, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. Ramsey released that declaration—and the findings […]
Whatever new challenges 2021 has in store for Butte County, there is still a lot of work to do to recover from the wreckage of the previous year. Public health, business, education, housing and the […]
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