Foundation aids Camp Fire-stricken community through the Inspire Hope Project and other community aid initiatives by Jacob Peterson Since 1983, Adventist Health’s Feather River Health Foundation—the healthcare provider’s charitable wing—has played an important role in […]
No animals left behind Re: “Recovery on the Ridge” (Nov. 2, 2023). In remembrance of the five-year anniversary of the Camp Fire, a local nonprofit, donation- and grant-funded animal rescue group should be recognized. Friends […]
When Shelley Price left for Chico for work at 7:20 a.m. on Nov. 8, she saw the smoke rising from the Feather River Canyon—on the side of Paradise where her parents lived. “I called them […]
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Kevin Jeys, a one-time CN&R editorial staffer and longtime infrequent contributor to the paper. After surviving the Camp Fire, Jeys stayed home. He’s been in Paradise for the […]
It’s been five years since the disastrous Camp Fire. Hard to believe, and hard to believe that it happened. The word “disaster” comes from the Latin for being out of alignment with the stars (dis […]
If the 2018 Camp Fire taught one lesson it is this big one: Life is with people. If that seems too obvious, it isn’t. The U.S. Surgeon General tells us half the country now suffers […]
This old road, it’s a long, long lonely way/This old road is bound to get me some day/ But I know I’m goin’ home, and I know there ain’t no other way/But this old road—“This […]
Butte County can relate to the devastation wrought by the wildfire in Maui better than arguably any other community in the world. For anyone who lived here during the 2018 Camp Fire, the videos shared […]
When Kayden Schroyer is at her lowest, she turns to letters and notes she’s received from her friends and her counselor at Ridgeview High School in Paradise. Schroyer, 17, lost everything when her family’s home […]
In the immediate wake of the Camp Fire, there was great need for the residents of the Ridge to gather. But with so much of Paradise destroyed, there were few opportunities to do so. Town […]
My wife and I own Oak Hill Mobile Estates, one of more than 30 manufactured-home parks in Paradise that burned in the Camp Fire caused by PG&E. We were the first park to accept new […]
Aaron Singer and Jess Mercer both have experienced homelessness—Mercer lived out of a hotel as a teen, Singer out of his car about a decade ago. During these times, each turned to local community recreational […]
Darlene Lightcap wrapped her arms around her husband, Mark, and smiled as she looked at the tapestry depicting the ashen rubble of their former home. The Lightcaps lost everything they owned in the Camp Fire, […]
I still get anxiety when I visit Paradise. I go up there only occasionally, mostly to visit a friend who, thankfully, lives just off the main drag. I’m all right if I stay on or […]
This feature is part of special wildfire report on the one-year anniversary of the North Complex Fire’s destruction of Berry Creek and Feather Falls. Find links for more articles in this series at the end […]
©2020 Chico News & Review
